Associate Price Reporter - Agriculture

Fastmarkets • Houston, TX

7h • Remote

About The Position

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-new generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond.

Requirements

• A level of written and spoken English
• An interest in and understanding of financial markets and commodities
• Good communication skills
• Team player who fosters excellent working culture and acts - both internally and externally - in a courteous and professional manner, with impeccable integrity
• Ability to work with numbers and spreadsheets

Nice To Haves

• Journalistic reporting experience is helpful, but is not required

Responsibilities

• Foster knowledge of the fundamentals, supply chain, end-uses and key participants for specific markets
• Collect pricing data and be supported to set price assessments in line with the company’s methodology, price specifications and principles, and IOSCO principles
• Write market commentaries and insight with support from senior colleagues
• Support colleagues on their patches to build up a wider knowledge base
• Help manage and expand the number of industry contacts that submit pricing data.
• Help foster Fastmarkets’ prices and expertise through the team’s market engagement plans
• Attend meetings and report on events and webinars alongside colleagues on behalf of the company

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed