Global Trading Market Risk - Product Control Advisor
About the job
- 10+ years of experience in petrochemical trading, financial or energy risk management.
- Attention to detail with a strong process execution focus.
- Strong analytical skills, and knowledge of financial instruments.
- Experience with or knowledge of financial derivatives and risk evaluation and management techniques.
- Strong leadership, communications skills, and presence in discussions with senior management.
- Good understanding of decision analysis techniques, statistical modelling and comfort with modelling issues involving risk and uncertainty.
- Advanced financial and risk analysis capabilities.
- The ability to communicate, collaborate and work effectively with an international team environment.
- Courage of conviction, ability to constructively challenge approach as necessary after debate.
- Willing to work during early afternoon to late evening (around 10pm) supporting London trading hours.
- Serve as the primary technical expert and focal point for Product Control matters for stakeholders and the Market Risk team.
- Maintain a holistic, end-to-end understanding of trading strategies, optionality, exposures, arbitrage structures, and embedded risks across physical and financial portfolios.
- Work with various stakeholders to support timely and accurate trade capture.
- Uphold and advocate core market risk principles, demonstrating strong courage of conviction, sound judgment, and transparent communication of risks and valuation issues.
- Deliver high-quality, time-critical analytics and reporting covering: Commercial margin attribution and valuation drivers, Daily market risk exposures and portfolio impacts, Valuation and model assumptions, Limit usage, early-warning indicators, and emerging trend analysis
- Risk Measurement & Market Analysis: Independently assess and advise on risk profiles. Apply strong understanding of commodity supply/demand fundamentals, regional/locational spreads, and underlying market drivers.
- Support stress testing, scenario analysis, and sensitivities to support risk decision making.
- Quantitative & Technical Capabilities: Utilize quantitative methods such as Monte Carlo simulation, parametric VaR, options valuation (vanilla and exotic), and scenario stress testing.
- Oversee and validate physical and financial forward curves, ensuring consistent methodology and robust process controls.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance tools, dashboards, and automations that support Global Trading and Market Risk delivery.
- Systems, Data Architecture & Digital Enablement: Operate effectively within leading ERP/ ETRM platforms (e.g., SAP, Endur, Allegro), and participate in the design and testing of enhancements, new product setups, and risk modules.
- Demonstrate strong practical knowledge of market data and execution platforms (Bloomberg, Trading Technologies) for pricing verification, liquidity checks, and settlement accuracy.
- Drive digital transformation initiatives, including data automation, risk analytics modernization, and integration of new tools or data sources.
- Governance, Controls & Compliance: Monitor trading activity to ensure alignment with Market Risk policies, operating standards, and financial controls.
- Participate in change management reviews and execution of new trading activities, strategies, markets, or products.
- Investigate and report limit breaches, unusual market movements, valuation anomalies, or exposure inconsistencies.
- Cross Functional Support: Collaborate with Finance teams to support month end close, P&L validation, and reconciliation to earnings.
- Provide insights and stewardship on new trading strategies, emerging risks, and potential mitigations.
- Contribute to cross functional forums involving Trading, Market Risk, Finance, and Operations.
- Leadership, Coaching & Continuous Improvement: Lead strategic projects aimed at improving product control processes, risk measurement, valuation governance, and analytics capability.
- Mentor and develop colleagues on systems, valuation techniques, risk concepts, market analysis, and quantitative methods.
- Champion a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and technical innovation across the Trading and Risk organizations.
- Bachelor's degree or above (Master's, MBA, CFA, etc.) in Quantitative Finance, Business Economics, Computer Science, Finance, Management.
About the company
ExxonMobil produces oil and natural gas and manufactures fuels, lubricants, and chemicals for transport operators, industrial customers, and consumers around the world. Its businesses span resource exploration and production, refineries that turn crude oil into fuels, and plants that make plastics and other chemical materials. The company sells products through wholesale supply agreements and the Exxon, Esso, and Mobil brands, including motor oils for vehicles and machinery. It also sells services that capture, transport, and store industrial carbon dioxide underground. The merged company formed in 1999 from Exxon and Mobil, with roots in earlier oil businesses, and is headquartered in Spring, Texas.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Irving, Texas
Founded
1999
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Investment has cash backing: ExxonMobil generated $23.6 billion of operating cash flow in the June 2026 quarter.
- ExxonMobil is commercializing carbon storage: its second Louisiana operation started in February 2026.
- Eligible U.S. employees build retirement savings: ExxonMobil contributes 7% of salary when workers contribute 6%.
What critics are saying
- Oil prices drive ExxonMobil's results: higher crude prices added $4.2 billion to upstream earnings in the June 2026 quarter.
- U.S. starting vacation is limited: ExxonMobil lists a two-week base allowance that increases with service.
- ExxonMobil's workforce contracted: February 2026 reporting showed regular employees fell from 61,000 to 58,000 during 2025.
What makes ExxonMobil unique
- ExxonMobil controls a vast shale footprint: its combined Permian holdings span more than 1.4 million net acres.
- ExxonMobil directs Guyana's major offshore field: its affiliate operates Stabroek with a 45% stake.
- ExxonMobil owns carbon-storage infrastructure: its U.S. carbon dioxide pipeline network stretches more than 1,300 miles.
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Company News
ExxonMobil's output from Guyana and the Permian Basin is growing strongly. Its upstream volumes outside the Middle East have reached their highest level in more than two decades. Analysts say the company's valuation has held up and that it can sustain cash generation despite weaker crude price forecasts, climate litigation, and efficiency concerns versus peers. The US Supreme Court will hear Suncor v. Boulder, a climate case involving ExxonMobil, which could shape how far such lawsuits can go. One narrative projects revenue of $373.7 billion and earnings of $45.7 billion by 2029, up from $32.8 billion in earnings now. It puts fair value at $170.91, in line with the current price. The most optimistic analysts see revenue of $509 billion and earnings of $55.2 billion.
Exxon Mobil's 43-year run of annual dividend increases looks safe even if oil prices fall, though growth in the payout could be at risk. The company pays $4.12 a share a year, about $16.9 billion in total. In 2025, Exxon generated $51.97 billion of operating cash flow and $26.13 billion of free cash flow. Adding its $20 billion buyback pushed total payouts above free cash flow. If crude stays low, the buyback and capital spending would be cut first. Exxon's net debt-to-EBITDA ratio is 0.548, and it has cut structural costs by $16.3 billion since 2019. Rivals look weaker. Shell cut its dividend in 2020, and Chevron posted negative free cash flow of $1.549 billion in the first quarter of 2026. Exxon shares closed at $169.01, up 43.18% this year, with a yield of 2.48%.
ExxonMobil has blocked a proposal by partners in Kazakhstan's Kashagan oil field to settle a $5 billion environmental fine with the government, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The company also convinced TotalEnergies to oppose the settlement, preventing the consensus needed among partners to proceed. ExxonMobil has made resolving the dispute a condition for potential new investment at Kashagan. The company told Kazakh officials that an $80 billion expansion to develop an untapped portion of the field would depend on settling the penalty. The fine, dating to 2022, amounts to 2.356 trillion tenge and stems from sulfur handling at the site. An Atyrau court upheld the penalty in June, and Kazakhstan's Justice Ministry began collection proceedings in July. The Kashagan partners continue contesting the fine through two international arbitrations.
ExxonMobil has fully recovered its $55 billion investment in offshore Guyana, about two years ahead of schedule. The field now produces roughly 100,000 barrels per day above initial projections, with a fifth vessel due to start operations before the end of 2026. Under the cost recovery structure, ExxonMobil recouped expenses from up to 75% of production, splitting remaining revenue evenly with Guyana's government. With the cost bank now cleared, more revenue will flow directly to free cash flow rather than reimbursement. The company generated over $17 billion in free cash flow during the second quarter of 2026, returning more than $9 billion to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. Management cautions that entitled volumes in Guyana will decline slightly post-recovery, whilst cash flow remains dependent on oil prices.
Exxon Mobil shares initially rallied 2.1% to $167.67 on Thursday as Brent crude surged 4% to $105.26 per barrel, but surrendered nearly all gains to trade at $164.01. The reversal reflects investor caution about treating the oil spike as both an earnings boost and an economic warning. The company generated $14.5 billion in second-quarter earnings and $17.2 billion in free cash flow, with upstream operations contributing 54.6% of total earnings. However, Exxon's current share price sits 28.79% above its GF Value of $127.35. Whilst one quarter's free cash flow equals 2.3% of Exxon's $738 billion market capitalisation, conflict-driven oil profits remain unreliable. Higher crude prices boost upstream earnings but potentially damage consumption and economic growth.