Senior Crude Oil Research Analyst

At Kpler, we are dedicated to helping our clients navigate complex markets with ease. By simplifying global trade information and providing valuable insights, we empower organisations to make informed decisions in commodities, energy, and maritime sectors.

Since our founding in 2014, we have focused on delivering top-tier intelligence through user-friendly platforms. Our team of over 700 experts from 35+ countries works tirelessly to transform intricate data into actionable strategies, ensuring our clients stay ahead in a dynamic market landscape. Join us to leverage cutting-edge innovation for impactful results and experience unparalleled support on your journey to success.

Your future position

As a Senior Crude Oil Research Analyst, you will deliver high-quality, data-driven insights on crude oil markets, with a strong focus on the Americas. You will analyse physical market dynamics, identify key trends, and translate complex data into clear, actionable intelligence for clients, while supporting pre-sales and engaging with external stakeholders through reports, media, and presentations.

You will also help expand the geographical scope of our research; particularly strengthening US upstream coverage, playing a key role in growing our footprint in the region, supporting client engagement, and bringing valuable local insight to the team.

In addition, you will collaborate with product and technical teams to enhance analytical tools and supply-demand models, contributing to the ongoing development of our research offering.

Key Responsibilities

• Use your experience to conduct rigorous market intelligence about crude markets with a strong focus on the Americas.

• Identify key market trends and insights on the Americas physical markets to highlight in reports for clients.

• Assist in pre-sales efforts by conveying Kpler’s view. 

• Promote research and materials produced within Kpler across all external stakeholders, building relationships with both the mainstream and specialist media

• Identify and report on key developments in the oil and refined products space as part of Kpler’s Insights offering

• Contribute to the production of company webinars and external presentations

• Collaborate with the product and technical teams to further develop our portfolio of client offerings

• Sustain and develop models to produce supply and demand data

Experience & Background

Essential:

• 5+ years of prior experience in crude oil markets

• 3+ years of  physical trading exposure

• Experience in producing independent market analysis and insights

• Skilled at conducting complex analyses across multiple datasets using advancing data analytics tools

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desirable:

• Previous experience using Kpler data or other cargo tracking tools

• Experience with SQL, Python, R, or other data science tools

Skills & Competencies

Behavioural Competencies: 

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Comfortable with establishing new processes and workflows

• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Excel in collaborative team environments while taking full ownership of deliverables

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or quantitative field, with proven experience applying modeling techniques in commercial or research environments

We are a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions to tackle market challenges head-on. If you thrive on customer satisfaction and turning ideas into reality, then you’ve found your ideal destination. Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?

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Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.

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.

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