Main Purpose
The Analyst works in Trafigura’s Research Team, providing daily support to Trafigura’s trading desks and strategic planning and business development efforts.
The Analyst will review the markets objectively and timely to provide insight to the Crude Traders on tactical and investment opportunities for the Group.
The Analyst will be analyzing and evaluating fundamental, macro and market information with a logical and intellectual approach in order to provide regular and ad hoc analysis to aid Crude Traders decision making process in short-term trading environments.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
2-5 years’ experience providing fundamentally based analysis on Crude Oil to various stakeholders.
Knowledge of Eastern Europeans and Asian (Singapore) Crude market.
Detailed technical understanding of the Crude Oil markets.
Experience in the commodity trading industry especially in Oil Trading.
Strong technical skills such as Tableau, SQL, Python.
Experience in designing, improving, automating, handling workflows and visualization boards is advantageous.
Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience in statistics, mathematics, engineering, finance or economics.
Proficient in English. Proficient in Chinese/Mandarin is beneficial.
Key Responsibilities
Working closely with Asian Crude desk & traders, to deliver insightful and timely crude market fundamentals information including information on demand, supplies, flows, inventories, pricing and refining values.
Model short-term regional crude balances, bottoms-up granular approach and reporting commercially relevant implications to trading desks.
Relaying analysis outputs into price actions and challenging/forming trading views.
Deliver daily and weekly analysis reports on relevant crude markets timely.
Work closely with data science & engineering teams on automating in-house crude analytics and driving data driven decisions.
Competencies
Communicates effectively and timely with traders and other stakeholders in the business.
Collaborates - Work with traders to turn solid analysis into a support mechanism for idea and strategy development.
Resilient - Manage multiple tasks timely and thrive in a fast-paced team environment.
Optimizes work processes & manage complexity- formulate and express in-person and in-writing a detailed, cohesive, credible outlook and view.
Trafigura is a leading commodities group, owned by its employees and founded over 30 years ago. At the heart of global supply, Trafigura connects vital resources to power and build the world. We deploy infrastructure, market expertise and our worldwide logistics network to move oil and petroleum products, metals and minerals, gas and power from where they are produced to where they are needed, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure and sustainable. We invest in renewable energy projects and technologies to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy, including through MorGen Energy and joint venture Nala Renewables.
The Trafigura Group also comprises industrial assets and operating businesses including multi-metals producer Nyrstar, fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy, the Impala Terminals joint venture and Greenergy, supplier and distributor of transportation fuels and biofuels. The Group employs approximately 14,500 people, of which over 1,400 are shareholders and is active in over 150 countries.
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