BloombergNEF Oil Markets Analyst

BloombergNEF Oil Markets Analyst (12 months contract)

Location

London

Business Area

Research

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Description & Requirements

BloombergNEF is seeking an Oil Markets Analyst for an initial 12 month contract who combines sharp commodity market judgment with advanced analytical and coding skills to join our team in London. You will turn complex imperfect datasets into clear defensible views on global oil supply demand trade flows and prices. You will also own the data models and methodologies that underpin those views.

Using Python SQL Bloomberg Terminal data proprietary BNEF datasets and external sources you will identify shifts in market fundamentals early test competing hypotheses and deliver insights that help clients anticipate what could move the market next.

About BloombergNEF:

BloombergNEF (BNEF) is a strategic research provider covering global commodity markets and the transformative forces reshaping energy systems and infrastructure. Our experts assess the technological economic and policy drivers that underpin the transition to a cleaner more resilient energy economy. We help senior leaders in corporate strategy finance policy and commodity trading navigate change and generate opportunities.

We help commodity trading corporate strategy finance and policy professionals navigate change and generate opportunities.

Our Team:

You will be based in our London office and work as part of the global oil markets research team alongside colleagues in London New York and Singapore.

Our work involves tracking and forecasting global oil fundamentals and prices. We operate at the intersection of fundamental commodity analysis data science and client decision-making.

The oil markets team works closely with BNEFs upstream oil downstream oil and chemicals renewable fuels and commodity product teams. This gives analysts exposure across the full oil value chain and helps them understand how developments in production refining logistics consumption and financial markets interact.

Our research is used by leading organizations across oil and gas commodity trading banking and finance utilities government and corporate strategy.

BNEF Team Ethos:

To succeed at BNEF we need people who can work in an independent manner and show initiative to develop their own viewpoints yet be collaborative with colleagues. We dont rely on the status quo we look for innovative yet pragmatic thinking that turns big ideas into real insights and impact. Working at BNEF sometimes feels chaotic; we need teams that are both dynamic and structured to generate the unique perspectives our clients really value.

Our teams are diverse creative focused and fun!

The Role:

This is a combined commodity research and analytical product role. You will spend a substantial portion of your time using Python SQL Microsoft Excel and other analytical tools to build and maintain datasets automate recurring analysis develop market models and create indicators that improve our understanding of global oil fundamentals and pricing behavior.

Coding is a core part of the day-to-day role not a supporting activity. Analysts are expected to build and maintain reliable analytical workflows as part of producing their market research.

You will use these tools to develop independent views on short- and medium-term oil market developments publish regular research and contribute to forecasts and scenarios that matter to market-facing clients.

You will work closely with BNEFs data engineering and product teams to turn successful analytical prototypes into reliable scalable tools and client products. You will also collaborate with commercial and client-facing teams to ensure our research addresses important client questions and creates business impact for Bloomberg and BNEF.

We will trust you to:

• Own and improve models covering oil market fundamentals and prices
• Build automated reproducible data pipelines to analyze large complex datasets
• Design validation checks tests and monitoring processes that maintain the accuracy and reliability of critical datasets and models
• Write clear tested documented and version-controlled code that colleagues can reuse
• Develop forecasts and scenarios and clearly communicate their assumptions uncertainty and principal risks
• Monitor physical and financial market signals and connect them to changes in underlying fundamentals
• Identify new datasets and analytical methodologies that could provide BNEF clients with differentiated insight
• Work with data engineering and product colleagues to turn research prototypes into reliable analytical products
• Publish clear concise and decision-useful research for market-facing clients

Youll need to have:

• Relevant professional experience in commodities energy markets trading analytics market intelligence or another data-intensive environment
• Demonstrated proficiency in Python for data manipulation analysis and modeling including experience working with large or complex datasets
• Practical experience using SQL and artificial intelligence (AI) to support research…