Chang Zhang

Responsibilities:

• Design and build detailed economic models for single well and project level evaluations based on different contracts and fiscal regimes.
• Build and maintain in-house Aries database by importing and integrating production, land and accounting data
• Determine and update key forecast inputs (price, sale deducts, workover and operating expense)
• Conduct Operating Expense analysis for Oil Companies (Chesapeake, Devon, American Energy, etc.) Set up fixed and variable cost parameters by different lifting methods. Monitor monthly operating expense and identify abnormal charges
• Compute and manage rate of return, break-even oil price/production, and sensitive analysis for MSSP, PRB (Powder River Basin) and TMS (Tuscaloosa Marine Shale). Guide investment decision and strategic planning
• Work closely with reservoir evaluation, financial audit, and asset impairment teams, provide quality control of inputs
• Fully involved in new and work over well elections, long term budget & plan, and M&A projects.

HR related Work:

• Partner with hiring managers to define job requirements, understand business goals and identify, recruit, screen and attract top-notch candidates.
• Oversaw payroll functions, ensuring accuracy while maintaining strict confidentiality standards for sensitive employee information.
• Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.
• Processes and administers timesheet, vacation, PTO, and emergency leave.
• Ensure efficient and effective management of office facilities, including maintenance, repairs, and security.
• Manage office supplies procurement and inventory to ensure adequate stock levels. Plan annual budgeting for general office.
• Negotiate contracts with external vendors and service providers to secure favorable terms and conditions.
• Administers employee relations events such as awards, Christmas parties, and team-building events; acts as a liaison between employees and management to address questions regarding company policies, practices, and regulations.

• Abstracted 60+ leases and manage document to protect clients from default, conversing with stakeholders (clients, landlord, subtenant, and remittance) to identify and resolve potential conflicts
• Oversee five clients' account (including Abbott Lab and Baxter Healthcare) through journal entering, general ledger maintenance, accounts analysis, financial statements generation, and budget forecasting.

• Refined Exit Cap Rate Premium Analysis by decoding and recoding NCREIF (National Council for Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries) advanced query
• Worked on U.S
• Real Estate Office Market Backup Project to develop total return forecast model via Excel programming; to better understand what factors drive office market out-performance and what are key variables to predict total return thru evaluating massive economic and market data
• Received feedback as detail-oriented and proactive intern with strong sense of urgency.

• Audited five accounts for Volclay Dongming Industrial Minerals, Ltd and China TianYuan Mining Ltd for IPO
• Performed walkthrough tests, control tests and substantive procedures as part of risk identification exercise.

• Conducted monthly audits for accounts under ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system
• Developed monthly financial analysis reports, identify and explain unusual changes for review with Accounting Manager.