Accountant ; PCN

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil & Gas
, is recruiting for an Accountant 5 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

This position handles all North Slope oil royalty-in-value and royalty-in-kind matters, including valuation and volume allocation according to statutes and regulations, and various settlements and decisions. The Accountant 5 primarily works with a team of royalty accountants and programmers to ensure royalties are reported accurately.

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 aids the Division’s success by ensuring the State collects the correct royalties, which make up a significant portion of Alaska’s revenues.

This position is integral to the royalty team, which comprises a larger group 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 royalty filings helps ensure the State is fulfilling its Constitutional responsibility to collect all payments to which it is entitled.

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.

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

This job class uses competency‑based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

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, 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.

• Accountability:
  Holds self and others accountable for measurable high‑quality, timely, and cost‑effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Decision Making:
  Makes sound, well‑informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• 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.
• Financial Systems:
  Knowledge of the standards, architecture, and specifications of automated financial systems, including source documents, system flows,…