Product Control Manager Retail
Houston, TX - USA
Job Summary
Product Control Manager Retail Energy
A growing energy organization is seeking a Product Control Manager to lead margin reporting valuation oversight financial controls and reconciliation activities across its retail energy portfolio. This individual will serve as a key link between Commercial Risk Accounting Settlements and FP&A ensuring that portfolio performance obligations and financial results are accurately measured understood and communicated.
This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to influence business processes strengthen control frameworks and provide senior leadership with meaningful insight into portfolio performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the product control and margin reporting processes supporting a retail power portfolio.
- Reconcile expected versus realized margin and explain key drivers of financial performance.
- Oversee valuation and reporting of energy and environmental products including Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) capacity-related products and other market obligations.
- Partner with Commercial Risk Accounting Settlements and FP&A teams to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
- Review and challenge pricing assumptions valuation inputs and portfolio results where appropriate.
- Develop and enhance controls reconciliations and reporting processes to improve transparency consistency and audit readiness.
- Lead initiatives focused on data quality process improvement system enhancements and operational efficiency.
- Prepare analyses and presentations for senior leadership highlighting performance drivers exposures trends and risks.
- Support month-end and quarter-end close activities related to commodity margin reporting and portfolio valuation.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Economics Business or a related quantitative discipline.
- 10 years of experience in Product Control Energy Accounting Commercial Finance Risk or a related function within the energy industry.
- Strong experience supporting power portfolios and retail energy operations.
- Direct experience with Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) environmental products capacity markets or resource adequacy programs is required.
- Deep understanding of commodity valuation concepts margin reporting reconciliations and financial controls.
- Experience working closely with trading commercial risk and accounting teams.
- Proven ability to build and improve control frameworks reporting processes and operational workflows.
- Leadership experience or demonstrated ability to influence across multiple functions.
- Strong analytical communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience with ETRM platforms and advanced Excel skills required.
- Natural gas market exposure is a plus.
Required Experience:
Manager