Luke Almond
Lead Consultant
Luke Almond
Lead ConsultantAbout the Role
A leading energy trading business is hiring a Middle Distillates Analyst to support a high-performing distillates trading desk. This is a front-office-facing analytics role focused on building a differentiated view of global balances, flows, refining economics and price drivers... and translating that work into actionable trading insight.
What you’ll do
What you’ll do
- Build and maintain a global distillates supply & demand balance
- Develop forecasting and scenario tools covering refinery runs/yields, flows, inventories, demand and margins
- Analyse arb economics, freight, physical premiums and dislocations across key basins
- Monitor news, macro, geopolitics and market microstructure, translating developments into desk-relevant conclusions
- Track physical tenders/transactions and assess implications for near-term and forward structure
- Deliver concise daily/weekly outputs (dashboards, notes, presentations) to traders and stakeholders
- Distillates fundamentals experience
- Strong understanding of physical markets and arbitrage (incl. freight/shipping economics)
- Experience producing independent, forward-looking fundamentals views that inform decisions
- Strong modelling and data capability: Python
- Clear communication style—able to turn complex analysis into trade-relevant insight