Sr. Financial Natural Gas Trader
Spring, TX, US, 77389
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The Role
ExxonMobil’s Americas Gas & Power Trading group is looking for a Sr. Financial Natural Gas Trader to join our team, running a point of view book across NYMEX and North America Basis markets. This is a seat at one of the largest energy companies in the world, backed by a material physical platform spanning equity production, transport, storage and customer relationships North America – that generates proprietary fundamental intelligence that most other financial desks never see. You will have discretion to express views grounded in flow, production response and infrastructure. This is a P&L owning seat with the mandate to scale across the broader business.
Key Responsibilities
- Run a point of view driven natural gas book across NYMEX and North America basis markets.
- Translate proprietary physical flow, production, and infrastructure intelligence generated across our platform into financial trading expression.
- Develop and maintain quantitative tools and fundamental models in concert with our Quant and Market Fundamentals teams to support disciplined decision-making
- Execute physical natural gas trades across prompt and near-term markets in the Western U.S., including key hubs and basis markets relevant to the region
- Manage risk actively across vol, term structure, and basis exposures, with systematic sizing and tail-risk protection.
- Collaborate with physical traders, schedulers, and risk teams to ensure the financial book reflects the full information set.
- Contribute to the build-out of the financial trading capability as the Americas Gas & Power platform continues to scale.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of financial natural gas trading experience at a bank, merchant, hedge fund, or producer with direct P&L ownership.
- Proven performance across a mix of strategies with evidence of consistent risk-adjusted returns.
- Deep fundamental grounding in North America natural gas: production, storage, weather, pipeline flows, and regional basin dynamics.
- Comfortable working with dedicated Quant teams building python-based tools for fundamentals, pricing, signal generation, and risk.
- Disciplined risk management instructs and a track record of performing across different market regimes.
- Senior mindset: able to operate independently, mentor junior talent, and contribute to the strategic direction of the book.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degrees in a quantitative energy-focused field a plus.
- Understanding of Western U.S. gas markets, infrastructure, and basin dynamics
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