Manager, Product Control

NextDecade Payroll Services, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

NextDecade Payroll Services, LLC is seeking a Product Control Manager to ensure P&L integrity, valuation accuracy, and risk reporting across trading activities. The role partners with Front Office, Risk, Credit, and Accounting to provide forward-looking insights into earnings and exposures.

You will oversee P&L processes, valuation methodologies, and system controls (ETRM/CTRM such as OpenLink/Endur), while mentoring a team and strengthening governance across a growing commodity business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8–12+ years in Product Control, Trading Support, Market Risk, or Commercial Finance in energy/commodities.
• Solid understanding of trade lifecycles, P&L attribution, valuation concepts, derivatives, and physical commodity structures.
• Hands-on experience with ETRM/CTRM platforms (OpenLink/Endur strongly preferred).
• Proven leadership experience and ability to act as an independent control authority.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end daily, monthly, and quarterly P&L processes with validation, attribution, and variance analysis across physical and financial commodities.
• Review and challenge trading results ensuring independent identification and resolution of issues.
• Interface with Front Office, Market Risk, Credit, and Accounting to align on exposures and performance.
• Oversee ETRM/CTRM systems trade capture validation and system-generated P&L; drive data quality and automation.
• Design and maintain control policies and assist audits, including documentation and remediation.
• Lead and develop a team of product control and trading support professionals.

Skills

P&L attribution

Valuation concepts

Derivatives

Leadership

Trading support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Mathematics

CPA/CFA/FRM preferred

Tools

OpenLink Endur

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

The Product Control Manager is a critical independent control function supporting the company’s commercial and trading activities. This role is accountable for the integrity, transparency, and auditability of P&L, valuations, and risk reporting, while serving as a strategic partner to Front Office, Risk, Credit, and Accounting. The position sits at the intersection of financial control, commercial decision support, and risk governance, providing both after‑the‑fact assurance and forward‑looking insight into earnings, exposures, and sensitivities. The Product Control Manager plays a central role in strengthening the firm’s control framework as trading and commercial complexity scales.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Financial Control & P&L Integrity Own end‑to‑end daily, monthly, and quarterly P&L processes, including validation, attribution, and variance analysis across physical and financial commodities. Ensure robust control over valuation methodologies, pricing curves, model inputs, and market data, in line with internal policies and governance standards. Review and challenge trading results, ensuring issues are identified, escalated, and resolved with appropriate independence.
• Trading & Commercial Partnership Act as a trusted but independent partner to Front Office, providing insight into the financial and valuation impact of trading strategies, new deals, and structured transactions. Support new product onboarding and deal review, ensuring accounting, valuation, and control implications are fully assessed before execution. Interface closely with Market Risk and Credit to ensure consistent views of exposure, limits, and performance.
• ETRM & Systems Oversight Oversee product control activities within ETRM systems (e.g., OpenLink/Endur), including trade capture validation, lifecycle events, and system‑generated P&L. Drive enhancements to systems, data quality, automation, and reporting, reducing manual intervention and operational risk.
• Control Framework, Governance & Audit Design, own, and continuously enhance product control policies, procedures, and internal controls aligned with audit and regulatory expectations. Serve as a key point of contact for internal and external audits, including documentation, walkthroughs, issue remediation, and control testing. Ensure appropriate governance, escalation, and accountability for control breaches or material reporting issues.
• Leadership & Team Development Lead, coach, and develop a team of product control and trading support professionals. Set a strong control culture, reinforcing ownership, rigor, and professional skepticism across the team. Drive performance standards, role clarity, and capability development consistent with a growing, complex commercial environment.
• Forward‑Looking Insight Provide management with forward‑looking views on earnings drivers, risk exposures, and sensitivities to market movements. Support planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis in partnership with FP&A, Risk, and Commercial teams.

EDUCATION, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, & COMPETENCIES

Basic Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field (CPA, CFA, or FRM preferred). Typically 8–12+ years of experience in Product Control, Trading Support, Market Risk, or Commercial Finance within energy, commodities, or financial trading environments. Strong understanding of trade lifecycles, P&L attribution, valuation concepts, derivatives, and physical commodity structures. Hands‑on experience with ETRM/CTRM platforms (OpenLink/Endur strongly preferred). Proven people leadership experience with the ability to operate as an independent control authority.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position operates in a professional office environment with occasional work within or outside of a complex construction environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers/fax, filing cabinets, etc. This is primarily a sedentary role; however, the incumbent must be able to stand and/or sit continuously to perform all essential job functions for a full shift. Able to meet the following physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations: Ability to lift up to 20 lbs. as required in order to lift files, boxes and office equipment as necessary. Ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bending, standing on a stool, or climbing as necessary to perform these functions. While performing the duties of this role, the incumbent may be required to talk or hear. The incumbent is required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Ability to move throughout all areas of each office/site location and facilities. Able to wear all necessary PPE equipment to perform job functions.

*In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

NEXTDECIDE VALUES

• Safety – We make safety a priority. Everything we do relies on the safety of our people and the communities around us.
• Integrity – We do the right thing, and are open, ethical, and fair. We hold ourselves to the highest standards in all that we do.
• Honesty – We value truth and honesty in ourselves and others. We honor our commitments and take responsibility for our actions.
• Respect – We listen, and respect people, the environment, and the communities in which we live and work.
• Transparency – Transparency builds trust. We promote open communication with our people, our customers, and all our stakeholders.
• Diversity – We value diversity of people and thought. It takes people with different strengths, ideas, and cultural backgrounds to make our company succeed.

NextDecade provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

NextDecade complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

NextDecade will deliver reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy solutions.

With approximately 48 million tonnes per annum of potential liquefaction capacity currently under construction and in development at its Rio Grande LNG site, NextDecade is positioned to be one of the largest LNG liquefaction and export companies in the world. In addition, NextDecade through Rio Grande LNG, is creating thousands of jobs and driving economic growth in South Texas, supporting global energy security, and expanding U.S. energy dominance.

NextDecade’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “NEXT.”

NextDecade is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit www.next-decade.com.