At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive data quality and coverage for dirty petroleum products across key regions.
- Company: Join Kpler, a leader in energy data analytics with a diverse and inclusive culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, mentorship opportunities, and a collaborative work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to mentor junior analysts and engage with cross-functional teams.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the oil market while enhancing your analytical skills.
- Qualifications: Degree in relevant field and experience in oil markets required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
The Senior Fuel Oils Analyst is responsible for owning and driving the quality, coverage, and development of Kpler’s dirty petroleum products (DPP) data (e.g., fuel oil, VGO, feedstocks, bitumen/asphalt) across key regions and flows. You will act as a data and market focal point, proactively identifying gaps, improving methodologies, and leading initiatives that enhance data quality and product value. This includes working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams, as well as mentoring more junior analysts.
Your mission is to:
- Own end-to-end data quality and coverage for assigned DPP markets, flows, and geographies
- Lead complex data investigations, identify root causes of discrepancies, and implement structural fixes
- Perform and oversee large-scale data validation, ingestion, and backtesting against external benchmarks
- Act as a Data Ops focal point for DPP, working closely with Data Scraping, Product, and Engineering teams
- Proactively identify gaps in data coverage and drive initiatives to improve granularity and accuracy
- Leverage market knowledge to challenge data, make informed assumptions, and guide corrections
- Contribute to cross-product alignment (Flows, Refineries, S&D, Freight), ensuring consistency and integrity
- Lead or contribute to medium-to-high complexity data/product initiatives and improvements
- Support and mentor junior analysts, raising overall team capability
- Engage with commercial teams (Sales/CS) to translate client feedback into actionable improvements
You could be a match if you have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Energy, Data Science, or related field
- Circa 5–8 years of experience in oil markets, with strong Crude or refined oil products exposure
- Strong understanding of global trade flows, shipping, and refinery dynamics
- Proven experience working with large, complex datasets and driving data quality improvements
- Advanced data handling skills - Excel (Advanced), SQL (Intermediate), Python (Basic to intermediate)
- Deep understanding of data flows, data processing, and validation methodologies
- Strong data investigation and troubleshooting capabilities
- Ability to translate market context into data driven decisions
- Ability to operate autonomously and drive initiatives forward
Desirable:
- Market knowledge of DPP flows, arbitrage, and infrastructure
- Experience working with geospatial / satellite / vessel tracking data
- Familiarity with data pipelines, scraping, or data architecture concepts
Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.
Oil Market Analyst employer: Medium
Kpler is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and inclusive work culture, making it an ideal place for professionals in the oil market analysis field. With a strong commitment to employee growth, Kpler offers opportunities for mentorship and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring that every team member can enhance their skills and contribute meaningfully to the company's mission. Located in a dynamic industry, Kpler provides unique advantages such as access to cutting-edge data technologies and a diverse global community, empowering employees to drive impactful initiatives in the energy sector.
