Senior Commodities Markets Adviser

Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies.  Today, Harbour is producing between 475,000 and 485,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa. Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices. 

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

Purpose of Role:

•    Market analysis and forecasting for natural gas, LNG, NGLs and crude

Critical Responsibilities:

•    Ensuring that all activities are carried out in a safe manner complying with all regulatory requirements, legislation and Harbour Energy HSES Procedures

Ethics and Compliance Responsibilities:

•    Ensure that all activities and behaviours are carried out in accordance with Harbour Energy’s Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures, and to complete any compulsory compliance training as required

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

•    Market price monitoring, analysis and commentary for natural gas, LNG, NGLs and crude (with a focus on European Gas)
•    Build supply and demand models to perform fundamental analysis of commodities markets
•    Monitor and report on markets activity including trade flows, trading behaviour and regulatory developments - communicate daily changes in natural gas fundamentals with traders
•    Produce regular and ad-hoc analysis as required - spot trends, identify emerging trends early and, where possible, anticipate market movements
•    Develop robust databases, products and models to underpin processes and analytics
•    Capture internal data and perform analysis on evolution of production forecasts versus actuals
•    Harness available data for analysis and perform qualitative review of the same

Critical Skills:

•    Relevant degree qualified professional
•    Strong experience working in commodity markets analysis 
•    In-depth understanding of global gas markets (with a focus on Europe) and a good understanding of global commodity markets
•    Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) with an ability to communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and present ideas and data in a clear, concise manner
•    Commodities analytics experience – including the ability to scope data architecture solutions and develop interrogation tools
•    Programming skills for modelling (e.g. Python), or ability to scope the same as well as in-depth experience in excel, database development and PowerBI or equivalent dashboarding experience
•    Strong attention to detail, highly analytical and advanced problem-solving skills
•    Resilient under pressure and ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.

For further information or support on any of these points, please reach out to us at careers@harbourenergy.com