Trading Operations Analyst

Marathon Petroleum • San Antonio, TX

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About The Position

The Trading Operations Analyst position at Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) supports the Natural Gas & Power teams, focusing on analysis, commercial deal support, and project management. The role involves consolidating and analyzing commercial and market data to inform business decisions and strategies. The Analyst is expected to possess strong analytical skills, proficiency in Excel, and the ability to communicate effectively within a collaborative team environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, or related discipline required.
• Three (3) or more years of experience in Commercial, Risk, Trading Analytics, Scheduling, or Marketing required.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Nice To Haves

• Strong knowledge of accounting & finance concepts and principles.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft PowerPoint and PowerBI.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to recommend effective solutions.
• Ability to perform complex financial modeling and analysis.
• Ability to lead projects and cross-functional discussions.
• Effective oral and written communication skills with ability to present to and influence management.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Trading profit & loss or supply & demand models through tracking of daily positions and reconciles differences between Traders and Commercial Risk.
• Develops models and commercial focused tools, dashboards and reports.
• Assists in providing analytical support in the modeling and evaluation of new business opportunities and strategy development.
• Executes a variety of ad-hoc analytical work and presentations as required by Commercial and leadership.
• Acquires and maintains external and internal information and resources to develop market intelligence, in support of Commercial and various MPC business units.
• Develops relationships with key external contacts in support of the business.
• Gathers and maintains data associated with purchase, sale, contract management, and trades of Natural Gas, Electricity, and Steam to accurately monitor and report Natural Gas' book, KPIs, Positions, and improvement initiatives.
• Supports and assists the teams in any Natural Gas, Power, and Steam's Business Development opportunities.
• Manages the Natural Gas and Power's TeamView site which includes among other tasks: entering, updating, and maintaining contracts; entering and updating reports, analyses, and benchmarking.
• Guides and supports the Natural Gas and Power's team through the Vetting Process and the 4101-approval process.
• Computes and tracks performance metrics and conduct variance analyses to assess portfolio performance.
• Provides support to traders, schedulers, and others to identify, evaluate, and model optimization opportunities related to pricing, hedging, transportation, delivery hub options, and other commercial terms, primarily to help facilitate decision making.
• Identifies ways to streamline processes & optimize positions to reduce costs and/or improve profitability.
• Supports and maintains nat gas trading/scheduling spreadsheets & Right Angle.
• Reviews invoices for accuracy & coordinates closely with Accounting.
• Acquires and maintains external and internal information to develop market intelligence and insight into regional supply/demand issues and knowledge of market fundamentals.
• Carries out financial modeling of long-term contracts and project development opportunities.
• Provides problem solving analytical support for complex issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Access to health, vision, and dental insurance
• Paid time off
• 401k matching program
• Paid parental leave
• Educational reimbursement
• Discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree