Trading Analyst Leatherhead, England
Job description
About us
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More about us
ExxonMobil has operated in the U.K. for more than 135 years. We are best known today for the marketing of our Esso fuels and Mobil 1 lubricants and for our petrochemicals. We have refining and chemical operations in the UK, we operate the UK’s biggest private pipeline network and we retain a non-operated share in a number of fields in the North Sea. More recently, we are developing our involvement in lower emission projects in the UK, building on our experience in carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen production and biofuels.
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life. We offer an excellent remuneration and benefits package, which includes a competitive salary, defined benefit pension scheme, share incentive plan and private health care for employees and their families.
Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
What role will you play in our team
You will be part of our Crude Trading Analytics team, currently based in Leatherhead, Surrey (but with a view to relocate to a more central London location in early 2023), providing analysis of oil markets, fundamentals and trading strategies to the Trading Teams and Management to enable and enhance profit capture from trading activities. You will act as a key trading resource, driving opportunity identification / capture via; understanding supply/demand balances and trade flows, developing arbitrage analysis, tracking commodity movements and monitoring market events. This involves working collaboratively with trading analysts across both the globe and the barrel.
You will also be assigned to a specific regional crude trading desk, working closely with their traders to provide ad hoc analysis to enable optimal decision making.
What you will do
- Produce analytical led market views to support trading decisions
- Research / highlight key market events impacting sentiment
- Develop trade strategies by producing and connecting market fundamentals / insights, utilizing advanced analytics in conjunction with supply and demand models
- Develop strong collaborative relationships with wider analytical / trading community, both domestically and globally, in order to drive value creation
- Act as power-user of strategic tools that support trading activities: Data systems, bespoke analytical tools, Eikon.
- Contribute to special projects, strategy studies and support of annual plan development
- Produce ad-hoc analysis as requested by Traders / Trading Management
About you
- Hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Economics, Finance, Business (or equivalent)
- Be able to demonstrate excellent numerical / analytical skills and inquisitive mind for trading
- Be able to showcase initiative, tenacity and drive for continuous improvement
- Have a sound knowledge of the crude trading market as well as an understanding of oil derivatives, forecast methodologies and arb calculations
- Have experience of amalgamating various data sources to produce supply and demand models for individual markets or regions
- Be able to exhibit a clear understanding of how fundamentals and flows act as a basis for a market view
- Have solid IT skills with ability to model in Excel, ideally experience of main programming languages such as Python (or equivalent)
- Have a level of familiarity with ship tracking tools
- Be able to demonstrate excellent communications skills and enjoyment of team work within both the analytical and trading community
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience
- The ability to model optionality value or produce financial analyses
- Expert proficiency in programming skills such as Python, R, SQL, Tableau and SAP programs
- Refinery or products trading experience
- In depth knowledge of derivatives
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Conditions of Employment
Successful candidates will be made a conditional offer of employment. The conditions include, but are not limited to: a satisfactory criminal records disclosure; satisfactory employment references over five years (where applicable); verification of qualifications, including any professional accreditation stated in the application; completion of a pre-employment medical, including a test for illicit or unprescribed drugs in accordance with the Company's safety policies; and the legal right to work on the agreed commencement date.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
ExxonMobil and its United Kingdom subsidiary companies, Esso Petroleum Company, Limited, and ExxonMobil Chemical Limited, are equal opportunity employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. All applicants are offered equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities during our recruitment processes, therefore, please contact the Recruitment Team if you wish to discuss any particular requirements to enable you to complete our recruitment process.
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