Sr. Financial Natural Gas Trader

ExxonMobil • Spring, TX

1d

About The Position

ExxonMobil’s Americas Gas & Power Trading group is looking for a Sr. Financial Natural Gas Trader to join our team, running a point of view book across NYMEX and North America Basis markets. This is a seat at one of the largest energy companies in the world, backed by a material physical platform spanning equity production, transport, storage and customer relationships North America – that generates proprietary fundamental intelligence that most other financial desks never see. You will have discretion to express views grounded in flow, production response and infrastructure. This is a P&L owning seat with the mandate to scale across the broader business.

Requirements

• 10+ years of financial natural gas trading experience at a bank, merchant, hedge fund, or producer with direct P&L ownership.
• Proven performance across a mix of strategies with evidence of consistent risk-adjusted returns.
• Deep fundamental grounding in North America natural gas: production, storage, weather, pipeline flows, and regional basin dynamics.
• Comfortable working with dedicated Quant teams building python-based tools for fundamentals, pricing, signal generation, and risk.
• Disciplined risk management instructs and a track record of performing across different market regimes.
• Senior mindset: able to operate independently, mentor junior talent, and contribute to the strategic direction of the book.
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Understanding of Western U.S. gas markets, infrastructure, and basin dynamics

Nice To Haves

• advanced degrees in a quantitative energy-focused field a plus.

Responsibilities

• Run a point of view driven natural gas book across NYMEX and North America basis markets.
• Translate proprietary physical flow, production, and infrastructure intelligence generated across our platform into financial trading expression.
• Develop and maintain quantitative tools and fundamental models in concert with our Quant and Market Fundamentals teams to support disciplined decision-making
• Execute physical natural gas trades across prompt and near-term markets in the Western U.S., including key hubs and basis markets relevant to the region
• Manage risk actively across vol, term structure, and basis exposures, with systematic sizing and tail-risk protection.
• Collaborate with physical traders, schedulers, and risk teams to ensure the financial book reflects the full information set.
• Contribute to the build-out of the financial trading capability as the Americas Gas & Power platform continues to scale.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior