Sr. Manager - Credit

Expand Energy Corporation; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Expand Energy is seeking a Sr. Manager - Credit in Spring, TX to lead counterparty risk management across North American gas trading (physical and financial).

You will enable commercial growth within risk appetite by delivering timely, disciplined credit decisions that support front-office execution. You will serve as the primary interface between Credit and Trading, ensuring robust governance, portfolio oversight, and risk-controlled deal structuring in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required; advanced degrees preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in credit risk management within energy trading or commodities markets.
• Experience with counterparty underwriting, exposure management, and collateral structuring.

Responsibilities

• Credit Decisioning: approve or challenge pre-deal credit exposure and deliver real-time credit decisions.
• Portfolio Management: monitor daily exposure, manage limits, watchlist, and concentrations.
• Collateral & Structuring: negotiate CSA terms and optimize collateral usage.
• Commercial Integration: serve as embedded credit partner to traders with fast turnarounds.
• Governance & Reporting: produce exposure and concentration reporting; support risk committees.
• Systems & Data: ensure credit data integrity and improve reporting and automation.

Skills

Counterparty credit analysis

Underwriting

Collateral structures

Credit mitigation

LCs & CSAs

Commercial acumen

Risk controls

High-speed trading

Rapid decision-making

Stakeholder management

Influencing front-office

Analytical rigor

Financial modeling

ETRM systems (Endur)

Credit risk reporting

Governance & audit

Communication to senior stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree in Finance or quantitative field

Tools

Endur

Job description

Sr. Manager - Credit

Date: Oct 9, 2026

Location: Spring, TX, US, 77389

Company: Expand Energy

Our core values — Stewardship, Character, Collaborate, Learn, Disrupt — are the lens through which we evaluate every business decision. As a dynamic, growing company that offers extremely competitive compensation and benefits, our employees are our most valued assets and the foundation of Expand's performance among our E&P competitors.

We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team. We realize that, historically, underrepresented groups feel the need to be 100% qualified in order to apply. If you meet any combination of our requirements, we encourage you to apply. We strive to hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.

Job Summary

The Sr. Credit Risk Manager serves as a senior execution leader responsible for counterparty credit risk management across North American natural gas trading activities (physical and financial). This role enables commercial growth within defined risk appetite by delivering timely, disciplined credit decisions that support front-office execution. Acting as the primary interface between Credit and Trading, the position ensures robust governance, portfolio oversight, and risk-controlled deal structuring within a fast-paced trading environment.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Credit Decisioning

• Approve / challenge pre-deal credit exposure
• Assess counterparties (ratings, financials, structure)
• Support complex / structured transactions
• Deliver real-time credit decisions supporting trading activity
• Own credit approval and exposure management lifecycle

Portfolio Management

• Monitor daily exposure vs. limits
• Manage limit breaches, exceptions, and watchlist
• Identify concentration and wrong-way risk
• Maintain portfolio-level control (limits, concentrations, collateral)

Collateral & Structuring

• Support CSA negotiation and credit terms
• Optimize collateral usage (LCs, prepay, guarantees)
• Align risk-reward in deal structuring

Commercial Integration

• Act as embedded credit partner to traders
• Provide fast turnaround on credit approvals
• Enable growth without weakening controls

Governance & Reporting

• Produce exposure, concentration, and exception reporting
• Maintain clear documentation of credit decisions
• Support CRO / Risk Committee visibility
• Ensure audit-ready governance and reporting discipline

Systems & Data

• Ensure integrity of credit data in Endur
• Improve automation, exposure accuracy, and reporting

Job Specific Skills

• Advanced counterparty credit analysis and underwriting expertise in energy tradingStrong knowledge of exposure measurement (MTM, potential future exposure, receivables risk)
• Deep understanding of collateral structures and credit mitigation tools (LCs, CSAs, guarantees, prepay structures)
• Commercial acumen with the ability to balance risk controls and business growth
• Ability to operate effectively in a high-speed trading environment with rapid decision-making requirements
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, particularly with front-office trading teams
• High degree of analytical rigor and financial modeling capability
• Experience with ETRM systems (Endur preferred) and credit risk reporting tools
• Strong governance mindset with audit and documentation discipline
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to present credit recommendations to senior stakeholders

Education

Minimum: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university

Preferred: Advanced degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, or another quantitative discipline

Experience

Minimum Requirements:

• 12+ years of experience in credit risk management within energy trading or commodities markets
• Demonstrated experience in:
• Counterparty credit underwriting
• Exposure management (MTM and receivables)
• Collateral and credit structuring
• Proven ability to support trading desks with real-time credit decisioning

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with structured commodity or complex trading transactions
• Exposure to multi-commodity and/or global trading portfolios
• Direct experience with Endur or equivalent ETRM platforms
• Prior leadership or mentoring experience within a credit or risk function

Expand Energy takes necessary action to ensure that all applicants are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, military or veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

Expand Energy Corporation's operations are focused on discovering and developing its large and geographically diverse resource base of unconventional oil and natural gas assets onshore in the United States.

Nearest Major Market: Houston

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