Analyst

Main Purpose:

The Fundamentals Analyst works in Trafigura’s Research Team, reporting to the Head of Oil Research, providing daily support to Trafigura’s trading desks and strategic planning and business development efforts. In this role, the Analyst is expected to provide data-driven market analysis and trading ideas to the trading desks, including building and maintaining fundamentals balances, evaluating project economics, and performing market studies for new business opportunities.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• At least 2-3 years of relevant experience in one or more of the light ends product (LPG, Naphtha or Gasoline)
• Comprehensive understanding of the East of Suez products market; some notions of petrochemicals would be a plus
• Advanced understanding and command of market drivers, fundamentals, pricing, and oil markets / oil trading terminology
• Experience building and maintaining fundamentals models for oil supply and demand, working in time series models, and forecasting
• Superior communication (written, oral) skills to formulate complex concepts into actionable trading decisions
• Ability to work in a global team, communicate and coordinate effectively with Research Team members on workflows as well as with traders and regional management in other offices.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Intellectual curiosity and flexibility
• Comprehensive understanding of Microsoft Excel and the use of advanced functions including VBA
• Programming capabilities in Python and its standard libraries and data science packages is preferred
• Data visualization experience in Tableau is preferred
• Fluency in Microsoft PowerPoint

Key Responsibilities        

• Partnering closely with the global research team on global balances, trade flows, arbs and margin models
• Oversee the development and distribution of trading-relevant analysis
• Routine construction and distribution of price, trade, or fundamental indicators and market views
• Manage the automation and analysis of large fundamental or price related data
• Calculation of key arbitrage indicators, margins and other trade information
• Construction and maintenance of fundamental balances
• Oversee the maintenance of key research databases, including turnarounds, production, ship tracking and other information

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

Internal and external stakeholders