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Crude Oil Trader

Primary office location
Geneva
Date
30-Sep-2025
Permanent - Full time, Senior
Job category
Sales, Structuring & Trading
The Physical Crude Trading team in Geneva plays a pivotal role in Macquarie’s global oil business. The team is engaged across international physical and financial crude markets, trading a diverse range of crude oil grades and contracts. We foster a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment, leveraging fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis to identify trading opportunities and deliver consistent results. Our focus is on generating strong risk-adjusted returns and expanding Macquarie’s market presence.

At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

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As a Crude Oil Trader, you will be part of a dynamic trading team, proactively identifying and capitalising on opportunities to grow the business. You will execute and manage physical crude oil trades, overseeing transactions from origination through to delivery. Building and maintaining relationships with producers, refiners, shipping partners, and other market participants is a key aspect of this role. You will analyse market trends, price movements, and supply and demand fundamentals across Europe, the Middle East, and West Africa, contributing to the team’s ongoing success.

What you offer

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  • Minimum 5 years’ experience trading crude oil, with a proven track record of positive profit and loss
  • In-depth understanding of physical and financial crude oil markets in Europe, the Middle East, and West Africa
  • Strong entrepreneurial drive with the ability to independently source and close new deals
  • Demonstrated success in high-pressure trading environments and collaborative team settings
  • Excellent analytical, negotiation, and communication skills, with an established network in the crude oil trading community
  • Fluent in English; proficiency in additional languages, such as French, is advantageous
  • Technically skilled in Excel and market platforms such as Bloomberg and Reuters
  • Programming skills are desirable
  • Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of market participants
We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

About Commodities and Global Markets

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Commodities and Global Markets is a global business offering capital and financing, risk management, market access, physical execution and logistics solutions to its diverse client base across Commodities, Financial Markets and Asset Finance.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply regardless of their identity, including age, disability, neurodiversity, gender (including gender identity or expression), sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, parental status, race (including ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals as required during the recruitment process and in the course of employment. If you require additional assistance, please let us know during the application process.

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