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The Fixed Income Division is comprised of Interest Rate and Currency Products, Credit Products and Distribution. Professionals in the Division assess and actively manages risk, trade securities, and structure as well as execute innovative transactions in the fast-paced and constantly changing global markets. The Commodities Division is a market leader in energy, metals, and agricultural product trading worldwide whose professionals trade in both physical and derivative commodity risk.
This position will work closely with traders and marketers to coordinate the receipt and delivery of natural gas between suppliers, producers, marketers, pipelines and customers while ensuring that company volumes are accurately tracked and invoiced. This position might also assist the traders with executing trades, fundamental analysis of natural gas infrastructure and optimization of physical assets.
Main responsibilities include:

• Arrange and nominate the receipt and delivery of natural gas to our customers
• Communicate between our suppliers and customers to ensure that contractual nomination data is coordinated accurately throughout the delivery chain
• Work closely with trading and marketing to help optimize flows on a daily basis
• Track the movement of all physical gas sales and maintain internal spreadsheets showing the contractual movements of gas, storage changes, and imbalances
• Track pipeline tariff costs and review any invoice charges coordinating with operations
• Identify incremental capacity and supply availability which may be acquired by the company in a cost effective and profitable manner
• Actively review the efficiency of the nomination and accounting activities to ensure that those functions are run in the optimal manner

Skills Requirement:

• 2-7 years of experience in Scheduling, with direct Natural Gas experience
• Based in Houston, TX, or open to relocation to Houston, TX
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with a minimum 2:1 degree classification or equivalent
• Good understanding of industry standards and logistics operations
• Commercially aware and able to make rapid and accurate decisions
• Ability to analyze complex issues and managing your demanding workload effectively to ensure deadlines are met
• Self-motivated and with good interpersonal skills and able to work under pressure and in adherence to strict timelines
• Good written/spoken communication skills in English and able to engage at all levels

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients - helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that's differentiated - and we've done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $150,000 per year at the commencement of employment for Associate. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
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