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

Risk Analyst Intern - Middle Office Mark Risk
Disciplines: Finance, Accounting, Business
The Middle Office Market Risk Intern will support the market risk team in monitoring trading activity, validating data, and preparing daily risk reports and alerts. This internship provides hands-on exposure to global and regional trading activities, including price exposure, mark-to-market, profit and loss (P&L), exposure limits, value at risk (VaR), stress testing, and scenario analysis. Working under the guidance of experienced analysts, the intern will develop practical analytical skills, learn established risk management processes, and contribute to projects that improve risk reporting, data quality, and understanding of market dynamics.

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

Typical activities include:

• Assist with daily risk control processes and the preparation of risk reports under the guidance of market risk analysts.
• Support daily data integrity checks, position validation, and reconciliation of data inconsistencies with traders, operators, and IT.
• Help monitor and report price exposure, mark-to-market, and P&L for designated trading books.
• Learn and apply internal risk policies, controls, and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Assist with maintaining market risk models, reporting tools, documentation, and data files.
• Contribute to ad hoc analyses and team projects assigned by senior analysts.
• Research market trends and organize data to help identify potential risks in trading activities.
• Explore practical approaches for analyzing market data and improving routine reporting processes.
• Participate in team discussions and share observations about market risk factors and their potential impact on trading operations.
• Support analysts in documenting and evaluating risk mitigation actions.
• Gain exposure to VaR models, stress testing frameworks, and scenario analysis tools.
• Assist in reviewing model assumptions and outputs and escalating unexpected results to senior team members.
• Apply coursework in statistics, finance, mathematics, or programming to supervised risk analysis.
• Assist with stress testing and exposure-limit reviews under senior guidance.
• Help prepare reports and presentation materials summarizing market risk metrics, including VaR and scenario analysis.

Opportunities eligible for internship course credit (credits earned), please check with your Academic Advisor or University.