Operations Support Analyst

Texas, United States of America
Job Family Group:
Downstream Supply Chain
Worker Type:
Regular
Posting Start Date:
October 20, 2026
Business Unit:
Trading and Supply
Experience Level:
Experienced Professionals
Job Description:
What’s the Role
The Crude Operations Support Analyst is responsible for accurately recording, tracking, and settling crude oil transactions from purchase through final destination. The team ensures that each movement is promptly and accurately captured in our systems and reconciles and settles all crude activities assigned to the analyst’s desk.
The Crude Operations Support Analyst is expected to “own the molecule,” demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the operational and commercial implications of the data they manage. This critical role within the Crude Trading Operations organization requires proactively managing losses, preventing profit leakage, and providing thorough analysis and reporting on crude oil movements.
What You’ll Be Doing
Schedule and lead monthly loss/gain meetings, including reporting losses and gains to the trade book, reviewing pending action items in Endur, and addressing unsettled events and potential bad debt
Support Lease Purchase System (LPS) WD10 checkouts and review LPS-to-Endur reporting with the team
Assist Lease Administration and Commercial teams with LPS closing issues and complex pricing matters
Record and track the physical movement of crude oil
Ensure timely and accurate data entry across systems
Reconcile and settle all crude oil activities assigned to the desk
Understand the operational and commercial implications of transaction data and crude movements
Manage losses and proactively identify opportunities to prevent profit leakage
Analyze allocated volumes and subsequent revisions to ensure data integrity
Analyze and verify complex accounting deals, quarterly quality bank statements, and pipeline statements
Perform monthly SOX controls and ensure appropriate supporting documentation is maintained
Research and analyze unsettled items in LPS, Endur, and TSAP
Analyze and report on all aspects of crude oil movements
Verify, reconcile, and settle millions of barrels of crude purchases and sales each month
Account for crude movements across all locations involving Shell Pipeline Company, third-party pipelines, railcars, trucks, and barges
Settle transactions across multiple counterparties and trading desks
Assist the Financial Closing team with the review and resolution of significant variances between forecasted and actual volumes
Reconcile STUSCO inventory balances to third-party statements
Investigate and resolve volumetric discrepancies related to crude oil movements
Perform root-cause analysis of operational and system issues and take appropriate action to resolve them
Pursue collections with counterparties for disputed or outstanding receivables and analyze open payables, as applicable
What you bring
Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
Bachelor's Degree
At least 5 years of relevant experience
Expertise in at least one of the following systems, with a strong working knowledge of the others: LPS, Endur, and TSAP
Ability to manage complex contracts and counterparties, including counterparties with lease, pipeline, and bulk contracts, as well as tiered pricing structures
Strong understanding of contractual components, including complex pricing arrangements, quality banks, and pipeline systems
Ability to work beyond normal business hours during monthly close and periods of increased commercial activity
What we offer
The base salary range for this position is $95,000 - $143,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.
For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.
Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives. For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays. Additional information on Shell’s US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html.
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together
Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world.
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply
Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs
We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.
Shell in The United States
With more than 11,000 employees, Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years and is delivering secure energy supplies across America.
From producing a reliable supply of oil and gas in the US Gulf of America to biofuels, our retail sites and EV charging network, to marketing and trading electricity generated by gas plants, solar and wind power, we are one of the few countries where every Shell business is represented.
We are working with our customers to deliver the energy the world needs today and building the energy systems of tomorrow, all while creating value for society and shareholders.
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