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Manager FP&A Production Revenue Royalty Accounting PetroChina Canada (PCC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroChinaCompany Limited which is partially owned by China National PetroleumCorporation (CNPC), a state-owned enterprise. CNPC is China's largest oilcompany and the world's third largest oil company, operating 91 energy-relatedprojects in over 35 countries and regions. PCC has invested billions of dollarsin an asset-rich portfolio of upstream, midstream and downstream operations. InAlberta, this includes our MacKay River and Dover oilsands projects, DuvernayShale Gas and a 50% interest in the Grand Rapids Pipeline. In British Columbia,we hold joint venture interests in the Groundbirch tight gas project and LNGCanada. PetroChina Canada is recruiting for a Manager, Financial Planning & AnalysisProduction Revenue Royalty Accounting (Manager, FP&A PRRA) to join the FinanceTeam in Calgary. Reporting to the Director, Finance &Accounting, the Manager, FP&A PRRA will have responsibility for leading ateam of seven individuals. Direct reports include both those in formalleadership roles as well as individual contributors. Areas of leadershipresponsibility include Oilsands and Duvernay FP&A as well as ProductionRevenue Royalty and Marketing Accounting. The position will have overall responsibilityto lead, coach and mentor the direct reports while ensuring strong support for boththe Finance organization as well as the respective Asset teams. This position will be responsible fordeveloping and supporting financial planning, budgeting, forecasting andmanagement reporting, and providing oversight and governance over the revenue,royalty, marketing accounting functions. As well, the incumbent will be heavilyengaged with both commercial and contractual issues related to the respectiveAssets. This position will contribute to driving financial analysis within the companyto identify solutions to improve financial and operating performance. Accountabilities Leadership - This role will have formalleadership responsibilities, including leading direct reports who arethemselves in formal leadership roles - Provide leadership,coaching and mentoring to the FP&A team which is comprised of several FinanceRepresentatives and JV accountants, as well as the PRRA team which is comprisedof Production Revenue Royalty accountants as well as a Marketing accountant - Support team membersin their roles through issue identification, decision making, issue resolution,prioritization, workload balancing, employee growth and development, along withother related leadership support as required - Ensure the assetteams are fully supported from a finance perspective Thisposition will have overall responsibility for the items listed below, achieved mainlythrough the direct reports, but also through hands on involvement to performsome of these functions, depending upon the skills and capacity of the directreports Budget & AFE Management - Support preparation and validation of annual workprogram & budget. Challengeassumptions from business to ensure accuracy of budgets and alignment withstrategic direction, - Ensure sufficient documentation and approvalof annual budget along with communication and distribution of approved budgetprograms to the business units, - Advisor to the business on costs included in capital,exploration expense, research and development and abandonment AFEs/projects, aswell as operating expenses, - Support business unit projects in reviewingAFEs, SAP work breakdown structure, budget change requests, AFE supplements, - Prepare AFE status reports to enable promptanalysis of costs by AFE and proactively identify potential cost overruns, - Establish,maintain and recommend changes to Investment Management Hierarchy (ExpendituresCoding), WBS and cost center hierarchy, within the SAP system, - Load capitalbudget in SAP to correct IM Hierarchy and releases budget funds upon approvalof AFE, - Ensuring compliance with AFE standards Other Financial related activities & analysis - Ensure proper revenueand royalty accounting - Initiate and support monthly forecasts forassigned asset and/or functional areas. - Monitoring ofoperating costs, understanding key cost drivers providing through analysis to identifysolutions to improve operating and financial performance, - Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual and adhoc financialpresentations for senior leadership meetings providing insightful varianceanalysis of actual to plan, - Proactively analyze business performance andkey performance metrics to provide analytical, strategic and financial support, - Identify risk, challenges, opportunities inmonthly report for senior management, - Work with both business and finance teams toidentify and record relevant monthly accounting entries, - Ensure asset related financial statements arecomplete and accurate and finalized within monthly and annual deadlines, - Coordination and preparation of detailedoperating and functional view of financial statements and key performanceindicators, along with other financial information, as required, - Establish balance sheet integrity through acomprehensive understanding and governance of relevant balance sheet accountbalances, - Address all queries from HQ and auditors(internal and external) are addressed in a timely manner, - Confirmgovernance requirements through implementation and compliance with financial controls, - Provide strong support and involvement in theannual external financial audit process, - Contribute to the continual improvement of theFinance team by proactively identifying and sharing process improvementopportunities, - Supports the maintenance of all documentationfor budget management policies, procedures, standards and templates and updateswhen necessary for operations; Other value add Support - Strong understanding and application of underlyingjoint venture, commercial, marketing and other key agreements, - Ensure familiarity with existing contracts andagreements and provide oversight to ensure contractual terms are being fullyutilized and considered, - Utilize financial, joint venture andcontractual skills and knowledge to safeguard the companys assets, whileidentifying opportunities to maximize asset value, - Employ negotiation skills to support the assetteam, - Engage in contractual and commercialnegotiations as required; Qualifications - Professional accountant designation required,along with a working knowledge of IFRS for upstream oil and gas - 10 yearsrelevant financial reporting/budgeting experience within an oil and gasexploration, development and operations environment - In-depth knowledge of oil and gasoperations as well as relevant management reporting requirements andproven ability to deliver timely and insightful reports - Track record of operationsrelated opportunity identification, initiative, ownership and resolution - Strong experience with jointventure agreements - Proven influencing and negotiationskills - Ability to effectively work in amulti-disciplinary team environment, and with individuals at all levelswithin an organization - Hands-on experience with SAP anasset - Strong interpersonal andcommunication skills (written and oral); experience in effectivelycommunicating key data, including presentations to both operationsmanagement and executive leaders - Keen analytic, organization andproblem solving skills - Proven leadership skills with a commitmentto mentoring, training, and coaching other team members - Confident, detailorientated and enthusiastic team player - Flexible and ableto manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands ofunpredictable activities; capable of handling pressure and challenges in adynamic business environment - Adoption and demonstration of PetroChina Canada Values(Honorable, Unified, Passionate, Accountable) About Us PetroChina Canada (PCC) is awholly owned subsidiary of PetroChina Company Limited which is partially owned by China National Petroleum Corporation(CNPC), a state-owned enterprise. CNPCis China's largest oil company and the world's third largest oil company,operating 91 energy-related projects in over 35 countries and regions. PCC hasinvested billions of dollars in an asset-rich portfolio of upstream, midstreamand downstream operations. In Alberta, this includes our MacKay River and Doveroilsands projects, Duvernay Shale Gas and a 50% interest in the Grand RapidsPipeline. In British Columbia, we hold joint venture interests in theGroundbirch tight gas project and LNG Canada. #J-18808-Ljbffr