Light Ends Distillates Trading Analyst

Light Ends Distillates Trading Analyst Overview

As a Light Ends Distillates Trading Analyst at ExxonMobil, you will play a pivotal role within our European trading organization. Your primary focus will be on providing in-depth market analysis, commercial insights, and strategic recommendations across the light ends value chains. Collaborating closely with traders, analysts, and technology teams, you will develop a thorough understanding of market dynamics, refining economics, and product flows.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive market analysis for European light ends markets, focusing on products such as naphtha, blendstocks, and refinery feedstocks.
• Develop and maintain models for supply, demand, inventory, and trade flows to identify market trends and trading opportunities.
• Analyze refinery operations, including turnarounds and product yields, to predict changes in market balances.
• Evaluate regional and Atlantic Basin arbitrage flows and their effects on European market dynamics.
• Monitor and assess changes in product specifications, environmental regulations, and biofuel mandates impacting light ends markets.
• Generate forward-looking market insights by integrating proprietary datasets, third-party intelligence, vessel tracking, and macroeconomic indicators.
• Collaborate with traders to identify opportunities, evaluate risks, and support commercial decision-making in both physical and derivatives markets.
• Track and interpret key benchmark pricing relationships and inter-product economics relevant to the light ends sector.
• Produce regular market reports and forecasts that highlight key drivers, emerging themes, and market risks.
• Develop and maintain analytical tools and dashboards using SQL, Python, Excel, and Power BI.
• Work with developers and data teams to enhance analytics capabilities and improve data quality.
• Present market insights and strategic recommendations to trading, risk, and management stakeholders.
• Monitor logistics, storage, and inventory developments that affect regional supply chains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Finance, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience in analyzing light ends markets, including naphtha, blendstocks, and refinery feedstocks, preferably in a trading or commercial context.
• Strong understanding of European refining economics and regional supply and demand fundamentals.
• Experience in building market balance models and commercial decision-support tools.
• In-depth knowledge of European and Atlantic Basin commodity flows and market structures.
• Ability to translate complex analyses into actionable trading insights and recommendations.
• Advanced analytical skills, with proficiency in SQL, Python, Excel, and Power BI.
• Experience handling large datasets, including refinery intelligence and pricing data.
• Strong commercial acumen to identify opportunities and assess risks.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to influence stakeholders effectively.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic trading environment while managing multiple priorities.

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary.
• Generous resettlement allowance.
• Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
• Share incentive plan.
• Private healthcare for employees and their families.

Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s

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