Nat Gas Analyst - Commodity Options (Market Making Firm)

Nat Gas Analyst - Commodity Options (Market Making Firm) Overview Commodities Analyst role within a leading market making firm, sitting inside the FICC Options group Team is focused on commodity options trading across a diversified set of FICC products Team is in build-out phase, offering a highly entrepreneurial opportunity to shape the research platform from an early stage Team & Build-Out Commodity focused options desk is a relatively new initiative; firm has recently committed capital and resources to scale the platform With 3 flagship hires made from direct competitors over the past 6 months, the firm has made several key hires to establish the function. Team operates in a semi-systematic framework, combining discretionary trading with data-driven research The Opportunity First dedicated analyst hire within the commodity options research function Highly visible role working directly with senior traders and PMs Opportunity to play a foundational role in building out modeling frameworks, datasets, and research infrastructure Direct impact on trading strategies and P&L generation Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain short- and long-term supply/demand models, particularly across natural gas markets Build and enhance weather-driven and fundamental datasets to support trading decisions Time series tracking of market developments and structural trends Large dataset processing and interpretation Flat price forecasts Spread relationships across the curve Partner closely with trading teams to: Translate fundamental and quantitative insights into actionable, directional trading strategies Support idea generation and risk-taking decisions Contribute to the build-out of scalable research tools, including data scraping and pipeline development Candidate Profile Background in Natural Gas or Weather Analytics preferred Experience building fundamental or data-driven supply/demand models Strong data skills, including experience scraping and working with large datasets Proficiency in Python or R is required Ability to operate in a fast-paced, trading-oriented environment with direct exposure to risk #J-18808-Ljbffr Selby Jennings