Market Strategist, Refining and Assets (FTC - Parental Cover: Oct 2026 to Jan 2028)

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Entity: Supply, Trading & Shipping Job Family Group: Supply & Trading Group Job Description: FTC – Parental Cover: Oct 2026–Jan 2028 Role Summary Embedded within the Oil Strategist team, the Market Strategist partners with senior commercial customers to develop market views through fundamental analysis and assessment of key price drivers, helping inform trading strategy and risk deployment. The role combines strong energy market expertise with quantitative analysis to assess refining fundamentals, develop models and generate actionable insights. The Market Strategist will challenge established thinking, identify new opportunities and translate sophisticated analysis into clear messages for trading and commercial partners. Key Accountabilities Provide timely refinery efficiency analysis, insights and forecasts across FSU, Europe and West Africa. Assess refinery maintenance, operating cycles and forward forecasts using robust, evidence-based analysis. Support and challenge trading positions through analysis of refining markets and assets, identifying new trading opportunities and chipping in to strategy discussions. Develop original analysis linking market fundamentals and price movements to trading and origination activity. Develop, maintain and embed quantitative models to assess fundamentals and their relationship to price. Build positive relationships across trading, analytics, regions and commodity lines to improve connectivity and deliver effective solutions. Leverage the capabilities of the wider multidisciplinary analytics team and strengthen technical and market expertise across the business. Continue to develop and embed analytics infrastructure and provide mentorship to junior analysts. Crucial Experience & Requirements Professional and/or academic experience in analytical roles. Confirmed understanding of FSU and European refining markets and fundamentals. Understanding of relevant commodity markets, traded instruments and energy economics. Proven track record to build effective partnerships with collaborators and deliver outcomes. Subject-matter expertise in a relevant commodity or technical subject area. Experience developing quantitative analytical tools and infrastructure. Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to present sophisticated analysis clearly and succinctly. Desirable Knowledge of downstream oil markets, refinery processes and economics. Understanding of upstream crude production and developments. Experience generating tradeable insights from analysis. Knowledge of refinery linear programming. Experience in statistics, econometrics, data science and/or AI. Proficiency in Python, data science platforms and Power BI. Proficiency in Russian (written and spoken). Why Join Us? At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are significant, 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. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now! Travel Requirement Negligible travel should be expected with this role Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working Skills: Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Computational Thinking, Continuous Learning, Data Analysis, Data cleansing and transformation, Data Management, Data Sourcing, Data visualization and interpretation, Dialogue enablement, Exposure Management, Machine Learning (ML), Macroeconomics, Market analysis methods, Market Risk Management, Sentiment and Trends, Statistics, Trade execution and management, Trading Fundamentals, Trading knowledge . Legal Disclaimer: We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. 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