Castleton Commodities International, is hiring a Confirmations Analyst for our Houston, TX office. The Confirmations Analyst will play a critical role in ensuring the timely and accurate generation, validation, and affirmation of physical and financial contracts across CCI’s Oil & Refined Products portfolio. The role serves as a key link between the front, middle, and back offices, ensuring trade accuracy, reducing contractual risk, and supporting a seamless trade lifecycle from execution through settlement. Success in this position requires strong analytical skills, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively across multiple stakeholder groups.
Responsibilities:
- Generate, track, and execute trade confirmations for various types of physical and financial energy trades including and not limited to Oil Liquids and Refined Products.
- Review broker recaps, third party contracts and contract correspondence for appropriate tagging with deals and reconciliation against ETRM System(s).
- Work closely with Legal, Credit and Commercial to draft long form confirmations and responses.
- Resolve discrepancies and inaccuracies in confirmations and ETRM System(s) by communicating with Traders, Counterparties and Brokers.
- Perform complex daily support functions such as identifying and chasing unconfirmed deals, aged confirmations and other various reporting requirements.
- Reviewing processes and identifying ways to create efficiencies across the team.
- Maintain confirmation templates within the systems by working with Team and Legal to ensure language is up to date, accurate and tested when required.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Law or related field.
- 5+ years’ experience in a similar role within the Energy Trading markets (Oil focus preferred).
- Prior experience drafting waterborne confirmations.
- Prior experience with ETRM systems (e.g., CXL, Allegro, RightAngle, etc.)
- Excellent problem solving, analytical and numerical skills; ability to seek information and interpret data from multiple sources to resolve problems or implement new processes.
- Strong critical thinking skills and ability to identify problems and propose solution(s).
- Highest level of ownership and accountability.
- Ability and desire to work in a global team-centered environment.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic and high-intensity environment including open-floor plan if applicable to the position, with timely responsiveness and the ability to work beyond normal business hours when required.
Employee Programs & Benefits:
CCI offers competitive benefits and programs to support our employees, their families and local communities. These include:
- Competitive comprehensive medical, dental, retirement and life insurance benefits
- Employee assistance & wellness programs
- Parental and family leave policies
- CCI in the Community: Each office has a Charity Committee and as a part of this program employees are allocated 2 days annually to volunteer at the selected charities.
- Charitable contribution match program
- Tuition assistance & reimbursement
- Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards
- Employee discount program, including access to fitness facilities
- Competitive paid time off
- Continued learning opportunities
Visit https://www.cci.com/careers/life-at-cci/# to learn more!
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