Trade Book to Financial Reporting Manager

Excelerate Energy, Inc.; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Excelerate Energy, Inc. seeks a senior reporting professional to reconcile commodity trade-book results with financial reporting.

You will coordinate inputs across Risk, FP&A, Accounting, and Commercial to investigate material differences and explain how trade-book performance ties to earnings. Responsibilities include monthly forecast-to-actual analysis, budgeting support, and development of ETRM reporting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Requires 7+ years leading cross-functional reporting, reconciliation, forecasting, or financial analysis.
• Experience connecting trading results to management and financial reporting.
• Experience with natural gas, LNG, or commodity derivatives.
• Strong understanding of trade capture, mark-to-market, P&L, inventory accounting, and accruals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reporting that reconciles commodity trade-book results to financial results.
• Coordinate inputs from Risk, FP&A, Accounting, and Commercial to prepare reconciliations and explain material differences.
• Perform monthly forecast-to-actual analysis for commodity-related earnings and explain variances.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning with commodity-related analysis.
• Analyze differences related to valuation, inventory treatment, timing, accruals, settlements, hedge results, costs, and reporting classifications.
• Prepare clear reporting that links commercial performance to reported financial results.
• Review transaction, position, volume, valuation, and P&L data used in reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Coordinate resolution of reporting differences with data owners and adjust methodologies as needed.
• Identify recurring reconciliation issues and propose improvements to systems and controls.
• Support development of ETRM reporting capabilities for trade-book, financial, and risk reporting.
• Provide backup support for Risk reporting and analysis, as assigned.
• Assist with audit, compliance, SOX, and reporting-control requirements.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Reconciliation

Data analysis

Management reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or Energy Management

Tools

Entrade

Endur

Allegro

RightAngle

Job description

Responsible for developing reporting that reconciles and explains differences between the Company’s commodity trade-book results and financial reporting. Coordinates reporting across Risk, FP&A, Accounting, and Commercial to investigate material differences, explain how trade-book performance relates to financial results, and support analysis of current and future commodity-related earnings. This role requires an understanding of commodity trading activity, financial reporting, forecasting, and ETRM data.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Develop and maintain reporting that reconciles the Company’s commodity trade-book results to financial results.
• Coordinate inputs from Risk, FP&A, Accounting, and Commercial to prepare the reconciliation and explain material differences.
• Perform monthly forecast-to-actual analysis for commodity-related earnings and explain material variances.
• Support FP&A’s budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes by providing commodity-related analysis and reporting input.
• Analyze differences related to valuation, inventory treatment, timing, accruals, settlements, hedge results, costs, and reporting classifications.
• Prepare clear reporting that explains how commercial performance relates to reported financial results.
• Review the transaction, position, volume, valuation, and P&L information used in the reconciliation and investigate identified discrepancies.
• Coordinate the resolution of reporting differences with the function responsible for the underlying data, methodology, or accounting treatment.
• Identify recurring reconciliation issues and recommend improvements to systems, controls, data quality, and reporting processes.
• Support the development of ETRM reporting capabilities for trade-book, financial, and risk reporting.
• Provide backup support for designated Risk reporting and analysis, as assigned.
• Support audit, compliance, SOX documentation, and reporting-control requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, Energy Management, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of relevant experience, including responsibility for leading cross-functional reporting, reconciliation, forecasting, financial analysis, or process-improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing reporting that connects commercial or trading results to management and financial reporting.
• Experience with natural gas, LNG, or commodity derivatives.
• Strong understanding of commodity trading activity, including trade capture, mark-to-market valuation, realized and unrealized P&L, inventory accounting, accruals, settlements, and financial reporting.
• Experience analyzing commodity-related earnings, forecast-to-actual variances, and the effects of inventory positions, hedges, valuation changes, and market movements.
• Experience with ETRM systems such as Entrade, Endur, Allegro, RightAngle, or a similar platform.
• Ability to independently evaluate data and explanations, identify material issues, coordinate resolution across functions, and elevate unresolved matters when appropriate.
• Ability to communicate commodity trading activity, financial results, and material variances clearly to commercial, financial, technical, and senior management audiences.
• Experience collaborating with global teams across different cultures and time zones.
• Advanced Excel, financial analysis, reconciliation, data analysis, and management-reporting skills.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Financial reporting and commercial understanding
• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management
• Reconciliation and root-cause analysis
• Independent judgment and constructive challenge
• Forecasting and financial analysis
• Process improvement and control awareness
• Clear communication with technical and senior management audiences
• Ability to prioritize within trading, planning, and reporting deadlines

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

To be confirmed.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Specific work location, schedule, and travel requirements are to be confirmed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear and is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK AUTHORIZATION

Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship. Sponsorship for this role is not being offered at this time.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION / EEO STATEMENT

It is the policy of Excelerate Energy to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Excelerate Energy is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures and employment processes. If you need an accommodation to apply for a role or to perform essential job functions, please contact Human Resources at [e-mail]. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis consistent with applicable laws.

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