Gas Supply Strategist & Contracts Specialist

Atmos Energy; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Atmos Energy, based in Dallas, seeks a Gas Supply professional to develop purchasing strategies, forecast and manage gas supply, and ensure reliable delivery throughout the year. The role requires strong analytical, negotiation, and accounting skills with a focus on regulatory compliance.

The position involves coordinating with planning and scheduling groups, maintaining supplier relationships, and handling gas cost documentation and reporting.

Qualifications

• Requires ability to understand written and oral communications that may be technically complex or legal/contractual in nature.
• Requires spatial cognition (ability to differentiate north, south, east, west; upstream/downstream; injection/withdrawal, etc.).
• Requires the ability to communicate, persuade and/or influence internal and/or external customers at a high level such as senior management on matters of a technical and/or complex nature.
• Requires the ability to perform analyses involving ratios, percentages and simple statistical methods.
• Requires working knowledge of various software applications to create documents, spreadsheets, reports and/or graphics.

Responsibilities

• Develops and evaluates gas purchasing strategies.
• Analyzes monthly and daily gas supply needs based on load forecasts and manages gas supply and storage according to those forecasted needs.
• Manages daily supply and storage usage to comply with pipeline requirements and to assure reliable delivery throughout the year; coordinates with stakeholders.
• Creates supply plans with Gas Supply Planning for forecasted requirements and storage activity.
• Negotiates and executes spot gas purchase contracts; issues RFPs; evaluates offers and negotiates terms with suppliers; drafts contract terms.
• Performs deal entry, confirmations and nominations to comply with agreements.
• Maintains contract terms and tariff rate information; communicates operational changes to planning group.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with pipeline and storage representatives and suppliers.
• Performs gas accounting functions related to invoices, cost summaries, reports and reconciliations to GL.
• Generates documentation to comply with State Regulatory Commission reporting (Prudence Review, GCA, etc.).
• Coordinates with Scheduling group to ensure third-party end-user activity is accounted for.

Skills

Comprehension skills

Communication skills

Writing skills

Numeric skills

Computer skills

Education

Master's degree in business, accounting, finance or related field

Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance or related field

Job description

Atmos Energy, based in Dallas, seeks a Gas Supply professional to develop purchasing strategies, forecast and manage gas supply, and ensure reliable delivery throughout the year. The role requires strong analytical, negotiation, and accounting skills with a focus on regulatory compliance.

The position involves coordinating with planning and scheduling groups, maintaining supplier relationships, and handling gas cost documentation and reporting.