Gas Scheduling & Confirmations Analyst (hybrid)

NiSource is a leading public utility company, and they are seeking a Senior Gas Scheduling & Confirmations Analyst. This role involves efficiently nominating system supply gas, confirming transportation customer supply, and reconciling volumes of natural gas purchases, while collaborating within the team to optimize portfolio management.

Responsibilities

• Independently nominates gas transportation on interstate pipelines and/or storage facilities in compliance with contract provisions, and the pipelines or storage operators’ tariff, confirms daily city-gate nominations for system supply, transportation customers, pool operators and Choice Suppliers and manages banks and balancing services to maintain balance of supply and demand, providing economic, reliable service to customers while optimizing the revenue and other related benefits derived from LDC incentive programs
• Verifies and balances nominations, storage inventories and pipeline imbalances for data accuracy
• Posts capacity releases on pipeline and storage websites associated with transportation and storage allocations to Choice/SCO Suppliers, asset management arrangements, and marketed capacity release
• Supports Gas Accountant during the monthly accounting closing by providing documentation on volume reconciliation and storage inventories timely and assist with reconciling discrepancies on monthly transportation or storage payable invoices
• Provides monthly closing information to GTS Billing and/or NIPSCO Industrial Billing for use in billing GTS and Choice Suppliers
• Analyzes available transportation and storage capacity and collaborates with Portfolio Managers/Gas Traders and Gas Control to determine and recommend cost-effective ways to utilize our assets on a daily basis
• Monitors pipeline electronic bulletin boards for critical information including operational restrictions and communicates pertinent information to Portfolio Managers/Traders, Planning and Gas Control
• Maintains data and integrity of GasSource, Aviator, EASy and Energy Access Online (“EAO”), including system enhancements
• Interacts with IT support teams
• Maintains procedures for scheduling, confirmations, and capacity releases
• Covers weekends and holidays on a rotating basis
• Supports functional consistency, process standardization and operational excellence
• Participates in non-recurring ad hoc projects as needed, other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, or other business or quantitative discipline
• 1-3 years Relevant work experience
• Strong analytical and strategic-thinking/planning abilities
• Proven ability to identify, create and implement new processes, or process improvements
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills
• Strong organizational/planning skills
• Proven ability to work across departments collaboratively
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proven ability to work independently
• Proven ability to gain respect and trust from others, and build favorable business relationships
• Proven track record of achieving results
• Proven ability to pay close attention to details
• Proven ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize workload
• Strong sense of urgency, and ability to meet deadlines
• Recognize strategic implications of problems and issues
• Some travel may be required
• High accountability for job performance and accurate and timely work
• Frequent time may be required outside of traditional business hours/on-call rotation
• Knowledge of, and proven experience with nominations
• Knowledge of Local Distribution Companies and pipeline tariffs

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