Financial Analyst

Job Title: Financial Analyst III  
Location: 2331 CityWest Blvd Houston, TX, USA, 77042
Employment Type: Direct hire
Client: Operator
 
About You
You are a highly analytical Financial Analyst with a strong numerical mindset and experience supporting oil and gas commodities trading. You are comfortable working with complex data, quickly identifying risks, and providing insights that support fast-paced trading decisions.
You bring:

• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and HLOOKUP
• Hands-on experience with ETRM systems such as RightAngle, Allegro, Endur, or OpenLink
• Prior Risk Analyst experience within oil and gas commodities, gained in either large or small-to-mid-sized organizations
• A flexible, adaptable approach, with exposure to multiple risk functions rather than working in a siloed environment
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with numbers and financial data

You thrive in a high-energy, fast-paced trading floor environment, where priorities shift quickly and decisions matter in real time. You enjoy being part of a growing team and are motivated by the opportunity to make an impact, with the potential to convert into a permanent role.
 

About the Role
As a Financial Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting the trading business through accurate risk reporting, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration. You will be responsible for delivering daily P&L and exposure reporting across a broad range of commodities, including crude oil, gasoline, distillates, fuel oil, renewables, and NGLs, ensuring transparency and confidence in trading results.

• Your responsibilities will include:
• Producing and validating daily P&L and exposure reports, ensuring accuracy across multiple commodities
• Performing P&L attribution and analysis, explaining daily movements and identifying key risk drivers and market impacts
• Validating trades and deals in risk systems, partnering closely with front office, operations, and accounting to resolve discrepancies
• Reviewing and validating market curves and pricing inputs to ensure accurate valuation
• Collaborating with trading, scheduling, accounting, FP&A, and risk teams to support timely reporting and issue resolution
• Leading and supporting process improvement initiatives, including the standardization and automation of reporting
• Contributing to the development and enhancement of risk systems, dashboards, and analytical tools
• Supporting governance and control frameworks to ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements
• Providing backup coverage across regions or products and mentoring junior analysts to promote team continuity and knowledge sharing
• Partnering with FP&A to ensure mark-to-market P&L aligns with GAAP standards used for external financial reporting

About the Company

Our client is a leading, diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, they operate across the entire energy value chain, from refining and midstream logistics to chemicals, marketing, and specialties. Their portfolio includes some of the industry’s most recognized brands

What’s on Offer?

• A collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Leading US Client.
• 12-month renewable contract.