Research Analyst - Energy

We're building out a trading initiative in London, with a growing focus on listed commodities options. This expansion is supported by a mix of internal talent and experienced external hires. With a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture, the team offers a unique opportunity to help shape and scale a new desk from an early stage.

The group combines deep expertise with broad trading experience and values innovation, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration. As the desk continues to grow, there will be increasing opportunities to take on broader responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to its success.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Own fundamental and news analysis, delivering morning market updates, weekly wraps, and previews of key upcoming catalysts for energy markets.


• Work directly with traders and quants to identify and capitalize on short-term dislocations and longer-term macro opportunities in energy markets.


• Develop and refine data-driven models to forecast supply, demand, price, and volatility movements.


• Deliver real-time market insights on geopolitical risks, inventory trends, refinery margins, and systematic flows.


• Work directly with traders and quant teams to translate fundamental views into actionable trading strategies.


• Build and maintain high-quality datasets to enhance market understanding and improve decision-making.


• Take ownership and initiative to drive research and trading strategy development.

Your Skills and Experience:

• Education in Economics, Finance, or a related Engineering field


• 3+ years of experience in energy markets and macro analysis, trading or research.


• Familiarity with options pricing models and volatility dynamics


• Strong understanding of physical and derivatives markets, including supply chains, refinery economics, and hedging flows.


• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for market structure, trading flows, and price discovery.


• Proficient in Python, R, or SQL for data analysis and model development.


• Ability to communicate complex insights clearly and concisely in a fast-paced trading environment.

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.