25-647.B - PRA Advisor Analyst

Hilcorp Energy•Houston, TX

11d

About The Position

The PRA Advisor serves as a senior subject-matter expert in production, revenue, and compliance accounting, providing advanced analysis, problem resolution, and strategic support across the accounting and operations teams. This role ensures the integrity of production, sales, royalty, and regulatory reporting while driving process improvements and supporting management decision-making with high-quality data insights. Essential Job Responsibilities: Analyze production, allocation, and sales data to identify trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities. · Assists in building analytical models, dashboards, and reconciliations to ensure accuracy across production, revenue, and sales volumes. · Conduct variance analysis, root-cause investigation, and data validation across multiple systems. · Develop templates, best practice recommendations, and process audits specific to PRA reporting Oversee resolution of high-complexity issues related to allocations, DOI setups, ownership changes, suspense, revenue, and or production discrepancies. Serve as a resource for difficult valuation, pricing, production volumes, royalty, severance tax, and regulatory reporting issues. · Use current technology to help modernize PRA operations to improve reliability, increase operational efficiency, and reduce cost. · Identify inefficiencies in PRA workflows and lead initiatives to streamline processes and enhance controls. Assists in PRA system enhancement projects, upgrade projects, and implementations Ability to understand complex contract information and configure SAP data accordingly for accuracy in Revenue, Regulatory, & Compliance Prepares sales variance analysis and explains major sales fluctuations. Performs special projects that require knowledge of oil and gas revenue accounting Must be familiar with impact of revenue transactions on profit and loss and balance sheet statements. Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional associations. Adheres to the company’s values – integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment and innovation. Supports company vision and mission. Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings. Must be able to work effectively with colleagues, management, and senior management. Other Job Responsibilities: Maintains employee confidence and protects company assets, including intellectual property, by keeping information confidential. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

12+ years minimum experience in oil and gas revenue accounting.
Expert-level understanding of SAP PRA concepts including allocation methodologies, DOI management, royalty structures, severance taxes, and regulatory reporting.
Strong analytical, modeling, and data reconciliation skills.
Ability to solve problems accurately and exhibit exceptional proficiency in data management, including spreadsheet proficiency.
Ability to remain professional, positive, determined and focused when facing challenging situations.
Ability to make effective presentations to large audiences.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, supervisors, other departments, officials, and the public.
Ability to complete multiple, diverse tasks of differing priorities.
Outstanding administrative and organizational skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with specific ability to translate complex operational information into an organized and presentable manner to peers, leadership, and operations not related to accounting.
Proficiency in the use and application of the following software: Required: Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, Word and Outlook).

Nice To Haves

Preferred: Working knowledge of oil and gas accounting systems and/or Power BI skills.
Masters in Accounting and/or CPA (preferred).

Responsibilities

Analyze production, allocation, and sales data to identify trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.
Assists in building analytical models, dashboards, and reconciliations to ensure accuracy across production, revenue, and sales volumes.
Conduct variance analysis, root-cause investigation, and data validation across multiple systems.
Develop templates, best practice recommendations, and process audits specific to PRA reporting
Oversee resolution of high-complexity issues related to allocations, DOI setups, ownership changes, suspense, revenue, and or production discrepancies.
Serve as a resource for difficult valuation, pricing, production volumes, royalty, severance tax, and regulatory reporting issues.
Use current technology to help modernize PRA operations to improve reliability, increase operational efficiency, and reduce cost.
Identify inefficiencies in PRA workflows and lead initiatives to streamline processes and enhance controls.
Assists in PRA system enhancement projects, upgrade projects, and implementations
Ability to understand complex contract information and configure SAP data accordingly for accuracy in Revenue, Regulatory, & Compliance
Prepares sales variance analysis and explains major sales fluctuations.
Performs special projects that require knowledge of oil and gas revenue accounting
Must be familiar with impact of revenue transactions on profit and loss and balance sheet statements.
Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional associations.
Adheres to the company’s values – integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment and innovation.
Supports company vision and mission.
Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings.
Must be able to work effectively with colleagues, management, and senior management.
Maintains employee confidence and protects company assets, including intellectual property, by keeping information confidential.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Other duties as assigned by management.