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# **Surface Land Analyst II**

**Date:** May 13, 2025

**Location:** Spring, TX, US, 77389

**Company:** Expand Energy

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 in order to deliver Land and technical support for Acquisitions and Divestitures, Data Requests, Lease payments, and Joint Ventures\.

## **Job Duties & Responsibilities**

+ Utilize company tools and systems to perform agreement maintenance

+ Communicate with Accounting to ensure all partner billings are accurate and to capture invoice detail to provide to Accounting for the General Ledger

+ Assist internal auditors with partner related issues

+ Assist a senior analyst as needed to aid in identifying assets to be included in a potential trade or divesture

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

+ Assist in reviewing transaction defect notices

+ 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 contract 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 contract records are accurate and up\-to\-date and include all pertinent information including payment, ownership and special obligations

+ Perform contract records maintenance activities in land systems and databases, which include updating well and contract 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 contract extensions, release of contracts, and assignments of contracts to ensure ownership is reflected correctly from the record title

+ Prepares, compiles, and processes contract packets

+ Verifies and processes contract payments

+ Maintains, organizes, and tracks budgets, well, contract information, , and broker activity in land system databases and virtual files

+ 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 contract information, such as curative needs, missing contracts, competitor acreage, land owner issues, etc\.

+ Performs other duties as assigned

## **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 contract terms, identifying ownership information, acreage terminology, and contract and well statuses\.

+ 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 and external stakeholders

+ 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, specifically an advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel formulas, functions and pivot tables

+ Understanding of basic 1099 reporting requirements

+ 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:** Houston

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