Oil Trading Market Risk Analyst Jobs

Bramwith Consulting

Location:
United Arab Emirates, Dubai

Category:
Finance

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

40000.00 - 55000.00 AED / Month ▼

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Job Description:

Asset backed commodity trading arm of a Global leading Oil & Gas Major seeks an Oil Trading Market Risk Analyst to join in their HQ/sole office based in DIFC in Dubai. You will be joining an Oil Trading business who has been trading for 2 years now and recently moved from back-to-back trading to hedged/risk based trading. They are going through rapid growth and are looking for several key hires to help them continue their Dubai trading desk expansion but with big plans for setting up new offices/trading desks in Singapore and Geneva and expansion into other commodities (Natural Gas, LNG etc) as well. Reporting into the Head of Risk, the successful Oil Trading Market Risk Analyst will be responsible for the delivery of the trading business' market risk management framework, including modelling and monitoring of price exposures, as well as the approaches to measure financial risk around them.

Job Responsibility:

Own the trading business' market risk management framework, ensuring the risk to the P&L from changing market prices is robustly and exhaustively measured and reported, as well as monitored against limits and action trigger levels
Operate and enhance a Value-at-Risk framework for the trading business, establishing appropriate methodology and calibration, calculation and reporting, as well as regular back testing and validation
Supplement the trading business' VaR framework by developing portfolio stress and scenario tests, agreeing key parameters with management and the Audit & Risk Committee as well as periodically communicating results
Work closely with the product control to agree valuation methodologies for all authorised markets, products and trading instruments, including selection of market data and price curve construction methodologies
Support the growth of the business from the controlled onboarding of new contracts, markets and trading instruments
Support the Treasury team through the development of liquidity risk management tools, such as cash margin at risk, and other cleared trading monitoring activity
Support the Head of Risk & Credit and Credit Analyst with the measurement of counterparty credit risk, including expected and unexpected loss information for realised and unrealised transactions, including price-based stresses and walk forward analysis
Working with the Product Control, deliver an Independent Price Verification (IPV) framework for market price data used in the valuation and risk measurement trading business' oil products trading activities

Requirements:

5 years+ experience working in Oil Trading as a Market Risk Analyst working for an Oil Major, large commodity trader or NOC
Must have worked in a major global trading hub (London, Singapore, Geneva etc) with a developed supply and trading function
Strong Oil Trading knowledge and experience is essential
Ability to work in a fast moving, early stage trading organisation, supporting growth whilst ensuring control and risk management objectives are met
Strong skills in communicating complex data and analysis to traders and senior management
Fluency in English is essential

What we offer:

TAX FREE
bonus
relocation assistance
assistance with setting up UAE bank account
sponsorship and management of Emirates ID

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 06, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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