Commercial Analyst

Responsibilities:

The role will be based in Dubai and include travel (minimum 25% of the calendar year). The successful candidate will be expected to fulfill the responsibilities set out within a 12-month timeframe: 

Pricing & Market Analysis

• Build and update gasoil and freight forward curves


• Decompose MtM PnL into flat price and spreads


• Monitor time spreads, location differentials, and freight rate movements; flag trading opportunities to desk head

FFA market monitoring:

• Track Baltic routes, FFA settlement prices, and paper vs. physical freight economics


• Provide market intelligence reports and decision support to the desk head on a daily/weekly basis

PnL Review & Trade Allocation:

• Trade allocation: allocate trades across books and legal entities; reconcile positions between front-office and risk systems


• Monitor all costs (demurrage, Q&Q, logistics) and ensure accurate reflection in the trading P&L


• Ensure a strong control framework by maintaining all operational activities in the Risk System

Model Building & Operations

• Build analytical models independently: pricing tools, scenario analysis, position monitors, break- even calculators – using Excel, Python, and AI assistants as force multipliers


• Internal data integration: connect internal datasets to produce actionable dashboards for desk and management


• Act as a backup to the operations team; handle documentation & invoices, manage quality and quantity issues from physical operations and other duties as requested or assigned

Educational Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related quantitative field


• 1–3 years post-graduation experience –  ideally in a commodity trading house, bank commodity desk, shipping company, or brokerage with demonstrable exposure to energy or freight markets


• Financial literacy with the ability to use AI tools to accelerate model building, data analysis and report generation


• Possess a strong work ethic and be able to learn quickly in a fast paced, high-pressure environment


• Maintain composure and communicate clearly when under pressure


• Ability to succeed working as part of a small, high-output team


• Advanced aptitude for problem solving and multitasking


• Second language (French, Arabic, Russian or Mandarin a plus)