Oil Market Reporter (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Location: London Grade: 9 (for internal purposes only) Contract Duration: 12 months The Role: S&P Global Commodity Insights is looking for an Oil Market Reporter (Associate Editor) to join the London team on 12 month fixed term contract. In the role the Associate Editor is a market reporter and analyst who takes responsibility for day-to-day reporting on oil markets in Europe and Africa. The Impact: The Oil Market Reporter (Associate Editor) in this position is responsible for every aspect of market reporting, including the collection and publication of primary market information, running an assessment process, assessing the value of a variety of oil markets, reporting market-related news, writing commentary and analysis, contributing to methodology development and engaging with market sources. The Career Opportunity: Excellent career growth potential within the team. The Business: At S&P Global Commodity Insights, the premier source of commodities intelligence, the content you generate and the relationships you build are essential to the energy, petrochemicals, metals and agricultural markets. Your Skills: Experience of relevant reporting or analytical experience; Strong mathematical skills; Strong writing skills; Ability to perform well with tight deadlines. Accountabilities: Assess markets: The market reporter in this position assesses the value of oil markets, accurately and fully in line with our rigorous and well-known methodology. The market reporter will survey market participants throughout the day; publish price updates through the day, especially all information that might be used in assessing value; run an intensive one-hour or so window period from at the end of the assessment day; demonstrate a thorough understanding of Commodity Insights' methodology; be rigorous when using mathematics and excel spreadsheets; demonstrate ability to do a full set of assessments without the aid of a spreadsheet; and ensure our methodology for market is up to date. Write high-quality market commentaries: The market reporter is responsible for writing commentaries associated with his or her assessments. The commentaries are intended to help our readers better understand what is happening in the market, and to better understand how we have arrived at our assessments. The reporter should file commentaries as news stories before midday if markets are volatile or unusually interesting; avoid repetitive and formulaic commentaries, where the same structures and phrases are used every day; closely monitor relevant inter-product and inter-region spreads; and ensure commentaries meet our editorial standards for writing and reporting. Report news about the markets: The market reporter is responsible for reporting news and analysis relating to his or her market. The new should help our readers understand issues in the marketplace, whether they are traders, analysts, government regulators, working in the supply chain, or in another walk of life. Relevant stories include news about supply and demand developments, government data, new developments in regulations, trader movement news, general analysis of price trends, and other relevant topics. The market reporter should provide a good blend of standard news reporting—the news that needs to be done—with creative