Trade Entry Analyst

Gunvor Group Ltd•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Trade Entry Analyst reports to the Trade Entry Lead and is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely capture, verification, and reconciliation of trading activity across physical and paper commodity markets. As part of the Contracts team within the U.S. business, the role supports the Front Office by monitoring daily trade flows, resolving discrepancies, coordinating pricing confirmations, and ensuring data integrity across ETRM systems. While organizationally aligned within Contracts, this role operates in close partnership with the Front Office and serves as a critical control point between Trading and downstream functions. This position plays a critical part in operational risk mitigation by validating trade information, ensuring correct exchange submissions, and supporting internal stakeholders—including Trading, Risk, Compliance, Accounting, and Operations—throughout the trade lifecycle. This role is part of a centralized Contracts team in the U.S., interacting closely with Trading and Middle Office. While not a managerial role, the position is expected to uphold strong data integrity and act as a first line of defense for operational risk.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Law, or equivalent.
1-4 years of experience at Risk or Mid-office level in a related trading company.
Basic understanding of financial and Physical trading concepts in commodities trading.
Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to maintain accuracy under repetitive or time‑sensitive conditions.
Strong organizational and time‑management capabilities; able to work independently after training.
Ability to communicate clearly and respectfully with Traders, Managers, and cross‑functional teams.
Demonstrates reliability, including ability to work beyond standard hours when required for reconciliations or issue resolution.
Driven, curious, and eager to learn complex trading and risk concepts.
Strong Excel skills and comfort working with large data sets.
Working knowledge of risk and/or trading systems (ETRM).
Basic understanding of CME and ICE exchange processes.
Familiarity with trade lifecycle events, pricing curves, and exposure mechanics.
Valid U.S. work authorization
Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify root causes of trade discrepancies and propose solutions.
Professional presence and confidence engaging directly with senior trading and risk leadership.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with physical commodities (e.g., crude oil, refined products, or natural gas) and EFP structures is advantageous.
Excellent written and verbal business English is essential; proficiency in additional languages would be considered an advantage

Responsibilities

Perform accurate and timely daily entry of all physical and paper trades in the ETRM system (Blackstar).
Validate trade details against broker reports, trader instructions, and exchange data; proactively resolve discrepancies.
Support the Front Office in monitoring life‑cycle events such as pricing, amendments, allocations, or cancellations.
Archive communications with counterparties and exchanges to ensure audit‑ready documentation.
Maintain a robust control environment around trade data, timeliness, and accuracy.
Participate in internal control testing and support external or internal audits as required.
Maintain complete lifecycle documentation, ensuring pricing events, amendments, and exposure changes are clearly traceable.
Serve as a key checkpoint for operational risk by identifying inconsistencies in pricing, volume, counterparty, or exchange submissions before downstream impact.
Perform daily pricing exposure reconciliation in coordination with Operations and Middle Office.
Support end‑of‑month reconciliation with Back Office/Accounting, ensuring all positions, P&L impacts, and pricing events are correctly reflected.
Maintain consistent communication with Front Office, Risk, and Operations to ensure pricing exposure and lifecycle events are accurately reflected across systems.
Work collaboratively with Compliance to ensure exchange limit monitoring and accurate position reporting.
Engage with IT and system support teams to troubleshoot issues and improve ETRM workflows.
Support traders on special projects such as pipeline reconciliations, payment investigations, and exposure queries.
Identify and escalate process inefficiencies and contribute to enhancements in trade entry workflows.
Develop understanding of trading structures and market mechanics to improve job performance over time.
Partner with IT and business stakeholders to enhance system controls, reporting accuracy, and workflow efficiency within the ETRM environment.