2026UKH - Light Ends Distillates Trading Analyst (London, LND, GB, SE10SU)
Company
Exxon Mobil
Location
United States
Employment type
Full-time
Posted
14 hours ago
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Exxon Mobil
About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about
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What role you will play on our team
As a Light Ends Distillates Trading Analyst, you will sit at the center of our European trading organization, providing fundamental market analysis, commercial insight, and strategic recommendations across light ends value chains. Working closely with traders, analysts, and technology teams, you will develop and maintain a deep understanding of regional and Atlantic Basin market dynamics, refining economics, feedstock markets, blending components, and product flows.
In this role, you will analyze supply and demand fundamentals, refinery operations, trade flows, inventories, and arbitrage relationships to identify market opportunities and support trading decisions. Your insights will directly influence commercial strategy and portfolio positioning across European light ends markets.
What you will do
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 closely with traders to identify opportunities, evaluate risk, and support commercial decision-making across physical and derivatives markets.
Monitor and interpret key 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.
What you bring
Bachelor's degree in Economics, Engineering, Finance, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline.
Proven experience analyzing light ends markets, including products such as 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 analytical capabilities, including 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 stak
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