Senior Natural Gas Pricing Analyst

Requisition ID: 92644

At Gexa Energy, a NextEra Energy Resources company, we provide reliable low-cost energy solutions. Focused on customer satisfaction, we offer innovative electricity plans tailored to the diverse needs of Texas homes and businesses. If you're passionate about making a difference in the energy industry and delivering exceptional customer experiences, join our team today.

Position Specific Description

Serve as an expert individual contributor responsible for end-to-end natural gas pricing for Commercial & Industrial (C&I) customers across multiple markets. Own pricing model inputs and governance that translate market fundamentals, pipeline/LDC tariffs, transport and storage costs, weather normalization, and risk premiums into accurate, timely quotes. Partner closely with Sales, Supply, Customer Operations, Risk, and Legal to win competitively, execute cleanly, and protect margins. This role emphasizes analytical rigor and stakeholder collaboration without direct people management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

- Price Design & Execution: Develop and maintain pricing structures including fixed, index (NYMEX + adder), full-requirements/load-following, hybrid, and pass-through models. Calibrate adders for transport, storage, balancing, fuel, swing, no-notice, and imbalance exposure.

- Transport & Storage Economics:

Understand pipeline/LDC tariffs, capacity reservation and fuel, storage inject/withdraw/capacity; apply WACOG methodologies where applicable.

- Weather & Load Normalization:

Build profiles and risk premiums by market and segment using weather normalization and load-shape analytics.

- Quote Operations:

Deliver fast, auditable custom quotes/RFPs with clear assumptions and approval trails; ensure execution feasibility with Risk.

- Deal Lifecycle Integration:

Coordinate across Sales, Supply, Customer Operations Support, Risk, Credit, and Legal through contracting, hedging, setup, billing, and confirmations.

- Stakeholder Enablement:

Create pricing narratives, competitive intel, and win/loss insights; train Sales on product structures, fees, and pass-through mechanics.

- Continuous Improvement:

Reduce manual touchpoints and cycle time, improve closed-deal communication to Risk, standardize pricing across markets.

- Senior Emphasis:

Lead complex/strategic deals and novel structures; act as subject matter expert (SME); mentor peers informally.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.

- Experience: Minimum 5+ years in natural gas pricing/structuring or related Trading/Supply/Product Control roles.

- Technical Skills: Advanced Excel; SQL proficiency

- Financial/Risk Knowledge: Strong grasp of liquidity, option value in load-following products, P&L mechanics; ability to translate risk into pricing adders and approvals.

- Soft Skills: Clear communication, collaboration, stakeholder management, prioritization under time pressure, high accuracy and speed.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience pricing across multiple LDCs/pipelines in Northeast, Mid-Con, South, & Southeast; familiarity with swing/no-notice, storage turns, balancing, retainage, and pass-throughs.

- Understanding of tariff constructs, storage injection/withdrawal cost recovery, and WACC/WACOG concepts.

- Exposure to Therm Pricing Engine or other comparable software.

Core Competencies:

Technical depth in gas markets and tariffs, analytical rigor, decision quality under uncertainty, stakeholder partnership across Sales/Supply/Ops/Risk/Credit/Legal, concise communication, continuous improvement/automation mindset.

Success Metrics:

Quote turnaround time and win rate by segment/product, pricing accuracy vs. back cast and realized P&L, hedge slippage variance, reduction in manual steps, control/audit results, quality/impact of complex deals and SME contributions.

Reporting & Leveling:

Reports to: Principal Pricing Analyst

No direct reports.

Work Conditions:

Location: Houston, TX OR Atlanta, GA OR Newark, NJ

Travel: Up to 15%

Job Overview

Employees in this role are responsible for learning the supply and pricing functions and performing supply and pricing tasks independently.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

- Compiles, reviews, and formats energy usage data

- Performs pricing functions

- Researches and resolves a variety of data issues

- Prepares data for structuring analyses

- Maintains awareness about market changes and conditions that may affect pricing

- Develops an understanding of market characteristics that influence pricing

- Identifies and analyzes specific risks associated with each deal

- Develops and maintains financial models

- Exercises independent judgment within broadly defined practices/policies in selecting approach and technique

- Acts as a resource to internal customers, specifically the sales teams, based on intimate knowledge of relevant industries and needs

- Creates and manages customer expectations through close consultation, gaining an understanding of customer business goals

- Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s Degree

- Experience: 4+ years

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor’s - Business Administration

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Employee Group: Exempt Employee Type: Full Time Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics Organization: Gexa Energy, LP Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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