NAM Crude Oil Analyst - Houston

Description

Energy Aspects is seeking a Houston-based Oil Markets Analyst to join our growing global team. This is a fantastic career opportunity for a commercially-minded analyst with an understanding of North American crude oil markets to help guide and expand the North American service of a well-respected and rapidly growing energy markets research consultancy.

As a passionate energy markets analyst, you will play a central role in our oil service, confidently making market calls on these rapidly changing markets. Previous experience and understanding of the North American crude supply, demand, or midstream sectors would be preferred.

These responsibilities will span the full cycle of our work, from monitoring market developments, writing concise analysis, presenting to clients, and helping upkeep supply/demand/pricing models.

This position will require flexibility and the drive to do excellent work within the scope of a larger team. All team members are encouraged to build their professional reputation within the industry and are supported by some of the most well-regarded energy sector commentators. You must be able to work independently, as well as be capable of planning and prioritising to achieve success. In exchange, we offer excellent remuneration, a high-performance culture, with challenging and exciting work.

Duties

• Producing relevant and insightful reports and analyses on market movements, to highlight challenges and opportunities for traders, etc.
• Predicting and commenting on market movements, formally through our publications and on an ad-hoc basis with our clients.
• Keeping updated on any and all latest developments in North American crude production, refining, imports, exports, storage, midstream, and pricing.
• Analysis of upstream and midstream companies earning reports (10Ks/Q2s), and reviewing financial performance.
• Collecting data sets, then highlighting key changes in the data and providing insights on how it affects short term market balances.
• Presenting our views to clients verbally and through writing.
• Building and maintaining strong internal and external networks.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience analysing a commodity, with prior experience in crude oil preferred.
• A bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Strong MS Excel skills are required. Programming skills are preferred (Python, SQL, Power BI).
• The ability to communicate market views clearly and concisely to clients in English (written and verbal).
• Experience running supply and demand balances and using these to analyse future pricing trends.
• A strong eye for detail and drive to ensure content published is client-ready and follows the company's strong ethos.
• The ability to meet deadlines and work effectively with others, including colleagues in different time zones, to deliver timely analysis will be critical.

About us

Founded in 2012, we are an independent research consultancy that has enjoyed phenomenal growth since our inception, and we have very ambitious plans to continue our upwards growth trajectory. We are passionately committed to providing indispensable and industry-leading short, medium, and long-term analysis, and forecasts of the energy markets, that helps our clients trade, invest, finance and plan. With the recent acquisition of macro research firm Medley Global Advisors

the combination of our market-leading global macro policy analysis and deep energy markets expertise, has further strengthened our services to the global financial markets and has enhanced our ability to support our expanding client base, as the energy transition gathers pace and markets look to find their feet in an uncertain future.

Our suite of subscription services can be tailored to meet our clients' specific needs and combines a data-rich approach and our extensive network of contacts, with insight on geopolitics and energy policy to provide best-in-class assessment, analysis and forecasts of major trends, topics, and regions. We also deliver timely analysis of breaking news events and offer proprietary data services that cover fundamental trade and supply/demand data, across a wide variety of products and markets.

Culture & benefits

The proud recipient of an accreditation from Best Companies, we truly understand the importance of workplace engagement and genuinely value our people. We offer a fast-paced, driven, collaborative and dynamic working culture where you are recognised and rewarded for your contributions to our tremendous growth story.

We build our organisation with community in mind. All our offices are located in landmark buildings with easy access to gyms, shopping, restaurants and public transportation. With a wide range of social clubs, from running to yoga to football to foodies, we build a collegiate, social and dynamic culture that allows people to be at their best, both on the job and off.

Our compensation packages include a discretionary annual bonus, a company share options scheme, private health insurance, generous 401k matching contributions, subsidised gym membership and considerable holiday time.

Energy Aspects is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and promotes diversity within its workforce. As an international business we are determined that suitably qualified persons will never receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.