Trading Analyst

at  Suncor Energy

Joining Suncor means you will work for one of the best companies in Canada, providing tremendous future potential where talented people thrive and lead. As our business evolves, so do our employment opportunities. Our work culture includes a dynamic mix of professionals, with a diversity of skills and expertise.
Our Trading team in Calgary is looking for a team player with strong analytical skills combined with the ability to summarize data and extract a concise message. We’re looking for a new team member with exceptional critical thinking skills to support the Canadian and US crude oil desks in measuring and valuing trading exposures and performance.
Additionally, the successful candidate will be able to combine data engineering skills to develop and maintain ETL processes, data storage warehouses, and contribute to tool development for the Trading Analytics team across multiple commodities and geographies.

Minimum Requirements:

• Three to five years of relevant experience, preferably in a commodity-based trading environment
• A post-secondary education in business, finance, computer science, accounting or engineering
• Knowledge of data mining, modeling and data analysis
• Thoroughness and accuracy through attentiveness to detail
• Experience with cloud services such as Azure, managing SQL Databases, Virtual Machines and Docker
• A solid understanding of ETL processes and best practices
• Experience with CTRMs, particularly CXL is an asset
• Knowledge of North America physical crude oil markets and logistics an asset

Responsibilities:

• Support the trade desk in providing timely and accurate valuations for physical and financial trades and summarize the performance of the desk.
• Monitor and manage inventory and blending activities within the CTRM through accrual to actual cycles to ensure accurate measurement and valuation of in-transit and static inventories.
• Prepare management reporting for functional leaders and provide commentary on trading strategy performance and value drivers.
• Support the Trading Analytics team in conducting analytics with large datasets using SQL, Python, R and Docker in the context of a commodity trading environment.
• Architect data flows, build out data pipelines and implement complex analytics while ensuring the highest standard of data integrity.
• Utilize experience with cloud services such as Azure, to manage SQL Databases, Virtual Machines and deploying data analytics applications.
• Demonstrate a holistic understanding of data modelling approaches, from ETL through visualization, with an eye toward automation.
• Collaborate with internal traders and analysts across geographies within crude and refined products trading to effectively visualize and organize data through dashboards, charts and reports.

Location and other Key Details:

• This is an office-based role. You will work out of our Calgary head office, located in the Suncor Energy Centre at 150 – 6th Ave S.W.
• Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday, with the potential for extended work hours based on business needs.
• Our business professional roles follow internal compensation guidelines and the pay band will generally be based years of experience and scope of work.

Why Suncor?
Suncor’s operations include oil sands development, production and upgrading; offshore oil and gas; petroleum refining in Canada and the U.S.; and the company’s Petro-Canada retail and wholesale distribution networks (including Canada’s Electric Highway™, a coast-to-coast network of fast-charging electric vehicle stations).
With a strong strategy for growth and our long-standing approach to sustainability, operational excellence, capital discipline and technology and innovation, Suncor offers a solid foundation for you to continue building your career. We offer rewarding opportunities for you to learn, contribute and grow in a variety of career-building positions – all of which means tremendous potential for your future. We are focused on deepening our commitment to inclusion and diversity and creating a respectful workplace.
We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued and respected. We have numerous employee inclusion networks to help foster an inclusive and respectful culture and drive positive change within Suncor. Current networks include both workplace inclusion networks (focusing on inclusion and respect for all), and identity-focused networks (focusing on building community and a sense of belonging and allyship). Through the Journey of Reconciliation, we are progressing the way we think and act to build greater mutual trust and respect with the Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Please note we will consider accessibility accommodations to applicants upon request

• Support the trade desk in providing timely and accurate valuations for physical and financial trades and summarize the performance of the desk.
• Monitor and manage inventory and blending activities within the CTRM through accrual to actual cycles to ensure accurate measurement and valuation of in-transit and static inventories.
• Prepare management reporting for functional leaders and provide commentary on trading strategy performance and value drivers.
• Support the Trading Analytics team in conducting analytics with large datasets using SQL, Python, R and Docker in the context of a commodity trading environment.
• Architect data flows, build out data pipelines and implement complex analytics while ensuring the highest standard of data integrity.
• Utilize experience with cloud services such as Azure, to manage SQL Databases, Virtual Machines and deploying data analytics applications.
• Demonstrate a holistic understanding of data modelling approaches, from ETL through visualization, with an eye toward automation.
• Collaborate with internal traders and analysts across geographies within crude and refined products trading to effectively visualize and organize data through dashboards, charts and reports