Senior Contract Analyst

rhi; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy services firm in Houston is hiring a Senior Contract Analyst responsible for the drafting and negotiation of trading agreements. The candidate should have experience with industry-standard agreements and possess strong analytical skills. This contract position offers competitive compensation until May 2026 and the opportunity to work within a renowned company in the oil & gas sector.

Qualifications

• Experience with standard industry trading agreements in the energy sector.
• Ability to critically analyze legal language in contracts.
• Relentless commitment to excellence and business objectives.
• Strong communication with Credit, Legal and Operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate master trading agreements for energy commodities.
• Communicate effectively with various departments including Legal and Compliance.
• Manage workflow and maintain documentation in shared drives.
• Engage with business units and counterparties to resolve issues.
• Support special projects such as novation, modification or termination of agreements.

Skills

Competence in drafting and negotiation

Understanding of contract provisions

Strong interpersonal skills

Self-assurance in high-pressure environments

Analytical skills

Energy trading knowledge

Communication

Autonomy

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

We are recruiting for a Senior Contract Analyst in Houston, TX, for our renowned client in the oil & gas industry.

This is a contract position until the 8th of May 2026.

The candidate will be responsible for the drafting and negotiation of master trading agreements or specific agreements to govern physical and financial transactions for the purchase and sale of energy commodities as well as related ancillary agreements to minimize our client's credit, legal and operational risk and in compliance with legal regulations and internal standards, policies and procedures.

Key Accountabilities

• Understand our client's documentation, credit, treasury and legal policies and procedures and rationale behind them sufficiently to be able to discuss with Credit, Legal and Operations teams any issues.
• Proficient in commonly used contract provisions and able to suggest alternative provisions where possible.
• Apply skills and experience to design, develop, maintain and modify Master Agreements, provisions and templates for marketing and trading based on our client's current credit, treasury and legal policies.
• Develop, manage, and leverage systems for workflow management, tracking and communicating status of matters in alignment with the business priorities.
• Maintain work-in-progress on the team's shared drive; upload agreements and other documents to our client's database; input key provisions for each agreement to ensure database is accurate and up to date; and run reports from the database as needed.
• Adhere to the Contracts Team's processes, policies and "best practice" procedures in connection with the drafting, negotiation and management of agreements and other documents.
• Seek to enhance existing activities and to bridge any identified control gaps; and assist in ensuring the awareness of and alignment with them within GPTA, and across IST and our client as appropriate.
• Communicate and engage effectively with the business, Credit, Legal, Compliance, and Settlements.
• Assist in the delivery of special projects as required from time to time, such as projects to implement the creation, novation, modification, termination or assignment of agreements to align with strategic business changes.

About you

Experience

• Experience working with standard industry trading agreements (e.g., NGL NAESB, EEI, Gas NAESB, IECA), with frequently used General Terms and Conditions and assignments and novation's.
• Highly competent working with legal language and understanding the legal and compliance issues affecting the trading and marketing of energy commodities and adept at identifying and resolving key issues and gaps in agreements. Needs to have ability to understand and critically analyse clauses in agreements to ensure proper balance between creative problem solving and adequate risk protection.
• Relentless commitment to excellence and to meeting business objectives.
• Self-assurance when working autonomously, at times under high-pressured and fast-paced circumstances.
• Strong interpersonal skills which enable effective interactions with personnel at various levels within our client.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams).
• Contractual experience with both financially and physically settled commodity and/or environmental credits transactions or other similar energy industry experience.
• Working knowledge of energy, commodities, or derivatives markets and various traded instruments.

About rhi

rhi is a professional services provider with global expertise. Tracing our history back to the 19th century, we have spent the last 50 years as a global leader to the energy industry.

We combine efficient systems and processes with a deep understanding of client challenges and market insight. We work with our clients to deliver information and resources that will support every stage of their operations. We deliver value to our employees, our clients and the countries that we work in.

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Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

If you believe this opportunity is right for you, please click the 'Apply' button to submit your application. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. At this time, we will only consider applications with valid working rights for the specified country.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Contract

Job function: Analyst

Industries: Oil and Gas

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