Freight Trading Analyst, Asset Book

Exxonmobil; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive starting salary

Generous resettlement allowance

Defined Benefit Pension scheme

Share incentive plan

Private healthcare for employees and f

Free Gym at most UK sites

Job summary

ExxonMobil in the United Kingdom seeks a highly skilled freight trading analyst to develop market insights, valuation frameworks and decision-support tools for portfolio optimization. You will collaborate with traders, chartering teams and originators to translate market fundamentals into actionable strategies.

The role requires strong analytical and quantitative skills, experience with forecasting models, and proficiency in Python, SQL and BI tools.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of global freight markets, shipping economics and port dynamics.
• Experience analyzing freight markets, asset valuations, or related commercial activities.
• Ability to develop forecasting models and valuation frameworks.
• Proficiency with Python, SQL and data analytics for trading support.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze global freight markets, including fleet and rate movements.
• Develop models for asset valuation, portfolio optimization and earnings forecasting.
• Evaluate vessel performance across owned, leased, and contracted positions.
• Assess time and voyage charter opportunities to support trading decisions.
• Produce market views and analytics to drive commercial strategy.
• Collaborate with traders, chartering, originators and tech teams on analytics.

Skills

Freight market knowledge

Analytical capabilities

Commercial acumen

Python

SQL

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Maritime Studies, Supply Chain Management, or related

Tools

Python

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Job description

About us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.

What role you will play in our team

If successful, you will be an integral part of our Global Trading organization, supporting freight trading and commercial activities across global energy markets. We are seeking a highly motivated analyst with strong freight market knowledge, analytical capabilities, and commercial acumen to develop market insights, valuation frameworks, and decision-support tools that support freight asset optimization, freight trading strategies, and portfolio performance.

In this role, you will work closely with freight traders, chartering teams, originators, and commercial stakeholders to evaluate freight asset opportunities, vessel economics, chartering strategies, and portfolio exposures. You will contribute to the development of actionable market views and analytical solutions that drive value capture across the freight asset book while supporting commercial decision-making in a dynamic global shipping environment.

What you will do

• Monitor and analyze global freight markets, including vessel supply and demand balances, fleet utilization, freight rate movements, chartering activity, and market fundamentals.
• Develop and maintain analytical models supporting freight asset valuation, portfolio optimization, earnings forecasting, and commercial decision-making.
• Evaluate freight asset performance across owned, leased, and contracted vessel positions, identifying opportunities to maximize commercial value.
• Analyze time charter, voyage charter, and other freight contract opportunities to support portfolio management and trading decisions.
• Assess vessel deployment strategies, utilization scenarios, and market opportunities to optimize returns across the freight asset book.
• Develop market forecasts and scenario analyses to support freight trading, chartering, and investment decisions.
• Partner closely with freight traders and chartering teams to translate market fundamentals into actionable commercial strategies.
• Analyze freight market dislocations, vessel positioning, trade flow developments, and regional market dynamics to identify value opportunities.
• Support economic evaluations of freight assets, chartering arrangements, transportation agreements, and strategic freight investments.
• Conduct back-testing, sensitivity analysis, and performance assessments of freight trading and asset optimization strategies.
• Utilize vessel tracking data, AIS data, freight market intelligence, and proprietary datasets to improve market transparency and commercial decision-making.
• Assess the impact of regulatory developments, environmental regulations, geopolitical developments, and other external factors on freight asset performance and portfolio value.
• Produce market commentary, portfolio analysis, and commercial reporting for freight trading teams and senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with quantitative analysts, commercial teams, and technology organizations to enhance freight analytics capabilities and decision-support tools.
• Support strategic projects and ad hoc commercial analyses related to freight trading, asset optimization, and portfolio growth initiatives.

What you bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Maritime Studies, Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of global freight markets, shipping economics, chartering structures, and maritime transportation dynamics.
• Experience analyzing freight markets, vessel economics, asset valuations, transportation portfolios, or related commercial activities.
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills with the ability to develop actionable commercial insights.
• Experience developing forecasting models, valuation frameworks, financial analyses, or commercial decision-support tools.
• Knowledge of vessel utilization, chartering economics, freight market fundamentals, and transportation portfolio management.
• Experience working with complex datasets, including vessel tracking data, AIS data, freight market intelligence, and commercial performance data.
• Proficiency in analytical tools including Python, SQL, Power BI, Excel, or similar technologies.
• Ability to evaluate commercial opportunities, assess risk-reward tradeoffs, and support asset optimization decisions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate complex analyses to commercial audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced trading and commercial environment while managing multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting freight trading, shipping, chartering, logistics, tanker, dry bulk, gas carrier, or commodity trading organizations.
• Knowledge of freight asset valuation methodologies, vessel investment economics, transportation contracts, and chartering strategies.
• Experience analyzing owned and chartered vessel portfolios, freight earnings, utilization strategies, and asset optimization opportunities.
• Familiarity with freight derivatives, freight risk management, and freight market hedging strategies.
• Experience utilizing maritime intelligence platforms, vessel tracking systems, and advanced freight analytics tools.
• Understanding of global energy commodity flows and the role of freight within commodity trading value chains.
• Experience building forecasting models, optimization frameworks, or quantitative analytics supporting freight portfolio management.
• Familiarity with cloud-based analytics environments and modern data architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to influence commercial decisions and drive value creation through high-quality market analysis and strategic recommendations.

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designated to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Competitive starting salary
• Generous resettlement allowance
• Defined Benefit Pension scheme
• Share incentive plan
• Private healthcare for employees and their families
• Free Gym at most UK sites

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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Successful candidates will be made a conditional offer of employment. The conditions include, but are not limited to: a satisfactory criminal records disclosure; satisfactory employment references over five years (where applicable); verification of qualifications, including any professional accreditation stated in the application; completion of a pre-employment medical, including a test for illicit or unprescribed drugs in accordance with the Company's safety policies; and the legal right to work on the agreed commencement date.

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