Global Trade Monitoring & KYC
About The Position
This is a trade monitoring, market analysis, and counterparty due diligence role at the heart of ConocoPhillips' Commercial business. The role involves turning daily trading data into insight, spotting patterns in trading behavior across changing market conditions, supporting KYC and sanctions-aware reviews of counterparties, and helping the desk trade within global regulatory limits. The ideal candidate will have a genuine curiosity for commodities/energy markets and a risk mindset, seeking to understand market and counterparty behavior. The successful candidate should think strategically, adapt to environmental shifts, and demonstrate a drive for independent learning.
Requirements
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Bachelor's degree or higher in business, finance, economics, engineering, mathematics, statistics, related field, or foreign equivalent
- 1 or more years of experience in a commercial, trading, risk, banking, or proprietary trading environment, or relevant oil & gas experience (including internships)
- 1 or more years of hands-on experience turning data into insight with Power BI, Tableau, or an equivalent data visualization and analytics tool
- Working proficiency in SQL for querying and analyzing data
- Strong communication and networking skills, including interacting with senior-level staff
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to KYC, counterparty due diligence, sanctions, or trade/regulatory compliance
- Familiarity with commodities/energy markets and time-series trading data
- Clear evidence of a self-taught skill or topic — a certification, project, or capability you pursued on your own initiative — demonstrating genuine drive to learn
- Working knowledge of Python, R, VBA, or a similar language — or a demonstrated ability and drive to pick it up on the job
Responsibilities
- Review and analyze daily global trading activity using energy trading systems and analytics tools to identify patterns, outliers, and potential risk indicators.
- Interpret trading behavior across multiple market conditions and develop working knowledge of North American, European, and Asia Pacific markets and the commodities ConocoPhillips trades.
- Support KYC / counterparty due diligence and sanctions awareness — contributing to onboarding and periodic risk reviews of Commercial counterparties and escalating red flags.
- Monitor global regulatory trading thresholds and help ensure activity stays within limits.
- Build clear, decision-ready dashboards and analysis (Power BI / Tableau) that make trading and counterparty data understandable to front-office and compliance stakeholders.
- Maintain effective working relationships with front-office personnel across regions, building a practical understanding of ConocoPhillips' trading strategies.
- Participate in business improvement projects, including supporting or leading cross-functional teams that enhance monitoring processes and systems.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and wellness programs
- Competitive base pay, annual performance bonuses, and retirement savings plans
- Paid time off, paid parental leave, and family support resources
- Access to training, mentoring, and internal career mobility tools
- Peer-nominated awards, inclusive culture, and employee resource groups
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
