Analyst - Contract Admin
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Summary: This position works in the Interstate Contract Administration Group reporting to the Director, Contract Administration. This position supports Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC, ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC, and Fayetteville Express Pipeline LLC and is responsible for processing requests for transportation service, establishing receipt/delivery points and legal entities for transportation contracts, and compliance with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations for interstate natural gas pipelines.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as customer contact to initiate transportation contracts.
- Process Service Requests and calculate credit exposures for new and existing customers as needed.
- Work closely with Commercial Representatives to validate deal terms for entry of contract parameters (rates, points, quantities, term) in the Transfer system and generation of contract documents. Make recommendations on contract and rate structure in conjunction with Legal, Regulatory and Commercial groups.
- Coordinate with Regulatory to ensure compliance with FERC regulations such as negotiated rate filings, non-conforming service agreement filings, and Index of Customers.
- Route contracts for required approvals with Legal, Facility Planning, Credit, and SVP Commercial.
- Establish new legal entities in the M+ system, coordinate credit and set-up of entity in conjunction with accounting system (SAP).
- Administration of external customers security access to the Transfer system. Process contracts to agree to transact electronically through the Transfer system.
- Answer Application Support Desk Hotline to assist customers with security access issues.
- Work with IT to identify Business Requirements, perform system testing, train customers, and implement the migration of Transwestern’s and Tiger’s business processes from the Transfer system to the M+ system.
- Administration of agency relationships, operator balancing agreements, NAESB Gas Purchase and Sale agreements, and assignment agreements.
- Provide responses to contract data requests for FERC rate case and legal proceedings as needed.
- Administration of Capacity Release in compliance with tariff and FERC requirements.
- Customer training for Capacity Release on the Transfer system.
- Work with Facility Planning to set up new points on the pipelines in M+ system.
- Administration of postings to the pipeline’s Informational Postings website and monitoring Transactional Reports for accurate and timely compliance.
- Work with IT to identify and test new business process requirements and improvements to the Transfer system.
- Administration of Customer NAESB EDI agreements, Exhibits, and Trading Partner Worksheets; along with EDI security set up and EDI data transaction set up.
- Scan correspondence and contracts to FileNet system.
- Work on tight deadlines to allow customers to nominate at desired scheduling cycle (five cycles per day).
- Occasional after-hours, weekend, holiday or weather-event coverage is required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Accounting or related area or additional equivalent experience.
- 2 – 5 years of contract admin or related interstate pipeline experience.
- Customer service skills and/or experience.
- Detail-oriented.
- Ability to meet deadlines in high-stress environment.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with various groups internally and externally.
- Ability to multi-task.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Contracts and/or gas industry experience a plus, including scheduling of natural gas across multiple pipes.
Required experience is commensurate with the selected job level:
- The Associate Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor’s degree and 0-2 years of relevant job related experience
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- Usually, normal office working conditions.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
- Occasional overnight travel may be required.
- Occasional visits to industrial/manufacturing settings, which may include exposure to various materials and chemicals, as well as extreme temperature conditions and loud machinery, and require appropriate personal protective equipment.
DISCLAIMER: The above statements, which are subject to change, are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
An equal opportunity employer/disability/vet
Energy Transfer is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
The nature and frequency of the above working conditions and requirements may vary depending on individual operational circumstances. Where feasible, the Partnership will make reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job.
DISCLAIMER: The statements listed in this job posting, which are subject to change, are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.