Market Risk Analyst - Cross Commodity job at ExxonMobil in Houston, TX

Title: Market Risk Analyst - Cross Commodity

Location: Spring, TX, US, 77389.

Part Time

Job Description:

About us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. 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 our What and our Why and how we can work together.

What role you will play on our team

The Market Risk Analyst position is responsible for monitoring trading activities for compliance with Market Risk Management policies and developing and maintaining tools for Global Trading activities. You will be responsible for independently identifying, measuring, and reporting trading gross margin, exposures, and the market risk of the portfolio of transactions that are executed and owned by the Commercial organization. You will work with a dynamic, global team in a high-visibility role that provides advice to the Commercial organization on risk appetite, risk limit utilization and market risk mitigation strategies, and risk assessments and insights to senior management.

What you will do

Act as Market Risk focal point for front-office and senior stakeholders. Develop strong relationships with Commercial stakeholders and possess deep end-to-end understanding of Global Trading strategies, associated exposures and future growth aspirations for the trade desk supported

Understand supply and demand fundamentals, including regional/locational price differences, fundamental drivers of changes in these spreads, historical market direction and trends/underlying fundamental causes

Show a strong commitment to market risk management principles, including being proactive, transparent, and open to debate with Global Trading as necessary

Independently assess and advise on risk profiles from the trade to portfolio level (e.g., risk reward trade-off, optimization of constrained risk, liquidity, market fundamentals, and market sentiment sensitivities)

Ensure adherence to mandated exposure and risk limits and provide guidance on actions to be taken to reduce risk if necessary

Execute daily market risk processes and generate risk reports, collaborating closely with Global Trading teams to manage market risk

Provide daily, insightful commentary of key portfolio activity including their implications for market intelligence, exposure changes, and new deal activity

Collaborate with Global Trading support functions (e.g. Finance, Accounting) for deal support and general portfolio queries

Ensure Global Trading data integrity by validating positions and reconciling any inconsistencies with responsible traders

Review plan for hedging and provide support to develop Global Trading limits. Ensure that the proposed transaction and associated hedges can be properly valued and reported by the risk management system of record

Further develop and build out Risk reporting and ad-hoc analysis tools using advanced computer skills (e.g. cExcel, VBA, SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI)

Participate in month, quarter, and year-end closing processes

Work closely (daily) with refinery coordinators and optimizers, product schedulers and crude traders. to validate production data and trades impacting inventory positions and generate hedging signals

About you

Skills and Qualifications

2-4 years of experience in financial, energy or chemical risk management

Strong knowledge of crude oil, refined products, natural gas, and/or freight markets, as well as other energy and traded markets

Strong understanding of physical trading, derivatives, and financial products

Excellent quantitative and analytical skills

Excellent proficiency in Excel, SQL, and quantitative programming languages such as Python

Experience with Energy Trading Risk Management Systems

Collegiality and truly good interpersonal skills balanced with a disciplined risk management approach

Bachelor's degree or above (Master's, MBA, CFA, or Ph.D.) in Economics, Finance, Mathematics or Statistics

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

Experience with Python/SQL

High level of Excel proficiency

Familiarity with trade capture and nomination / scheduling systems

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic bene