Freight Trading Analyst: Market Insights & Asset Valuation

ExxonMobil; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; 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 a

Free Gym at most UK sites

Job summary

ExxonMobil in the United Kingdom seeks a highly motivated freight analytics analyst to support global freight trading and commercial activities. You will develop market insights, valuation models, and decision-support tools to optimize the freight asset book and inform trading strategies.

You will work with traders, chartering teams, originators, and commercial stakeholders to translate market fundamentals into actionable strategies and to assess vessel economics, chartering opportunities, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Maritime Studies, or 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Global freight markets knowledge

Analytical capabilities

Commercial acumen

Forecasting models

Valuation frameworks

Python

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Stakeholder engagement

Vessel economics

Portfolio optimization

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Maritime Studies, or a related discipline

Tools

Python

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Job description

ExxonMobil in the United Kingdom seeks a highly motivated freight analytics analyst to support global freight trading and commercial activities. You will develop market insights, valuation models, and decision-support tools to optimize the freight asset book and inform trading strategies.

You will work with traders, chartering teams, originators, and commercial stakeholders to translate market fundamentals into actionable strategies and to assess vessel economics, chartering opportunities, and