Senior Trading Analyst

Buckeye is the premier infrastructure and logistics provider for the world’s energy needs, both today and tomorrow. Since 1886, we have successfully navigated transitions in the way energy has been distributed to continually meet the needs of an evolving market and industry environment. Our people are a critical element to the success and longevity of our operational history and our future as we seek to thrive through the energy transition.

We own and operate a diversified global network of integrated assets providing midstream logistic solutions, primarily consisting of the transportation, storage, processing, and marketing of liquid petroleum products. We are committed to safely and responsibly providing world-class service to meet the continually evolving energy needs of our customers and the communities we serve. As part of this commitment to our customers, we are continually diversifying our platform and service offerings to enable less carbon intensive energy solutions and undertaking decarbonization efforts on our operations.

 

Buckeye Partners is currently seeking a Senior Trading Analyst in the oil and gas industry to join our team!

 

 

Role Summary:

Analyze trading opportunities, operating results, markets/emerging trends and develop points of view that result in business intelligence that can be used by all layers of the organization to support well informed trading and business development decisions.  

 

Responsibilities & Essential Functions include:

• Reporting and Analysis. Produce daily reports for the traders, actionable info for trading, spreads in particular but also physical, including:
  • Upcoming turnarounds schedules and volumetric impacts
  • Supply & Demand balances (US and Global for crude, gasoline, diesel, jet, etc)
  • Refinery margins in different regions
  • Cargo info (what's on subs, what's on the way to PADD1B etc.)
  • Arb tracking between PADDs and countries
  • Weather outlook
  • Weekly market calls
  • EIA Stats analysis and other agencies (IEA, OPEC)
  • Potentially technical analysis
• Aggregation of articles from various subscription services and summarizing key insights and takeaways for the Buckeye energy Services team and Commercial Leadership
• Tool Development. Build analytical tools used for price discovery, arb tracking, reporting and other analyses.
• Presentations. Develop presentation materials to clearly articulate analysis and key findings to Management.
• Participate in long range business planning and growth strategy development.
• Ad Hoc Projects. Ad hoc support for various trader questions, M&A / growth opportunity diligence and business case development, pricing support for the organization, and pricing support for forecasting activities.
• Provide general back up support to VP, Supply & Trading and VP, Commercial Strategy.
• And other duties as assigned.

 

Position Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree (preferably in Business, Economics, Finance or Engineering) OR equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Experience: 3-5 years experience as an analyst in a trading organization required

 

Certificates & Licenses:

• None required.

 

Other Skills, Attributes and Abilities:

• To be successful in this assignment, the incumbent must possess excellent organizational skills, excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Must possess excellent quantitative and analytical skills and a great attention to detail.
• Must be a self-starter capable of working with minimal need for daily guidance
• Must possess a high degree of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong leadership potential.

 

Essential Functions:

• This position requires the ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and or/quantitative productivity standards.
• This role requires the ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• This position requires compliance with all personnel policies.

Physical & Safety Requirements:

• Normal office environment.

About You

To be successful in the Buckeye culture, our employees must possess a demonstrated commitment to environmental responsibility and regulatory compliance. Excellent communication, both written and verbal, as well as strong organizational skills are paramount. You must work independently and be able to exercise tact, discretion, and professionalism when dealing with internal and external customers, and when handling sensitive and confidential information. Buckeye wants to create and reward an organizational focus that stimulates the creative and entrepreneurial actions of its employees that result in innovative ways of reducing costs, generating revenues, improving productivity, or improving processes. 

Our People First Culture

From managing over 5,000 miles of pipeline to commercializing clean energy projects, our people collaborate to provide world-class service and meet the changing energy needs of our customers. Our employee-first culture means that we invest in our employees and equip them to be fully contributing members of high performing teams. We are focused on collaboration, inclusion, empowerment, accountability, and professional development. We want the best in you to bring out the best in us. Join us as we work together to build a business that is responsive to the needs of the future while continuing to serve the energy needs of communities today. 

 

 

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