Gas Trading Analyst

About us

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What role you will play in our team

We are continuing to expand our global trading organization, and rapidly building our analytical capabilities. We are looking for passionate individuals with an entrepreneurial mind-set to drive change in our business, and who enjoy working in dynamic, collaborative, and diverse global teams.

Currently we have an opportunity for an experienced Gas Trading Analyst to be part of our Global Trading Analytics team. The role will work very closely with our teams on the trading floor and is based in our central London Trading office.

What you will do

You will provide market expertise, fundamental analysis, statistical modelling and opportunity & risk identification, to support Gas trading, structuring, and origination activities. The key deliverables include:

• Leveraging detailed market understanding to recommend profitable trading, optimization, and business development strategies
• Researching, analysing and interpreting fundamental drivers across the European Gas space, and translating these into market views and forward price outlooks to drive trading strategies
• Leading the development & improvement of analytical tools:
• • Development and/or enhancement of existing analytical tools to improve insights from market fundamentals
  • Helping to lead the development and improvement of analytical tools to support the origination and business development teams as they expand into new products and markets
  • Participating in interactions with internal and external developers and evaluating external tools/software/products for business application
  • Remaining knowledgeable about leading-edge developments, analytical techniques, technologies and tools in advanced analytics

What you bring

• Be educated to Degree level (or equivalent) in a numeric discipline e.g. Engineering, Science, Economics, Finance, Mathematics or Statistics (or hold other relevant industry experience)
• Have previous experience in European Gas Trading teams
• Be experienced in developing Gas price forecasts within a trading/consultancy environment, to inform trading strategies
• Have experience in Europe Gas fundamentals analysis & advanced analytical methods, including:
  • Strong numerical, analytical and modelling skills
  • Demonstrable analytical/innovative thinking expertise, intellectual rigor, drive, and desire to lead change
  • Experience working with tools including Eikon, Bloomberg, other databases and analytical/visualisation tools
  • Established knowledge of data modelling and data pipeline development with tools such as DataIKU, and/or proficiency Python
• Be able to demonstrate:
  • Strong communication & interpersonal skills
  • The ability to collaborate effectively with internal & external customers
  • A creative approach to problem solving
  • The ability to work with multi-cultural global teams

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designated 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 you:

• Competitive starting salary
• Generous resettlement allowance
• Defined Benefit Pension scheme
• Share incentive plan
• Private healthcare for employees and their families
• Free Gym at most UK sites

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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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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