Graduate Analyst, Land Administration 2025
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Job Summary
Land Administration is an exciting, functionally unique group. We are comprised of two primary asset regions: Permian Business Unit and Gulf Coast & Rockies Business Unit. Each asset is unique and provides opportunity for growth in skills and experience. Whether working in Division Order or Property Maintenance, your daily activities can vary depending on projects, time sensitive deadlines, and additional responsibilities that may arise. This gives way to an interesting and challenging environment pushing individuals to excel in their performance.Land Administration is a leveraged, multi-functional organization responsible for establishing, maintaining, and protecting the legal ownership of real property assets for ConocoPhillips. We provide distinct value to the company through analyzing legal documents such as oil and gas leases, contracts, title opinions, and conveyance documents to establish and maintain joint venture and revenue ownership. We also field owner inquiries regarding lease interpretations, ownership interest calculations, payments, and transfer of ownership. Additionally, we maintain lease acquisition cost, and create visual representation through use of spatial data for both surface and mineral ownership to facilitate business decisions.
Dependent upon your assignment in Land Administration either as a Lease and Title Analyst or Division Order Analyst you will be responsible as described:
As a Lease and Title Analyst, you will be responsible for analyzing, interpreting, and maintaining all legal documents affecting the ownership of ConocoPhillips real property assets. Ensure the protection of these assets through the accurate and timely compliance of critical obligations within oil and gas leases and contracts. The Lease and Title Analyst must develop the knowledge and experience to make sound business decisions to resolve complex lease and contract issues in a manner that limits company risk of asset loss, as well as exposure to penalties, litigation, and poor external relations.
As a Division Order Analyst, you will be responsible for establishing and maintaining title ownership in oil and gas producing assets through the examination of oil and gas leases, contracts, division order title opinions, conveyance and probate documents, as well as other supporting data to ensure timely and accurate payment to interest owners. The Division Order Analyst must develop the knowledge and experience to make sound business decisions to resolve complex owner issues in a manner that limits company risk of penalty, litigation, poor owner relationships, and impairment of assets.
Assignments will be at our site located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. You may be eligible for the voluntary hybrid office work (HOW) program that is designed to provide employees with flexibility while maintaining the advantages of in-person engagement.
Job Description
Responsibilities may include:
Lease and Title Analyst:
- Analyze and interpret oil & gas leases and contracts to resolve legal ownership, acreage figures, payment amounts and due dates
- Lead the establishment and maintenance of lease records in Quorum Land Suite
- Authorize and monitor various payments made to mineral owners to ensure that they are made accurately and timely
- Establish and maintain cost ownership and COPAS data in Quorum Land Suite to be certain our partners are billed appropriately
- Monitor and ensure compliance of critical lease and contract obligations
- Interact with Land counterparts to ensure timely receipt of necessary information and documentation
- Develop a network of contacts and maintain a positive rapport with both internal and external customers
Division Order Analyst:
- Review and interpret oil and gas leases and contracts to figure out their impact on settlement to the interest owners
- Lead the establishment and maintenance of ownership records in PRA
- Authorize timely and accurate payment to interest owners
- Interpret marketing arrangements to resolve who will be remitting to ConocoPhillips and to whom ConocoPhillips will disburse
- Develop a positive rapport with internal and external customers
Basic/Required:
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer and/or education institution
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Business, Accounting, Finance, Energy Management, Agricultural Economics, Economics or other related discipline or foreign equivalent
- Current level in college: Senior
- Expected graduation date: Fall 2024 through Spring/Fall 2025
Preferred:
- A minimum cumulative and major GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products
- Ability to deliver results through realistic planning to accomplish goals
- Ability to generate effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical
- Adaptability to respond resourcefully, flexibly, and positively when faced with new challenges and demands
ConocoPhillips will conduct interviews at many universities in the U.S. during the Fall of 2024. Please check with your university career services to find out if and when we will be visiting your campus. If ConocoPhillips is interviewing on your campus, you must complete your online application via the ConocoPhillips Careers website prior to the interview date to be considered for an interview. If we are not making a visit to your campus and you are selected for an interview, our recruiters will contact you directly to schedule the interview.
To be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions, attaching your resume with transcripts, and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of October 31, 2024.Apply Before: