Contracts Specialist III, Senior Contracts Analyst

Contract Duration: 6 Months (likely to extend). Hybrid role based in Houston, TX – on site Monday–Thursday, remote Friday.

About the Role

The Senior Contracts Analyst will draft and negotiate master trading agreements and ancillary documents to govern physical and financial energy-commodity transactions, ensuring compliance with legal regulations and internal policies while minimizing credit, legal, and operational risk.

Responsibilities

• Understand and apply the client’s documentation, credit, treasury, and legal policies to discuss issues with Credit, Legal, and Operations teams.
• Draft, negotiate, and suggest alternative provisions for commonly used contract clauses.
• Design, develop, maintain, and modify Master Agreements, provisions, and templates aligned with current credit, treasury, and legal policies.
• Develop and manage workflow systems to track and communicate the status of agreements in line with business priorities.
• Maintain work-in-progress on the team’s shared drive; upload agreements to the client’s database; input key provisions to ensure database accuracy; and generate reports as needed.
• Adhere to the Contracts Team’s processes and best practices for drafting, negotiating, and managing agreements.
• Enhance existing activities, bridge control gaps, and promote awareness of policies within the business and across teams.
• Communicate effectively with business teams, Credit, Legal, Compliance, and Settlements.
• Assist in special projects, such as implementing changes to agreements to align with strategic business shifts (e.g., creation, novation, modification, termination, or assignment).

Requirements

• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in contracts analysis or a related role.
• Strong hands-on negotiating skills and experience with standard industry trading agreements (e.g., ISDA, NGL NAESB, EEI, Gas NAESB, IECA).
• Highly competent in working with legal language and understanding compliance issues in energy commodity trading.
• Ability to critically analyze contract clauses to balance creative problem-solving with risk protection.
• In-depth knowledge of Dodd-Frank requirements.
• Experience managing multiple contract negotiations concurrently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams).

Skills

• Contractual experience with physically and financially settled commodity transactions and/or environmental credits.
• Working knowledge of energy, commodities, or derivatives markets and traded instruments.
• Relentless commitment to excellence and meeting business objectives.
• Self-assurance working autonomously under high-pressure, fast-paced conditions.
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration across all levels of the organization.