Settlement Analyst

Confidential Global Commodity Trading Firm (Houston)

• Sits on the trade floor with the traders at one of the most successful commodity trading firms in the world, not a back-office accounting seat
• Strong track record of internal promotion: people who start in settlements regularly move into pricing, scheduling, trade support, or commercial analysis, several within 1 to 2 years
• The company pays healthcare costs for dependents and makes a significant retirement contribution with immediate vesting
• On-site gym and on-site chefs, plus paid continuing education beyond CPE, including Python and other technical courses
• Open as a result of an internal promotion

Duties

• Settle physical commodity trades: daily invoicing, preparing approved invoices for wire payment with treasury, and reconciling sales, purchases, transportation, and storage costs
• Work directly with traders, operators/schedulers, and commercial analysts, plus accounting, treasury, credit, and tax teams across the full trade lifecycle
• Verify volume and value of tank storage and in-transit inventory, and reconcile booked activity to actual physical inventory
• Support the month-end close, including review of assigned deals, accruals, and system-generated entries, and assist with year-end audit prep and external auditor

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred, ideally in accounting, finance, business, or economics
• 1 to 4 years of relevant experience; strong entry-level candidates with good internships or academics are also considered
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills required; VBA, Python, or SQL a plus but not required
• Detail-oriented, accurate under deadlines, and comfortable in a fast-paced, high-energy environment
• Able to follow how a transaction flows through the business and communicate with both accounting and commercial stakeholders