Market Risk Analyst

Location Dubai
Discipline: Commodities
Job type: Permanent
Contact name: Freddie Ricks

Contact email: freddie.ricks@venturesearch.com
Job ref: 3245
Published: about 18 hours ago

Our client, a leading global oil trading firm, is seeking a Commercial Market Risk Analyst to join its front-facing risk management function. This role sits at the intersection of trading, analytics, and risk, supporting the firm’s commercial decision-making through deep market insight and data-driven risk analysis.

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor and analyse daily P&L, exposure, and VaR across physical and derivative oil trading books.

  • Identify, quantify, and explain drivers of market and position risk; challenge commercial teams where appropriate.

  • Conduct scenario, sensitivity, and stress testing to assess portfolio resilience under various market conditions.

  • Collaborate closely with traders, finance, and operations to ensure positions, exposures, and hedges are correctly captured and reported.

  • Provide real-time insight into market movements and their impact on trading performance and risk metrics.

  • Contribute to the development of risk frameworks, dashboards, and analytical tools to enhance transparency and control.

  • Support risk committee reporting, limit monitoring, and the review of new trading strategies or products.

  • Partner with quantitative and IT teams to improve data integrity, automate reporting, and enhance modelling capability.