Senior Contracts Lead, Gas & Power North America Houston, United States of America at Trafigura

Main Purpose:

As a Senior Contracts Lead, you will be responsible for providing legal advice and support to Trafigura’s Power & Gas desk.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

You will:

• Draft, review, negotiate and administer commercial contracts, including NAESB Base Contracts (NG & NGLs), ISDA Master Agreements, purchase & sales agreements, non-disclosure agreements, transportation and storage agreements, and other energy marketing and trading agreements as needed

• Coordinate the review and approval process of agreements among Legal, Credit and Front Office and their execution

• Manage the entry of the same into the Contract Management system

• Participate in the configuration and deployment of trade confirmation templates within our contract lifecycle management system

• Support the development and implementation of Contract Admin team procedures and standards to help ensure adherence with applicable requirements and industry best practices

• Strictly adhere and comply with Trafigura’s policy and codes

You will also have some management responsibilities:

• Remotely mentor team members providing them the guidance needed to make them develop their expertise in master agreements and risk assessment through progressive skill-building, and improve their performance in the trade confirmation issuance process

• Set a clear development roadmap to transition these team members from confirmation processing to independently handling complex trade confirmations and selected master agreements

• Oversee these team members' training and professional development, track and evaluate the team members’ progress on technical and legal competencies

• Maintain accountability for the quality and timeliness of trade confirmations produced by these team members

Education/Years of Experience

• Required: Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school;

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Natural Gas contract administration in an energy trading company

• Concrete understanding of Energy Trading activities, including transportation and storage contracting

• Solid understanding and working knowledge of purchase and sale agreements for natural gas (NAESB), financial derivatives (ISDA); NDA and related transportation, transmission & storage contracts

• Good understanding of EEI Base Contracts (Power), and/or WSPPs and/or environmental products (CCA, CCO, RGGI, RGGI Offsets, RECs) is an asset

 

Skills

• Detail oriented, thorough, accurate and mindful of deadlines.

• Able to work independently with limited supervision, as well as collaborate and function well in a team environment.

• Able to problem-solve, think critically, and make sound, firm recommendations

• Comfortable working in fast-paced trading environment with frequent changes in priorities and tight deadlines.

Leadership skills

• Able to balance guidance with allowing appropriate autonomy

• Excellent communication skills, particularly for remote mentoring

• Strategic thinking to align skill development with business objectives

• Genuine interest in others' professional growth and success

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce! We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

Front Office Gas & Power