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In Supply, Trading & Shipping (ST&S), we play a central role in bp’s strategy—creating value for bp and our shareholders by integrating across our oil, gas, and lower carbon value chains. We connect energy producers, suppliers, markets, and customers to keep energy flowing today.

The Gas & Power Trading International (GPTI) Market Strategist team is hiring a new Market Strategist to support a key business growth area. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with deep expertise in gas and LNG markets who is eager to help reshape how ST&S operates.

Our team is responsible for identifying and forecasting changes in supply and demand fundamentals and communicating the likely impact on price action to the trading benches and origination teams, as well as contributing towards long-term investment decisions.

In this role, you will be creating, maintaining, and communicating market outlooks and will contribute towards the team’s short-, mid-, and long-term market forecasts. In addition to maintaining existing modelling, you will also help shape continuous improvement over time.

The successful candidate will understand how commodity markets trade, have experience developing fundamental analysis, and delivering insightful commercial advice. They will enjoy working in a fast-paced, global trading organization and will have an eye for detail and a focus on timely delivery.

The role will be based in Canary Wharf. We offer a 60/40 hybrid working arrangement with 3 days/week in office, on average.

Reporting to the Lead Market Strategist, GPTI you will be empowered to:

• Forecast market direction, develop commercial insight, highlight risks, and contribute to commercial strategy by quantifying market fundamentals and their relationship to price, and developing and communicating market views.

• Actively collaborate with other regions and commodity teams to enhance knowledge and form consistent view across regions. 

• Regularly present at internal market strategist, trader and origination meetings.

• Collaboratively develop modelling infrastructure and apply technology to advance BP’s digital aspirations.

• Update and maintain balance models, originating data and leveraging information flow that comes from participation in physical and derivative markets. 

For the role, you will bring the following Skills & Experience:

• Academic background, or equivalent, in a quantitative, statistical, mathematical, engineering or similar discipline

• Knowledge of gas and/or LNG markets, including the key supply and demand drivers and how these commodities are traded.

• Ability to analyze complex market dynamics and influence commercial decisions.

• Understanding of economic fundamental forecasting principles.

• Ability to communicate key themes and messages clearly and succinctly to various stakeholders.

• Excellent problem-solving capability.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Ability to prioritize under pressure.

• Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic trading environment.

• Ability to work independently or as part of an agile team.

Additional Desireable Skills & Experience includes:

• Knowledge of other commodity markets such as oil, power, or coal.

• Record of strong fundamental market calls and providing commercial advice.

• Experience programming in Python or using Dataiku or similar coding background.

• Experience building data visualization tools such as PowerBI dashboards.

• Econometric modeling knowledge.

• Experience working with large data sets.

• History of continually improving technical processes, models, and systems.

• Knowledge of other energy commodities.

• Additional languages (ability to read and interpret business documents).

Why Join Us?

It’s crucial to us that the differences we see in the world around us are reflected in our workplace. Who you are is what counts, not where you’re from or how you live your life. At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life.

These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please  contact us .

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