PRICE REPORTER (HYBRID)

Price Reporter (Hybrid) - 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 600 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Finland and beyond. Job DescriptionThe Role Producing price assessments and indices and industry-leading market commentary Breaking news and publishing insight which demonstrates and showcases PRA-aligned knowledge across multiple markets Developing and supporting the adoption of Fastmarkets prices Principal accountabilities Produce exemplary price assessments and indices in line with company methodology, price specifications, and IOSCO principles across a range of markets. Take ownership of pricing processes, price development and all documentation under your remit. Develop and maintain a comprehensive contact-base, using all means of communication including face-to-face meetings and networking. Deliver actionable, regular, accurate market commentary in a timely manner, as well as in-depth features, focus pieces, interviews and analysis, with minimal editing needed. Demonstrate complex and consistent use of judgement to produce representative prices in challenging and opaque markets. Travel to, attend, report on and present at events and webinars, and chair panel discussions when deemed appropriate by editors on behalf of the company. Take responsibility for key aspects of projects to launch new prices and promote current prices. Be innovative and bring ideas and solutions that can support the markets we serve. Engage in and lead detailed, formal discussion of specifications internally and externally as part of specification reviews; take initiative by challenging processes; suggest and deliver improvements to current offering. Take ownership and be authoritative within your markets: organize and chair meetings internally where a collaborative approach to pricing, news, etc. , would achieve better results than working independently. Key interfaces Work within a regional team to develop prices, news and market commentary. Reports to regional editor, team leader or regional managing editor, depending on regions and commodity sectors. Work with other functions when necessary while maintaining the required segregation between editorial and commercial activities; support Fastmarkets events in relevant commodity sector and partner with the strategy and market development team to support price adoption campaigns and exchange listings. QualificationsWe recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the worlds leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. Were proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on. . . KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS Practical experience in PRA journalism and writing is necessary for this role. A high level of written and spoken English is essential. Strong networking skills, good confident telephone manner. Team player who fosters excellent working culture and acts - both internally and externally - in a courteous and professional manner with impeccable integrity. General desire to expand market knowledge, be innovative and committed to joining in projects and taking part in training courses. Ability and confidence to present in a professional manner at industry events. Confidence to take ownership and provide leadership within a team working on projects. Excellent attention to detail, and strong organisational skills. If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway. Additional InformationOur Values Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. Its this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common and they form our Fastmarkets values. Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are: METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers experience and our business performance. ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done. GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency. INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day. CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do. COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences. Youve read a little about us now its over to you! If you like what youve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, its time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: its used to determine whether or not youll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions well ask you on the day. Its vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why youre great. #J-18808-Ljbffr