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ExxonMobil

Produces oil, gas, fuels and chemical materials

Light Ends Distillates Trading Analyst

Prop & Hedge Fund TradingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLondon, UKIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Economics, Engineering, Finance, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline.
  • Proven experience analyzing light ends markets, including naphtha, blendstocks, condensates, refinery feedstocks, LPG/NGLs, and related refinery streams, ideally within a trading, refining, or commercial environment.
  • Strong understanding of European refining economics, refinery operations, product yield optimization, feedstock markets, and regional supply and demand fundamentals.
  • Experience building and maintaining market balance models, supply and demand forecasts, trade flow analysis, and commercial decision-support tools.
  • Deep knowledge of European and Atlantic Basin commodity flows, arbitrage economics, inventory dynamics, and market structure.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate complex fundamental analysis into actionable trading insights and commercial recommendations.
  • Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, Excel, and Power BI.
  • Experience working with large, multi-source datasets, including refinery intelligence, vessel tracking, logistics, inventory, and pricing data.
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify emerging opportunities, assess risk, and challenge prevailing market views.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence traders, risk managers, and senior stakeholders.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced trading environment while managing multiple priorities and rapidly changing market conditions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead market analysis across European light ends markets, including naphtha, blendstocks, condensates, refinery feedstocks, and related refinery streams.
  • Develop and maintain supply, demand, inventory, and trade flow models to identify market trends and trading opportunities.
  • Analyze refinery operations, refinery turnarounds, product yields, cracking economics, and feedstock optimization to anticipate changes in market balances.
  • Assess regional and Atlantic Basin arbitrage flows and their impact on European market dynamics.
  • Monitor changes in product specifications, environmental regulations, biofuel mandates, and evolving market structures affecting light ends markets.
  • Generate forward-looking market views through the integration of proprietary datasets, third-party market intelligence, vessel tracking, refinery data, and macroeconomic indicators.
  • Partner with traders to identify opportunities, evaluate risk, and support commercial decision-making across physical and derivatives markets.
  • Monitor and interpret benchmark pricing relationships, cracks, spreads, and inter-product economics relevant to the light ends complex.
  • Produce regular market reports, balance forecasts, and scenario analyses highlighting key drivers, emerging themes, and market risks.
  • Develop and maintain analytical tools, dashboards, and visualization platforms using SQL, Python, Excel, and Power BI.
  • Collaborate with developers and data teams to enhance analytics capabilities, improve data quality, and integrate new sources of market intelligence.
  • Present market views, trading themes, and strategic recommendations to trading, risk, and management stakeholders.
  • Monitor freight, logistics, storage, and inventory developments impacting regional supply chains and commercial flows.
  • Identify structural trends affecting European refining, petrochemical feedstock demand, regional trade patterns, and market competitiveness.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience supporting trading activities across light ends value chains, including naphtha, blendstocks, refinery feedstocks, condensates, LPG/NGLs, or related products.
  • Familiarity with ARA, Mediterranean, Northwest European, and Atlantic Basin market dynamics.
  • Understanding of petrochemical feedstock markets and the interaction between refining and petrochemical value chains.
  • Knowledge of physical and derivative markets relevant to light ends products.
  • Experience developing analytical frameworks that directly informed trading strategy and portfolio decisions.

About the Company

ExxonMobil

Produces oil, gas, fuels and chemical materials

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
IPO
Headquarters
Spring, TX
Founded
1999

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