Trade Desk Analyst - US Crude

4007 Equinor US Operations LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Comprehensive benefits package

Parental leave

Bonus scheme

Pension plan

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Equinor in Houston seeks a Trade Desk Analyst to support trading strategies in physical and financial markets by updating supply/demand models and building robust dashboards. You will collaborate with traders worldwide to deliver timely insights and data-driven analytics while ensuring compliance and safety.

The role emphasizes real-time data support, model improvement, and cross-team communication, with opportunities for growth within a large energy company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 2+ years of experience in commodity markets or data analytics.
• Good understanding of North American oil markets.
• Quantitative analysis skills desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with traders and analysts to update supply/demand models.
• Build and maintain data dashboards and models for timely delivery.
• Monitor market data and price movements in crude markets (NA focus).
• Provide real-time data support, trade entry and position tracking.

Skills

2+ years of commodity markets / data-+

Commodity markets understanding

Quantitative analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, data management, data analytics, engineering or related field

Job description

What does the job involve?

The Trade Desk Analyst is working with the trading teams to provide timely and relevant information and models that support the team's trading strategies for both physical and financial activities. You are utilizing your knowledge independently to solve highly complex tasks with a short to medium-term outlook. You independently communicate within the immediate team, across other trade desks, and towards other key Equinor stakeholders. You promote change initiatives, demonstrate flexibility to adopt new highly complex activities/ways of working and advise others. You follow and comply with safety, ethics, and compliance requirements and align with leadership expectations and company values.

What will my tasks be?

• Collaborate with traders and trade desk analysts across the globe to update supply/demand models with best available data and forecasts.
• Build and maintain models and information dashboards day-to-day to ensure performance and timely deliverables.
• Monitor and analyze market data, price movements, and trading activity across crude markets, with particular focus on North America.
• Support traders with real-time data, trade entry, and position tracking.
• Apply digital tools and techniques to enhance model robustness, capability, and integration.
• Strengthen the technical model framework and automated data scraping while preserving the integrity of model data.
• Provide proprietary, actionable analytics for and in close cooperation with the trading teams.

What do we expect from you?

At Equinor, there are some overall qualities we regard as essential. We want you to identify with the values that guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow: open, collaborative, courageous and caring. We expect you to make safety your priority and to contribute to our zero-harm culture.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, data management, data analytics, engineering or another relevant field.
• Ideally, 2+ years of relevant experience related to commodity markets, market analysis or data analytics.
• A commercial mindset and a good understanding of commodity markets, particularly North American oil markets.
• Quantitative analytical skills are desirable.
• A team player with strong verbal and written communication skills.

What can we offer you?

• Not just a job - a career
• In Equinor, your development begins on day one. You will build your competence through a wide range of learning activities while being empowered to build your career across multiple disciplines and geographies. Our internal job market allows a wide range of opportunities for development and growth within your own field, or even in other areas you find interesting and relevant.
• We give you a comprehensive benefits package with a competitive salary, global parental leave, bonus scheme and pension plan.
• We care about and prioritise our employees’ well‑being. We know that for you to be the best version of yourself in the workplace, being able to collect your children, attend a class or simply enjoy social time can be invaluable.
• That's why we encourage you to make use of our flexible work arrangements wherever possible.

An inclusive culture

We believe embracing our differences makes us stronger. For us, true inclusion means being able to bring your whole self to work, and for you and everyone else to feel accepted and valued.

Equal opportunities for everyone

Equinor is an equal-opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, termination, and training, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status. As part of this commitment, reasonable adjustments will be made during the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions. If you have any specific requirements, please clarify this in your application and our team will be in contact to see how we can support your needs.

Important notes about the application process

We expect you to openly offer all relevant information about yourself during the recruitment process. Background checks are performed on all final candidates, and all permanent and temporary hires will be screened using relevant sanctions lists to ensure compliance with sanctions laws. When applying for a job in Norway you will be asked for information on affiliation to high-risk countries for a security assessment.

About Equinor

Equinor is an international energy company headquartered in Norway, energising the lives of 170million people worldwide. Our ambition is to be a leading company in the energy transition and achieve net zero by 2050. Our task is enormous: supplying the world with the energy it needs, while lowering emissions to the atmosphere. To achieve it, we are looking for like-minded people to join our team of 25,000 colleagues working in more than 20countries. We’re up for the challenge. Are you?

About Equinor

Equinor is an international energy company headquartered in Norway, energising the lives of 170million people worldwide. Our ambition is to be a leading company in the energy transition and achieve net zero by 2050. Our task is enormous: supplying the world with the energy it needs, while lowering emissions to the atmosphere. To achieve it, we are looking for like-minded people to join our team of 25,000 colleagues working in more than 20countries. We’re up for the challenge. Are you?