Oil and Gas Revenue Auditor 1/2/3 (PCN 043277)

Job Description

What You Will Be Doing: Oil and Gas Revenue Auditors are professional level positions that audit oil and gas companies that file Alaska Oil and Gas Production Tax returns under AS 43.55. Most audits are conducted in a team under the direction of a lead auditor and include hundreds of millions in expenditures. Audits are conducted to ensure the taxpayer filed and paid the correct amount of tax in accordance with the statutes and regulations. The position also participates in regulation projects; tests and maintains the Tax System; participates in and conducts training; and responds to taxpayer inquiries. Our Mission, Values, and Culture: In 2025, the Oil and Gas Production Tax group administered just under half a billion in tax collected from oil and gas companies! The Oil and Gas Production Tax Auditors are instrumental in ensuring the accuracy of tax paid by performing complex audits on taxpayers from Alaska’s oil and gas industry. The group’s primary objective is to ensure that taxpayers required to file under AS 43.55 know what they need to file, file accurately, and pay the correct amount of tax. Benefits of Joining Our Team: The Oil and Gas Production Tax group offers flexible work schedules, including “alternative work week” schedules that allow employees to have every other Friday off and the potential for part time telework. The vacancy may be filled at either the 1, 2 or 3 level depending on the applicant's training and/or experience and promotions to higher levels in the series are based on meeting specific experience and knowledge criteria without the need to reapply for the higher position. Additionally, there are many benefits of working for the State of Alaska, including 37.5-hour work weeks, great health insurance, retirement benefits, higher than average leave accrual (paid time off), regular (annual or biannual) step/pay increases, union negotiated cost of living increases, optional union representation, and a variety of discounts at participating businesses (Microsoft Office, Dell computers, GCI, AT&T, Verizon, etc.). The Working Environment You Can Expect: We are located on the 5th floor of the Atwood Building (550 West 7th Avenue) in downtown Anchorage. All desks are electric and can be raised to work standing up. Free parking is provided and the office is within walking distances to downtown amenities. Our team includes experienced, long term, dedicated, friendly, and knowledgeable staff. The Oil and Gas Production Tax group includes: three tax technician positions (the supervisor and two tax technician 1/2/3 positions), three lead auditors, eight auditor 1/2/3s, a systems auditor 1/2/3/4, an Oil and Gas Revenue Specialist, and a Revenue Audit Supervisor. Who We Are Looking For: We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Auditing: Knowledge of generally accepted auditing standards and procedures for conducting financial and compliance, economy and efficiency, and program audits.
• 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.
• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Decision Support: Knowledge of decision support theories, methods, and tools for identifying, synthesizing, representing, and evaluating the important aspects of a decision situation and prescribing the recommended course for decision makers and other stakeholders.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Minimum Qualifications

Oil and Gas Revenue Auditor 1 Minimum Qualifications (Range 18) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college in accounting, finance or any business area that includes at least 18 semester hours (24 quarter hours) in accounting, auditing, or tax. Three semester hours (four quarter hours) in business law or statistical sampling may apply toward the required credit hours.OrPossess a Certified Public Accountan Apply tot his job Apply To this Job