Manager, Product Control

About Next Decade Corporation

Next Decade is committed to providing the world access to reliable, lower‑carbon energy. We are focused on delivering secure and cost‑effective energy through the safe and efficient development and operation of natural gas liquefaction capacity at Rio Grande LNG. Through our subsidiaries, we are developing and constructing the Rio Grande LNG natural gas liquefaction and export facility near Brownsville, Texas, with approximately 48 MTPA of potential liquefaction capacity currently under construction or in development, sufficient space at the site for up to 10 liquefaction trains, and a potential carbon capture and storage project.

Next Decade’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “NEXT.” Next Decade is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Visit

• Own end‑to‑end daily, monthly, and quarterly P&L processes, including validation, attribution, and variance analysis across physical and financial commodities.
• Ensure robust control over valuation methodologies, pricing curves, model inputs, and market data, in line with internal policies and governance standards.
• Review and challenge trading results, ensuring issues are identified, escalated, and resolved with appropriate independence.

• Act as a trusted but independent partner to Front Office, providing insight into the financial and valuation impact of trading strategies, new deals, and structured transactions.
• Support new product onboarding and deal review, ensuring accounting, valuation, and control implications are fully assessed before execution.
• Interface closely with Market Risk and Credit to ensure consistent views of exposure, limits, and performance.

• Oversee product control activities within ETRM systems (e.g., Open Link/Endur), including trade capture validation, lifecycle events, and system‑generated P&L.
• Drive enhancements to systems, data quality, automation, and reporting, reducing manual intervention and operational risk.

• Design, own, and continuously enhance product control policies, procedures, and internal controls aligned with audit and regulatory expectations.
• Serve as a key point of contact for internal and external audits, including documentation, walkthroughs, issue remediation, and control testing.
• Ensure appropriate governance, escalation, and accountability for control breaches or material reporting issues.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of product control and trading support professionals.
• Set a strong control culture, reinforcing ownership, rigor, and professional skepticism across the team.
• Drive performance standards, role clarity, and capability development consistent with a growing, complex commercial environment.

• Provide management with forward‑looking views on earnings drivers, risk exposures, and sensitivities to market movements.
• Support planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis in partnership with FP&A, Risk, and Commercial teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field (CPA, CFA, or FRM preferred).
• Typically 8-12+ years of experience in Product Control, Trading Support, Market Risk, or Commercial Finance within energy, commodities, or financial trading environments.
• Strong understanding of trade life cycles, P&L attribution, valuation concepts, derivatives, and physical commodity structures.
• Hands‑on experience with ETRM/CTRM platforms (Open Link/Endur strongly preferred).
• Proven people leadership experience with the ability to operate as an independent control authority.

This position operates in a professional office environment with occasional work within or outside of a complex construction environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers/fax, filing cabinets, etc. This is primarily a sedentary role; however, the incumbent must be able to stand and/or sit continuously to perform all essential job functions for a full shift.

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