Research Analyst

Job Purpose

To support Fastmarkets Forest & Agriculture products analytics and forecasting teams  through highquality data collection validation and research that underpins market analysis forecasts and clientfacing products.

The Role

The Research Analyst Forest & Agriculture & Agriculture Products is responsible for the collection cleaning validation and organisation of fundamental market data across Forest & Agriculture products markets. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the quality consistency and reliability of the data used in Fastmarkets analysis forecasts and commercial products.

You will join a global team of researchers and analysts focused on understanding evolving Forest & Agriculture products markets including pulp paper timber and related value chains. The ideal candidate is detailoriented proactive and comfortable working across multiple datasets and priorities in a fastpaced collaborative environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Collect clean validate and maintain fundamental Forest & Agriculture products market data including supply demand capacity costs trade flows and policy impacts.
• Conduct primary and secondary research to support datasets and market analysis.
• Maintain structured databases that support forecasting models and analytical outputs.
• Monitor regulatory policy and market developments relevant to Forest & Agriculture products sectors.
• Provide data inputs and research support to analysts economists and consulting teams.
• Contribute data charts and written inputs to reports presentations and events.
• Support continuous improvement of data quality documentation and process repeatability.

Qualifications :

We 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

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated driven and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline (economics business Forest & Agriculture industrial manufacturing engineering or related fields).
• Familiarity or interest in Forest & Agriculture products markets industrial manufacturing or global commodity value chains.
• Understanding of fundamental economic and business analysis concepts.
• Experience in data acquisition through primary and secondary research with the ability to critically assess data quality.
• Foundational analytical skills including working with datasets basic modelling and statistics.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications (Excel PowerPoint).
• Comfortable working in a diverse multicultural and global environment.
• Proactive pragmatic and resilient with a flexible problemsolving mindset.
• Experience with business analytics or data tools is an advantage.

If youre excited about the role but your experience skills or qualifications dont perfectly align we encourage you to apply anyway.

Additional Information :

Our 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 theyre 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.

We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time