Vice President, Natural Gas Scheduler

Wells Fargo•Houston, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking delivers a comprehensive suite of capital markets, banking, and financial products and services. A trusted partner to our clients, we provide corporate and transactional banking, commercial real estate lending and servicing, investment banking, equity and fixed income solutions including sales, trading, and research capabilities to corporate, commercial real estate, government, and institutional clients across the globe. Markets provides solutions to clients with the means to manage their exposure through various derivatives, lending and cash products across Structured Products Group, Macro, Equities, Municipal Products Group, Credit Sales & Trading. Wells Fargo is seeking a Vice President, Commodities - Natural Gas Scheduler to join the Natural Gas trading desk in the Houston, TX office. This role sits within the Commodities front office and will be working in a dynamic and busy trading floor environment. The Commodities team assists Wells Fargo clients in managing exposures to energy, metals, and agriculture products through the structuring of hedging strategies and commodity linked finance. The ideal candidate will be hardworking, possess strong communication and quantitative skills, thrive in a fast-paced team-oriented environment, and exhibit a deep desire to learn.

Requirements

5+ years of Capital Markets industry experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Nice To Haves

3-5 years of natural gas scheduling experience
Deep experience with natural gas scheduling including pipeline nominations, EBB systems, and managing imbalances across multiple pipelines
Advanced knowledge of commodity trading systems such as Endur, with ability to manage deal entry, nominations, and volume reconciliation
Strong understanding of North American natural gas markets, pipeline tariffs, capacity optimization, and constraint management
Proven ability to partner directly with traders in a front office environment, supporting PnL outcomes through operational execution and insight
Demonstrated expertise in resolving complex volumetric discrepancies, trade breaks, and settlement issues across middle and back-office teams
Leadership experience mentoring junior schedulers or analysts, with strong communication skills across trading, risk, and operations stakeholders
High level quantitative and analytical skills with ability to assess operational risk, optimize flows, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced trading floor environment

Responsibilities

Partner in leading natural gas scheduling operations for the commodities trading desk
Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and senior managers to resolve trade issues
Serve as a subject matter expert and mentor analysts
Manage pipeline nominations on the respective EBBs
Maintain volumes, deals, rates, and scheduling
Work with traders to inform them of upcoming constraints and issues that may impact nominations
Provide updates to the traders and the Capital Markets Middle Office
Schedule natural gas, accurately and timely, on pipeline Electronic Bulletin Boards (EBBs)
Monitor and effectively communicate pipeline operational information postings externally and internally
Resolve volumetric discrepancies via EBBs
Manage pipeline imbalances and optimizing pipeline capacities
Enter and manage nomination data in Endur, the Commodities System of Record
Maintain pipeline tariff rate charges
Act as liaison with settlements team on pipeline and storage invoice reconciliation
Work with the Commodities Trading Group to schedule agriculture, base metals, and precious metals
Tie out process for both natural gas and commodities in order to support trading