Administrator, Senior Contract (Finance)
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership's assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity. The Senior Contract Administrator position is responsible for ensuring that all contractual terms are processed and implemented in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with contractual provisions, company standards, guidelines and procedures. Position is responsible for reviewing, processing, analyzing and tracking agreements, amendments and/or contractual correspondence for the assigned asset group(s). In addition, successful candidate will:
- Facilitate monthly close-packet meetings with Accounting.
- Write, distribute, and track customer Force Majeure notices.
- Manage monthly customer gas processing election notices.
- Draft contracts, briefs and coordinating contracts, amendments, exhibits, and correspondence for specific types of agreements, ensuring all documentation is properly handled, routed and filed.
- Process contract assignments, including working with legal and the customers to ensure proper documentation is obtained and communicated internally.
- Ensure contracts have been properly authorized and all terms and conditions are accurately captured in company systems.
- Ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley standards as they apply to necessary documentation and tracking of contract preparation, processing, execution and reporting. Assist with compilation of internal SOX audit reports.
- Act as primary contact for external customers to handle routine contract issues and questions and ensure all appropriate actions are taken and/or communicated in a timely manner.
- Interact and partner effectively with internal departments including commercial, legal, and accounting.
- Participate in special projects and complete ad-hoc reporting as directed.
- Exercise initiative and knowledge of contract and transaction impacts of specific language, clauses and requirements.
- Ensure contract escalations are executed and accounted for properly.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience in a business related field is required.
- A minimum of 3 years' experience in preparing and administering contracts in the oil and gas industry.
- Experience proofreading, auditing, and correcting documents and ensuring accuracy of final documents is required.
- Understanding and knowledge of contract terms, administrative procedures, concepts, terminology and standards is required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, with emphasis on Word and Excel is required. Quorum experience preferred.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Strong organization skills.
- Ability to work well in a team environment.
- Self motivated with ability to work independently with minimum supervision and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to be flexible with changing priorities.
