Sr. Quantitative Analyst Trading Strategies Gas & Power

Location: London, LND, GB, SE10SU

Company: ExxonMobil International Limited

What role you will play on our team

Provides quantitative analyses to the Trading Community, Business Developers, Commercial Advisors, and/or Project Teams – using derivatives expertise, optionality evaluation, opportunity identification, structuring, asset valuations and statistical modelling to support trading, commercial and project activities and studies.

What you will do

• Researches, develops and maintains quantitative models for the trading business by leveraging interdisciplinary methods in mathematics, statistics, econometrics, data science, and computer science.
• Applies understanding of market fundamentals, dynamics and instruments available to identify, value, and deliver trading/hedging strategies for physical optionality.
• Develops, validates, back‑tests and maintains asset/trade valuation and optionality evaluation.
• Conducts financial, commercial and statistical analysis for projects, and supports market‑based asset valuation studies.
• Provides subject matter expertise to the trading team regarding leading‑edge analytical techniques, technologies, and tools in quantitative analytics.
• Makes recommendations on risk management strategy and the use of instruments/derivatives.
• Employs technology to enable leading edge data modeling using tools and programming languages.
• Remains knowledgeable of state‑of‑the‑art quantitative finance theory, methods and technologies.
• Communicates with fundamental/desk analysts across multiple trading teams to understand needs and report results.
• Collaborates with stakeholders on model implementation, system integration, data analytics, and risk management.
• Documents model methodologies to create institutionalized value.

What you bring

Candidates should have a track record of maximizing value for their businesses, delivering first tier business results, and demonstrating behaviours that are aligned with ExxonMobil’s values and culture. Candidates should be self‑motivated and excel at achieving business results through collaborating as part of a multi‑disciplined team. Demonstrated teamwork, communication and leadership skills are essential. Candidates should be able to distill complex analysis into simple terms. Ideal candidate should be flexible with regard to occasional international travel.

Skill Requirements are as follows:

• Master in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, Math, Engineering and other STEM majors. Ph.D. is preferred.
• 5-10 years working experience in energy trading, investment banks, or buy‑side firms.
• Knowledge of global or regional oil, oil products, or power and gas markets, deep understanding of proprietary trading strategies and related risk management standards and best practices.
• Understanding of econometrics and option theory, particularly stochastic calculus and option Greeks.
• Familiar with Monte Carlo simulation and dynamic programming.
• Strong proficiency in Python, including relevant packages (e.g., Pandas, Stats Models, Scikit‑learn).
• Experience in software development lifecycle and object‑oriented programming (e.g., C++, Java) is helpful.

We offer you:

• Share incentive plan
• Private healthcare for employees and their families

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

Conditions of Employment

Successful candidates will be made a conditional offer of employment. The conditions include, but are not limited to: a satisfactory criminal records disclosure; satisfactory employment references over five years (where applicable); verification of qualifications, including any professional accreditation stated in the application; completion of a pre‑employment medical, including a test for illicit or unprescribed drugs in accordance with the Company’s safety policies; and the legal right to work on the agreed commencement date.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

ExxonMobil and its United Kingdom subsidiary companies, Esso Petroleum Company, Limited, and ExxonMobil Chemical Limited, are equal opportunity employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. All applicants are offered equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities during our recruitment processes, therefore, please contact the Recruitment Team if you wish to discuss any particular requirements to enable you to complete our recruitment process.