Job Information
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Mid Office Manager in Houston, Texas
Req ID: 433914
BASIC PURPOSE : The position is responsible for overseeing the profitability reporting of all Musket trades, from inception to final settlement, along with training analysts, teaching troubleshooting skills, providing help with daily reconciliations, and providing coaching and performing annual evaluations for the team.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Coaching and Performance Evaluation for the Trade Reporting and Logistics team.
Review exposure, mark to market (MTM), and profitability reporting of all transactions for accuracy and reasonability.
Have a thorough understanding of SRA scheduling, profit/loss reporting, transaction rebooking, accounting close, and all subsequent impacts on profitability.
Ensure proper staffing of the team to adequately support commercial trading activities and coverage between team members.
Work with contract administration, accounting, inventory control, and third parties to resolve pricing or volume discrepancies.
Performance evaluation for all direct reports.
Provide training and coaching for all direct reports, and work to remove impediments to direct reports’ optimum performance.
Assist with the year end audit around transaction documentation and forward mark to market validation.
Other duties assigned as needed.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Business related field or equivalent work experience required.
Advanced degree or commodity/risk certification preferred.
Experience:
5+ years of experience in the energy industry preferred.
SKILLS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Skills:
Hard Skills: Knowledge of Microsoft Office, experience with SolArc-Right Angle required. Experience with commodity risk exposure reporting required.
Soft Skills: Good written and oral communication skills, team player, exceptional customer service, attention to detail, self motivated, good time management skills, and innovative thinking
Typical Physical Demands:
Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping
Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds
Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator
Requires normal range of hearing and vision
Travel may be required
Job Function(s): Musket
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is the industry-leading travel stop network in the United States. For more than 55 years, we’ve provided customers with highway hospitality and “Clean Places, Friendly Faces.” We’re passionate about serving drivers with clean, modern facilities stocked with fuel, food and supplies. We offer meals from popular restaurant chains, trucking supplies, showers and everything needed to get back on the road quickly. The Love’s Family of Companies includes:
Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest trucking fleets
Speedco, the light mechanical and trucking service specialists
Musket, a rapidly growing, Houston-based commodities supplier and trader
Trillium, a Houston-based alternative fuels expert
EOE-Protected Veterans/Disability