Oil Market Analyst

Kpler

Oil Market Data Analyst at Kpler managing dirty petroleum products data and driving data quality improvement initiatives. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product value.

Posted 7/13/2026full-time🇭🇺 HungaryMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in data quality management, validation methodologies, and complex data analysis within oil markets. Proficient in leveraging market knowledge to drive data-driven decisions and improvements while mentoring junior analysts.

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Data Quality ManagementSQL (Intermediate)Excel (Advanced)Data InvestigationOil Markets Experience

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Hard Skills

Data ValidationData ProcessingData AnalysisData HandlingData TroubleshootingData IngestionData BacktestingPython (Basic to Intermediate)Geospatial Data AnalysisData Scraping

Soft Skills

Autonomous OperationMentoringCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunication

Industry Keywords

Crude Oil ProductsRefined Oil ProductsGlobal Trade FlowsShipping DynamicsRefinery DynamicsDPP FlowsArbitrageInfrastructureCommercial EngagementCross-Product Alignment

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end data quality and coverage for assigned DPP markets, flows, and geographies
Lead complex data investigations, identify root causes of discrepancies, and implement structural fixes
Perform and oversee large-scale data validation, ingestion, and backtesting against external benchmarks
Act as a Data Ops focal point for DPP, working closely with Data Scraping, Product, and Engineering teams
Proactively identify gaps in data coverage and drive initiatives to improve granularity and accuracy
Leverage market knowledge to challenge data, make informed assumptions, and guide corrections
Contribute to cross-product alignment (Flows, Refineries, S&D, Freight), ensuring consistency and integrity
Lead or contribute to medium-to-high complexity data/product initiatives and improvements
Support and mentor junior analysts, raising overall team capability
Engage with commercial teams (Sales/CS) to translate client feedback into actionable improvements

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Energy, Data Science, or related field
3+ years of experience in oil markets, with strong Crude or refined oil products exposure
Strong understanding of global trade flows, shipping, and refinery dynamics
Proven experience working with large, complex datasets and driving data quality improvements
Advanced data handling skills - Excel (Advanced), SQL (Intermediate), Python (Basic to intermediate)
Deep understanding of data flows, data processing, and validation methodologies
Strong data investigation and troubleshooting capabilities
Ability to translate market context into data driven decisions
Ability to operate autonomously and drive initiatives forward
**Desirable**: Market knowledge of DPP flows, arbitrage, and infrastructure
Experience working with geospatial / satellite / vessel tracking data
Familiarity with data pipelines, scraping, or data architecture concepts

Benefits

Comp & perks

Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.
Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.