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Hess is a leading international independent energy company engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas.
We have an industry leading position in the Bakken in North Dakota - a key U.S. shale play. Hess is also one of the largest producers in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and a key natural gas producer and supplier to Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand. The company is engaged in exploration and appraisal activities offshore Guyana, participating in one of the industry's largest oil discoveries in the past decade, as well as the Gulf of Mexico, Suriname and Nova Scotia.
Hess aims to attract, retain and energize the best people by investing in their professional development and providing them with challenging and rewarding opportunities for personal growth. We are always looking for talented professionals who share our values and are passionate about making a difference in the world and in their careers. We strive to meet the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our employees, safeguarding the environment and creating a long-lasting, positive impact on the communities where we do business.
For more information about Hess Corporation, please visit our website at Hess.com.
Position Summary
As part of the IT Applications - Corporate, Human Resources, and Business Systems team, the Sr. Specialist IT is a key business facing role that is a liaison between Hess functional teams including Treasury, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Audit, Risk, Economics, Compliance and other Corporate Business teams and the internal Hess IT teams. The Sr. Specialist role is responsible for the end-to-end technical assurance and lifecycle application management for all technical, non-ERP, solutions that enable their supported business functions. The Sr. Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring all technical solutions adhere to company security policies and follow the associated IT software policies and procedures.
The Sr. Specialist IT will work closely with their business partners to understand and build strategic plans for application and solution modernization while also playing a key operational role to ensure a high level of service. Operationally, the Sr. Specialist IT continually monitors IT service for quality levels and response to any outages or performance issues with a sense of urgency. Keeping services and technologies up and running optimally is core to this role. The Sr. Specialist IT will work directly with outsourcing support, overseeing the technical support of applications in the domain of their business partners. This work with the outsourcing partners will include prioritization of work. Additionally, this role will provide technical assistance to the citizen developers in these functions assisting with BI reporting, SQL coding, and other citizen developed artifacts.
Roles & Responsibilities
IT Technical Skills
- Develop and deploy solutions to ensure that the applications and services are performing according to specifications, meet defined procedures, and comply with applicable security policies/ requirements.
- Integrate applications and third-party products into internal services.
- Collaborate with business partners to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Manage technical work activities of contingent worker resources to support enhancements and continuous improvements, as needed.
- Review all changes to the applications eco-system and participate in incident and problem management activities as needed
- Represent applicable service during information technology audits by internal and external organizations.
- Ensure the technical aspects of the service are properly documented.
- Support current RPA Bots (Treasury short term investment, AP forecast and Guyana Daily production report)
- Work with application vendors to resolve issues, apply patches, bug fixes, as well as create/maintain customized reports for Integrity and GEMS.
- Update/renew SSH/SSL certificates for business applications.
- Provide supportive documents of Integrity to Audit team quarterly and walk-through Integrity system with EY auditor semi-annually for SOX compliance.
- Provide maximum balances of Hess foreign bank accounts and Treasury FX rates during first two months of every year for FBAR Report.
Strategic Vision & Partnership
- Partner with stakeholder teams across supported business units and IT to develop necessary analysis and documentation in a collaborative way, communicating effectively and efficiently with all teams.
- Provide input into IT business planning, strategy, and roadmaps to ensure IT work aligned with business objectives and optimized.
- Ensure accurate budget, forecasting and timelines for baseline budget and projects for Treasury, Finance, Tax, Compliance and Corporate systems.
- Ensure timely renewal of all licenses for applications and systems for supported business areas.
- Partner with stakeholder teams to prioritize projects and to develop continually updating roadmaps for modernization.
- Manage invoices for all spending related to baseline and projects for supported business areas.
Leadership
- Work in collaboration with our external contract resources in both an advisory and partnered collaborator.
- Develop meaningful and lasting relationships with partners for optimized systems integration and respond to questions and concerns from managers and executives with supporting research and recommendations.
- Create and maintain a highly productive, professional, partnership focused, and value-driven culture.
- Leverage differing skillsets and experiences of team members to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts and instill a positive, constructive, and collaborative culture across the team.
Qualifications
- Experience with FIS Integrity, Vertex, and Hyperion preferred
- Experience with the Microsoft Power Platform including PowerApps and PowerBI
- Experience in oil and gas preferred
- Comfortable at influencing without authority.
- Ability to build clear and concise presentations and communicate effectively at every level of the organization including senior leadership
- Ability to problem solve, make independent decisions, formulate reports, perform statistical analysis, and interpret data
- Ability to create and troubleshoot reports in reporting platforms such as PowerBI, BusinessObjects, and Spotfire
- Ability to work independently, be result oriented, manage multiple priorities, and frequent change in duties and volume of work
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information
- Ability to facilitate meetings of a variety of sizes, ensuring all perspectives shared and heard and meeting objectives met
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Management Systems or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in Information Technology roles
- 5+ years of experience supporting applications in Finance, Tax, Compliance, Treasury, Risk, and Economics
Competencies
The Hess Way of Working refers to competencies considered absolute pre-requisites for success. How you deliver results is as important as what you achieve. Every employee is expected to demonstrate the behaviors within these competencies to be considered an effective performer and, ultimately, earn career growth opportunities.
- Builds Trusted Relationships
- Develops Talent
- Creates Effective Teams
- Thinks Strategically
- Inspires Innovation
- Demonstrates Courage
- Drives Continuous Improvement
- Makes Quality Decisions
- Delivers High Performance
Hess is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Hess is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, click here or send an email to MyHR@Hess.com.
Posting Notes: Lisa B Willet | Employee | Information Technology | United States| Texas | Houston | | | | | No | 26549
