Oil & Gas Controller – Dallas, TX
CSI Recruiting is working with a long-standing and financially stable oil and gas exploration and development company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, assisting in their search for a Controller. The company is seeking to hire an experienced Controller to oversee the company’s day-to-day accounting activities.
The Controller will report to the company’s President and be responsible for overseeing full-cycle accounting, including budget management, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, forecasting, treasury management, and financial analysis and reporting.
This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced upstream oil & gas accounting professional that excels in an active work environment on a team of highly motivated individuals.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Monitor the financial performance of the company (and the company’s associated entities) and communicate financial metrics to senior management via GAAP-based financial statements for multiple entities.
- Using Oil & Gas industry accounting software, approve monthly revenue distribution and Joint Interest billings
- Perform regular review of the company’s various insurance coverages and manage claims as needed
- Coordinate monthly closing schedule and timely preparation of financial statements;
- Develop and maintain internal controls consistent with the company’s procedures;
- Prepare monthly and annual operating budgets and provide variance analysis and reporting to senior management;
- Coordinate annual audit and tax return preparation and associated filings;
- Provide guidance and oversight of accounts receivable and accounts payable functions
- Manage the preparation of payroll for personnel;
- Analyze weekly cash requirements and forecast cash needs;
- Develop a positive relationship with the company’s vendors and bankers, interfacing on an as-needed basis via phone and email.
Qualified Controller candidates will possess:
- Bachelors Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related discipline;
- Active CPA in the State of Texas
- Minimum 7 years accounting experience in a senior accounting or financial management role with a strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and oil and gas accounting practices;
- Minimum 4 years accounting experience within the domestic upstream oil & gas industry
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
- Self-motivated and self-directed.
