Accountant 3/4

Job Description

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of

Oil & Gas,

is recruiting for an

Accountant 3/4 in Anchorage.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

This position handles all Net Profit Share Lease (NPSL) account activity. This includes reviewing and evaluating NPSL reports to verify that lessees file them accurately and in accordance with regulations, and make appropriate net profit payments.

The position calculates and verifies royalty values for leases subject to Alaska North Slope (ANS) royalty settlement agreements (RSA) and works with lessees to correct misreported values.

This position also compiles statistical data that is published on the division's public website, reconciles run tickets and royalty payments, and serves as backup to the royalty accountant 3.

The accountant 3/4 primarily works with a team of royalty accountants and programmers to ensure royalties are reported accurately.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Division of Oil and Gas manages lands for oil, gas, geothermal, and carbon capture exploration and development in a fair and transparent manner to maximize the prudent use of resources to the greatest benefit of all Alaskans.

This position supports the Division’s success by ensuring that the State collects the correct net profit owed under all Net Profit Share Leases.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

This position is an integral part of the royalty team, which includes a larger team of highly skilled professionals, including engineers, lawyers, geologists, auditors, commercial analysts, leasing experts, and programmers.

The Division of Oil and Gas offers a hybrid, flexible work schedule with continual opportunities to learn about Alaska’s oil and gas industry. The work on NPSL filings helps ensure the State fulfills its Constitutional responsibility to collect all payments it is entitled to.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This job is located on the 11th floor of the Atwood building in beautiful downtown Anchorage. Our office is a busy, professional environment with a quiet atmosphere.

We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.

Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.

Reading: Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.

Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

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Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application

(through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class.  They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency.  They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and are used only as parameters and guidelines.   A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options for how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Minimum Qualifications

Accountant 3

– starting salary is $2725.50 biweekly

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Principles of Accounting: Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double-entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals.

Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

Equivalent to those typically gained by: Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible professional level experience in accounting, budgeting, or financial management.

Accountant 4

– starting salary is $3119.25 biweekly

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.

Financial Analysis: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling to interpret quantitative and qualitative data; includes data modeling, earned value management, and evaluating key financial indicators, trends, and historical data.

Principles of Accounting: Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double-entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals.

Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.

Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

Equivalent to those typically gained by: Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible professional level experience in accounting, budgeting, or financial management.

Other Information

Some positions may require a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field and /or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).  The requirement will be noted in the recruitment posting.

Additional Required Information

** Please read the information below carefully. **

At the time of the interview

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please ensure that you provide the following materials.  Failure to do so may result in loss of consideration.  Required documents include:

Academic transcripts.

Three professional references.

Three most current performance evaluations.

Application Notice

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or by submitting a paper application. Instructions for applying are available on the Workplace Alaska

How to Apply

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