Aramco Trading Americas - 2027 Summer Student Program

Aramco Trading Americas (Houston)

Aramco Trading Americas (ATA)was established in January 2023 in Houston, Texas as Aramco’s commodity trading arm for the Americas.

Trade Analyst Intern - Crude Oil Trading Department

Disciplines: Economics, Finance, Business, Statistics

The Trade Analyst internship provides an excellent opportunity to partner and work directly with a strong commercial team being the interface for the desk with commercial, scheduling, risk management, and finance. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, have a high level of intellectual curiosity, and a passion for analyzing results to drive P&L improvement for Aramco Trading Americas.

The summer student will assist the commercial organization with administrative workload.

Typical activities include

• Support refinement of the Crude Oil Trading P&L by assisting traders with SAP deal entry and amendments to ensure accurate recording of trading transactions
• Assist with managing daily position reporting for front office by reconciling profit and loss statements to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Support exposure records and monitor changes in market conditions to inform trading decisions
• Ad-hoc report generation and analysis to summarize trading activities and performance trends
• Liaise between front & mid office to ensure accurate recording and reconciliation of trading transactions, and analyst financial data relevant to trading activities
• Assist in KYC clearances for front office
• Assist in managing KPIs

Financial Analyst Intern - Finance Department

Disciplines: Finance, Accounting, Business

The Financial Analyst intern will provide insights into financial results driven by Aramco Trading Americas’ commodity trading and risk management activities. This role reports to the Performance, Planning & Analytics Finance Manager and will provide exposure to the leadership team, as well as risk and trading departments. The Analyst will also play a key role in the annual business planning process as well as ongoing forecasting activities.

The summer student will assist with seasonal administrative and compliant workload.

Typical activities include

• Assist in preparing the monthly ATA management reporting package, including working with the commercial teams to report activities impacting the actual results and reconciling the Economic to Accounting P&L
• Develop understanding into complex areas such as Economic P&L, Mark-to-Market valuations and monthly P&L impacts
• Serve as a liaison between front-office and back-office to resolve transactional accounting related issues
• Analyze complex financial data, assess accuracy, and make recommendations to enhance business processes
• Support preparation and review of annual business plan financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Drive continuous process improvement and automation by creating various reports and dashboards using Power BI and Excel Power Query to support business decisions
• Opportunities eligible for internship course credit (credits earned), please check with your Academic Advisor or University.