Trading Market Risk Advisor

About the Role Join ExxonMobil as a Trading Market Risk Advisor to support Freight Trading desks. You will be part of a team responsible for monitoring and managing the risk associated with ExxonMobil’s trading activities, providing risk analysis for global and regional activities, and advising daily on Trading PnL, exposures, VaR, mark-to-market accounting, and limit monitoring. This role supports Freight Trading Risk Management (Koch, Maersk, etc.).

What You'll Do

• Market Risk Advisory & Strategic Stakeholder Engagement: Proactively deliver high-impact market risk insights through daily analysis and reporting of trading positions, exposures, TCM, and risk limit utilization.
• Apply advanced market and commodity analysis to generate insight and detect anomalies to inform trading strategies and risk mitigation.
• Trade Integrity & Dynamic Exposure Management: Lead the daily oversight of exposure risk by maintaining rigorous position tracking and analysis. Identify and resolve trade booking discrepancies, data integrity issues, and abnormal exposure variations with urgency and precision. Provide timely alerts and recommendations, including Trade Money Management (TMM) and hedging options input, to safeguard against operational and financial risk.
• Assess and mitigate market exposures in OTC commodity swaps and options, integrating scenario analysis, stress testing, and valuation methodologies to support strategic decision-making and regulatory compliance.
• Analytical Excellence & Risk Methodology Leadership: Utilize and refine VaR, stress testing, and scenario analysis to enhance portfolio transparency. Validate liquid and illiquid curve methodology against set principles. Leverage ETRM and analytical tools to deliver forward-looking risk assessments that support trading performance and capital efficiency.
• End-to-End Market Risk Process Mastery & Skill Evolution: Demonstrate deep understanding of the full market risk lifecycle—from trade capture and exposure modeling to risk reporting and limit governance. Stay ahead of industry developments to provide forward-looking insights and enhance risk advisory value.
• Transaction Risk Evaluation: Evaluate complex commodity transactions by calculating Day 1 reserves and other valuation adjustments, ensuring accurate risk representation and alignment with accounting and regulatory standards. Manage both liquid and illiquid Curve Building and Validation supporting sound MTM principles. Provide independent oversight and challenge trading decisions when risk exposures are unreasonable or misaligned with risk appetite.
• Advanced Risk Strategy & Advisory: Deliver strategic market risk insights to support trading leadership while mentoring junior analysts and fostering analytical excellence. Independently assess new business opportunities by reviewing terms, assumptions, valuation methodologies, and expected results. Review hedging plans and support development of trading limits.
• Governance & Risk Infrastructure Enhancement: Strengthen market risk governance by enhancing control frameworks, refining reporting processes, and aligning infrastructure with regulatory standards and business objectives.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics or other quantitative field
• Significant work experience in energy trading, financial or energy risk management
• Preferred: Master’s/MBA/CFA/Ph.D. in Energy or Financial Risk Management
• Attention to detail with strong process execution and results orientation
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of financial instruments
• Solid understanding of decision analysis techniques, statistical modeling, and risk/uncertainty modeling
• Strong understanding of financial analysis and application to energy transacting
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, diverse, and inclusive environment

Nice to Have

• Advanced degree (Master’s, MBA, CFA, Ph.D.) in Energy or Financial Risk Management (preferred)

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Defined Benefit Pension scheme
• Share incentive plan
• Private healthcare for employees and their families
• Benefits aligned with health, security, finance, and life