Application SME – Production Hydrocarbon Accounting

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Orion Group
We are seeking an Applications Specialist to support Hydrocarbon Accounting systems aplications, particularly SAP FI/CO/MM integration with SCADA

Lead the change and optimisation agenda for hydrocarbon accounting and production reporting using Energy Components.
Operate as a hybrid Project Manager and Business Analyst.
Shape scope with Operations and Finance; translate allocation and metering requirements into robust designs; and lead delivery with AMS/ISVs to land releases safely (UAT, cutover, communications and benefits). Provide light-touch Service Operations leadership as functional SME (L3 escalation and vendor coordination).

Key Responsibilities

Discovery & Business Analysis

• Run discovery with Operations/Finance; agree scope and outcomes; map AS-IS / TO-BE for allocation, reconciliation and reporting processes.
• Capture requirements and acceptance criteria; maintain traceability through testing and release; document functional options and impacts.
• Plan around month/quarter-end calendars to minimise risk to close activities.

Delivery & Close Calendars

• Build/manage plans, RAID and release calendars; coordinate UAT, readiness, comms and training; run cutover/hypercare and track benefits.
• Provide clear status/risk reporting to stakeholders and PMO; log assumptions and manage change control.

Integrations & Data Quality

• Lead outcomes across connections with plant data historians (e.g., OSIsoft PI) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and integrations to SAP Financial Accounting/Controlling (FI/CO) / Materials Management (MM) and analytics platforms.
• Define data quality KPIs, exception handling patterns and recovery procedures; maintain interface contracts and runbooks.
• Embed Non-Functional Requirements for performance, availability and supportability; ensure solutions are supportable by operations.

Regulatory, JV & Audit

• Design controls and documentation to meet regulatory and Joint Venture reporting expectations; maintain audit-ready evidence.
• Coordinate with IRM/Architecture on risk acceptance and remediation; manage data retention and evidence trails.

Vendor & AMS Governance

• Act as day-to-day interface to AMS and ISVs: prioritise backlog, agree estimates/timelines; manage SOWs/SLAs/KPIs/SIPs.
• Ensure clean handover to BAU with up-to-date knowledge articles and support models.

Service Operations (SME / L3 coordination)

• Serve as functional SME and L3 escalation: triage allocation exceptions, metering anomalies and data quality issues; direct AMS/vendors to resolution.
• Maintain close/calendar playbooks, evidence packs and knowledge articles; drive SIPs from incident/problem reviews.

Role Dimensions

• Direct impact on production reporting accuracy, commercial outcomes and regulatory/JV obligations.
• Multi-party delivery with AMS, ISVs and plant data teams; offshore data dependencies.

Role Requirements

• 7+ years delivering change across hydrocarbon accounting/production reporting (preferably Energy Components).
• Strong BA/PM track record across requirements, UAT, release; familiarity with PI/SCADA and SAP FI/CO/MM integrations.
• Evidence-led approach to reconciliation and variance analysis; experience with audit and regulatory submissions.
• Excellent stakeholder management; ITIL v4/PMO governance; clear written documentation and communication.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.