Middle Office Analyst

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

Contact email: freddie.ricks@venturesearch.com
Job ref: 3528
Published: 5 days ago

We are seeking a detail-oriented and commercially minded Middle Office Analyst to support our clients oil trading operations. The role sits at the core of the trading business, ensuring accurate position management, P&L reporting, exposure analysis, and performance tracking across physical and paper trading activities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Validate and reconcile daily trading positions, P&L, and exposures across crude and refined products.

  • Monitor and explain daily P&L movements, ensuring accuracy of mark-to-market valuations and timely reporting to traders and management.

  • Work closely with front office, risk, finance, and operations teams to ensure proper trade capture and data integrity.

  • Reconcile trade bookings, pricing, and costs in the ETRM system; resolve discrepancies in coordination with traders and back office.

  • Support development of hedging and risk management processes, including VaR, delta exposure, and scenario analysis.

  • Ensure trades comply with internal policies, credit limits, and market risk frameworks.

  • Assist with monthly and quarterly reporting, audit preparation, and management presentations