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Shell Trading Analyst, Middle Distillates in Singapore, Singapore
Where you fit in
Shell Trading offers you the unique opportunity to join the Global Middle Distillates Trading Team and be part of its global trading network. The trading analyst role is based in Singapore as part of the Products Trading group. It requires strong analytical skills and a passion and willingness to challenge conventional thinking, the ability to communicate effectively with different stakeholders at various organizational levels, to work on complex global problems, and to build shared vision and energize and convince others into collective action to achieve a goal to drive new thinking. This role provides support to the Trading team in all aspects of the business to maximize value for Shell.
What’s the role?
The main role of the Middle Distillates Trading Analyst is to provide first class proprietary research for the Middle Distillates team to enhance the team’s ability to generate profit in both physical and derivative trading activities. This will be done through gaining in-depth knowledge of the regional and global markets to deliver fact-based insights into the current near term as well as future behaviors and developments of the global refining, crude oil, and finished product markets.
The Middle Distillates Trading Analyst will be accountable for:
Enhancing and maintaining the regional proprietary Supply & Demand (S&D) model
Proactively engaging and main focal point with Shell Trading Market Analysis for building and feeding into our wider effort to enhance our cross-book analytics to help capture and monetize insights from information flow and developing advanced analytics.
Perform up to date analysis of competitive landscape (e.g., ship tracking, tender activities, maintenance tracking, technical analysis of commodity markets, margin forecasts, specific country analysis, etc.).
Proactively investigate and gather information from numerous internal and external sources to help understand and predict market trends, activities, and forecasts that build confidence in our modeling and help traders with forming trading strategies.
Monitor and communicate changes that can impact the balance in our S&D model, including country spec changes.
Develop and update our weekly Trading slide pack to update Traders on the most relevant market updates.
Finding and exploring ways to improve our analytics, including increasing use of data scraping and machine learning tools.
Network with other analysts and providers of useful information within the oil industry
Provide support to the Trading team primarily focused on Trading Analytics and may also include exposure/P&L analysis, data entry, and other Trading support activities.
What we need from you
This is an opportunity for an eager and hungry individual with relevant industry experience looking for a position that demands both technical and relationship skills.
We would also like to see the following on your CV:
Highly numerate with good analytical capacities, motivated, self-starter with good communication skills
Able to perform under time pressure
Highly focused on bottom line profitability
Strong and focused attention to detail.
Able to perform in a global business with remote colleagues
Passion for investigating and finding relevant information from various sources, piecing together a story supported by facts that will impact our markets
High capacity to manage and enjoy the capturing and real time analysis of a large amount of constantly changing data.
This role requires work outside of normal office hours due to the dictates of a global business.
If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that not everyone often applies when they do not feel 100% qualified. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse company and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply. We look forward to receiving your application.
More About Shell in Singapore
Shell is an international energy company that uses advanced technologies and takes an innovative approach to help build a sustainable energy future. Here in Singapore, Shell has a long history and is one of the country’s largest foreign investors. It has businesses spanning trading and marketing of liquefied natural gas; refining, trading, marketing and shipping of oil products, lubricants and chemicals; low carbon solutions; and operating a network of service stations through retailers, as well as electric vehicles charging.
An innovative place to work
There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell.
Join us and you’ll be adding your talent and imagination to a business with the ambition to shape the future – whether by investing in oil, gas and renewable energy to meet demand, exploring new ways to store energy, or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently, everyone at Shell does their part.
An inclusive place to work
To power progress, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we are nurturing an inclusive environment – one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills, and reach your potential.
We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we’ll take it from there.
We’re closing the gender gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
We consider ourselves a flexible employer and want to support you finding the right balance. We encourage you to discuss this with us in your application.
A rewarding place to work
Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.
We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.