Sr. Credit Analyst - Power & Gas

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 104,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Shell is looking for a Sr. Credit Analyst – Power & Gas to join its team in Houston, TX. This role serves as a primary Americas contact within the Global T&S Credit Risk organization for credit risk management and support for Trading and Supply (SENA).

You will negotiate credit language, manage credit risk, and collaborate with analytics and underwriting to balance risk and value in decision-making. The position interacts with senior stakeholders across regions, including ties to trading hubs in

Qualifications

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or related field.
• At least 4 years of credit experience in trading credit mitigation, negotiations, or related areas.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Americas contact within Global T&S Credit Risk for trading risk management.
• Negotiate credit language with customers and terms; ensure compliance with policy.
• Collaborate with analytics to perform PFE analyses and stress testing.
• Coordinate with underwriting and stakeholders to balance risk and value.

Skills

Credit risk experience

Trading credit mitigation

Credit negotiations

Contract negotiations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Economics or related field

Job description

Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group

Finance

Worker Type

Regular

Posting Start Date

September 11, 2026

Business Unit

Finance

Experience Level

Experienced Professionals

Job Description

What’s the role

Shell is looking for a Sr. Credit Analyst – Power & Gas to join its team in Houston, TX.

This role acts as a primary Americas contact within the Global T&S Credit Risk organization for credit risk management & support for Trading and Supply, supporting SENA (Shell Energy North America). Primary responsibility will be supporting the Americas Region focusing on credit risk management and trade credit approval, contract negotiations (NAESB, EEI, ISDA, PPA), portfolio credit management, customer interfacing and stakeholder management. This includes negotiating credit language with customers and execution of credit contractual terms. Direct interaction with various T&S functions where quick decisions must be executed while balancing risk/reward in decision making to optimize value and control/manage credit risk.

Accountabilities:

• Act as a primary day-to-day interface within the Global T&S Credit Risk organization with commercial, financial, legal, contract admin and treasury stakeholders with respect to the execution of the deals/trades in carrying out credit risk strategies for assigned portfolio within the Americas Trading Portfolio
• Ensure all commercial activities entered into by the above portfolio remain in compliance with the approved global Shell T&S Credit Policy
• Offering world—class risk management techniques and insights to the business to enable the best possible risk / reward decision to be reached, including developing new strategies or techniques for optimization
• Liaise with Trade Finance to ensure proper credit risk mitigation tools are properly negotiated, optimized, executed and managed
• Work closely with the analytics team to run/analyze Potential Future Exposure (PFE), build out more analytical, reporting and stress testing capabilities within Credit Risk organization
• Crucial and heavy interaction with Global Credit Underwriting Teams to ensure proper vetting of credit quality of counterparties (new and existing)
• Lead through other credit and finance members to accomplish goals and overall credit strategies/credit valuations. Strong relationship with Peer Credit Managers to cross collaborate and ensure SEAm processes are consistent where appropriate. Develop and implement new ideas and best practices from collaboration and implement where needed
• Role has heavy interaction with senior commercial and finance stakeholders where difficult decisions are carried out. Drive people development and best practice knowledge sharing throughout the Global Credit Risk organization. This position will have accountability managing a portion of the overall Shell Energy Americas T&S portfolio. Collaboration with other Trading Hubs (London, Singapore) occurs as needed

What you bring

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Must have a Bachelor's degree, preferably in Finance, Economics, or a related field of study
• Must have at least 4 years of credit experience, specifically in trading credit mitigation, credit negotiations, contract negotiations, and/or credit support, preferably within a trading environment

What we offer

The base salary range for this position is $115,000 - $173,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.

Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives. For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays. Additional information on Shell’s US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html.

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
• Join an organization working to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in The United States

Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years, leading the sector in energy, petrochemicals and refined products. Today, we provide millions of Americans with the energy needed to heat and cool their homes and power the economy.

We operate in all 50 states, from our Deepwater platforms in the Gulf of America to the Pennsylvania Chemicals complex and our miles of pipelines throughout the US.

We reach our customers through our 13,000 branded retail stations, and we are number 1 in gasoline sales. We also own the #1 brand of motor oil in the U.S. – Pennzoil – made from natural gas.

We are excited to play a key role in the move to net carbon emissions while providing the oil and gas needed by society for many decades to come.