Trading Operations Analyst

At Marathon Petroleum Corporation, we're committed to fostering a collaborative team environment that encourages diverse perspectives and develops our people. As a Trading Operations Analyst, you'll play a vital role in supporting both the Natural Gas & Power teams, focusing on Natural Gas/Steam/Electricity, and contribute to achieving business goals and strategies through analysis, commercial deal support, presentations, and projects.

The Trading Operations Analyst position involves consolidating and analyzing commercial data, market data, performance metrics, and more to inform business decisions and support effective operations and strategy. This role requires strong analytical and communication skills, as well as a solid understanding and proficiency in Excel. You'll be organized, self-motivated, team-oriented, and possess an entrepreneurial mindset, with problem-solving, critical thinking skills, and personal resilience being essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Trading profit & loss or supply & demand models through tracking of daily positions and reconciles differences between Traders and Commercial Risk.
• Develop models and commercial focused tools, dashboards, and reports.
• Assist in providing analytical support in the modeling and evaluation of new business opportunities and strategy development.
• Execute a variety of ad-hoc analytical work and presentations as required by Commercial and leadership.
• Acquire and maintain external and internal information and resources to develop market intelligence, in support of Commercial and various MPC business units.
• Develop relationships with key external contacts in support of the business.
• Gather and maintain data associated with purchase, sale, contract management, and trades of Natural Gas, Electricity, and Steam to accurately monitor and report Natural Gas book, KPIs, Positions, and improvement initiatives.
• Support and assist the teams in any Natural Gas, Power, and Steams Business Development opportunities.
• Manage the Natural Gas and Powers TeamView site which includes among other tasks: entering, updating, and maintaining contracts; entering and updating reports, analyses, and benchmarking.
• Guide and support the Natural Gas and Powers team through the Vetting Process and the 4101-approval process.
• Compute and track performance metrics and conduct variance analyses to assess portfolio performance.
• Provide support to traders, schedulers, and others to identify, evaluate, and model optimization opportunities related to pricing, hedging, transportation, delivery hub options, and other commercial terms, primarily to help facilitate decision making.
• Identify ways to streamline processes & optimize positions to reduce costs and/or improve profitability.
• Support and maintain nat gas trading/scheduling spreadsheets & Right Angle.
• Reviews invoices for accuracy & coordinates closely with Accounting.
• Acquires and maintains external and internal information to develop market intelligence and insight into regional supply/demand issues and knowledge of market fundamentals.
• Carries out financial modeling of long-term contracts and project development opportunities.
• Provides problem-solving analytical support for complex issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, or related discipline required.
• Three (3) or more years of experience in Commercial, Risk, Trading Analytics, Scheduling, or Marketing required.
• Up to 10% travel required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of accounting & finance concepts and principles.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to recommend effective solutions.
• Ability to perform complex financial modeling and analysis.
• Ability to lead projects and cross-functional discussions.
• Effective oral and written communication skills with ability to present to and influence management.

As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.

Location: San Antonio, Texas

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Location Address: 19100 Ridgewood Pkwy

Education: Bachelors (Required)

Employee Group: Full time

Employee Subgroup: Regular

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum Corporation, please contact our Human Resources Department at Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation.

Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.

We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.