Land Analyst II - Escheat

Our core values — Stewardship, Character, Collaborate, Learn, Disrupt — are the lens through which we evaluate every business decision. As a dynamic, growing company that offers extremely competitive compensation and benefits, our employees are our most valued assets and the foundation of Expands performance among our E&P competitors.

We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team. We realize that, historically, underrepresented groups feel the need to be 100% qualified in order to apply. If you meet any combination of our requirements, we encourage you to apply. We strive to hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.

Job Summary

This intermediate level position provides analysis and prepares Land documentation and reports to facilitate Land Audit, Escheat, Reporting, Lease Payments, Owner Maintenance, and other Land functions.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

- Operates Land Escheat and Suspense processes

- Performs research to reunite owners with suspended funds

- Evaluates and refines processes as needed

- Performs due diligence as required

- Understands state requirements for unclaimed property, and ensures the company is compliant

- Monitors filing deadlines and thresholds

- Coordinates payments to states as required

- Acts as liaison between Expand Energy and state unclaimed property offices

- Performs other duties as assigned, including but not limited to the following:

- Utilize company tools and systems to perform agreement maintenance

- Utilize company tools and systems to gather and perform advanced analysis of data

- Implement, maintain and process quality control (QC) reports for Land; utilization of company tools and systems to ensure completeness and accuracy of reports

- Manage Land metric reporting needs

- Set up Land payment obligations within the company’s Lease Records system

- Create, maintain, and update new and existing lease record information in Land systems and applications

- Research, analyze, and interpret standard and routine title opinions, ownership reports, and other curative documents

- Ensure and verify that lease records are accurate and up-to-date and include all pertinent information including lease, payment, ownership and special obligations

- Perform lease records maintenance activities in land systems and databases, which include updating well and lease information, processing transfers, dropping records, reviewing payments, extensions, etc.

- Review, prepare, and disseminate land record reports to ensure any special obligations, payments, and expirations are made on time and are accurate

- Research and prepare memorandums of lease extensions, release of oil and gas leases, and assignments of oil and gas leases to ensure ownership is reflected correctly from the record title

- Prepares, compiles, and processes lease packets

- Retrieves, reviews and verifies leases, title, curative for unit review

- Verifies and processes lease payments

- Maintains, organizes, and tracks budgets, well, lease information, elections, proposals, and broker activity in land system databases and virtual files

- Develops proposals by collecting supporting documentation including AFEs, Plats, Permits, etc., and routes and tracks approvals

- Performs general well maintenance, such as monitoring expirations, filing contracts of record, and updating in system databases and virtual files

- Validates that the correct payment is being made by looking at ownership reports, title opinions, etc.

- Generates information from GIS mapping systems, making recommendations in GIS system as needed

- Reconciles lease information, such as curative needs, missing leases, competitor acreage, landowner issues, etc.

Job Specific Skills

- Intermediate understanding of core functions of the various groups in the Land Department and the interdependencies between each department

- Intermediate understanding of basic Land practices and terminology including but not limited to lease terms, identifying ownership information, acreage terminology, and lease and well statuses.

- Intermediate understanding of SOX and Regulatory Requirements

- Knowledge of the life of a well and the various impacts on systems and data through the well’s lifecycle

- Ability to independently serve as a liaison between Expand Energy and the partner

- Ability to write change communication and training documents in an effective and concise manner

- Intermediate understanding of Land process workflows and functions, specifically those surrounding lease data

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

- Proficiency in SAP and LandView

- Understanding of basic 1099 reporting requirements

- Basic working knowledge of Snowflake tables for utilization in Land reporting

- Understanding of system and network guidelines for managing large quantities of data and applying those guidelines during data transfers

- Ability to read, understand and maintain Land Service Agreements (LSA’s) with vendors

Education

Minimum: High school diploma or GED

Preferred: Bachelor’s degree - from accredited university - Energy Management or MIS

Experience Minimum: 2 - 5 years related work experience

Expand Energy takes necessary action to ensure that all applicants are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, military or veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

Expand Energy Corporation's operations are focused on discovering and developing its large and geographically diverse resource base of unconventional oil and natural gas assets onshore in the United States.

Nearest Major Market:

Oklahoma City

Nearest Secondary Market:

Oklahoma

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