Agricultural Data Analyst

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 09
Agricultural Data Analyst (Costs and Margins), Food & Agricultural Commodities

**The Team**: We are currently looking for an Agricultural data analyst to join S&P Global Commodity Insights’ dynamic Food and Agricultural Commodities team to support the development of our analysis of Global Agricultural Costs and Margins. The F&AC team produces world class analysis, forecasts and data across comprehensive global commodity markets.

**The role**: The Agricultural data analyst (Costs and Margins) will join the team that produces Food and Agricultural Commodities’ analysis of global costs and margins. They will be monitoring market conditions and provide analysis of supply, demand, and price expectations to a wide field of clients across the agriculture supply chain.to produce and publish quality analysis and assist senior staff in their own analysis.

**R esponsibilities**:
Contribute to the developing and maintaining models to forecast costs and margins across global agriculture, including indepth data analysis of inputs across labour rates, machinery, chemicals, fertilizers, seeds and others.
Managing large-scale data collection to ensure efficiency, accuracy and relevance
Development of alternative scenarios using the model, for corporate and financial sector customers.
The position also involves working cooperatively with other areas of the Agribusiness Intelligence business, contributing expertise to consulting projects and other activities as needed.
They will take part in interaction with global customers across a range of personas, including crop science companies, fertilizer producers, agricultural producers etc.

Your Qualifications and skills
A BS Economics or Agricultural Economics - an advanced degree is beneficial, with prior experience in monitoring and forecasting agriculture commodities.
A high degree of analytic ability with an ability to communicate the results in reports.
Knowledge of Eviews, R or other econometric/statistic software is a plus.
Experience conducting economic or commodity market research.
1-2 years of experience is beneficial.
Strong inter-personal and communication skills, and the ability to develop trust and respect from both colleagues as well as clients.
Superior written and oral communications.
Outstanding written communication skills and attention to detail.
Excellent MS Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint and Power BI skills.

**Your Soft Skills**:
A passion for learning and intellectual curiosity.
An interest in commodity markets and how they operate.
You will have high energy, are willing and able to deal with client requests as they arise, and to travel as the job requires.
Self-motivated and ambitious, with good problem-solving skills.
The ability to work independently and in an organized manner.

About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.
We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.
S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

What’s In It For You?

**Our Purpose**:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

**Our People**:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

**Our Values**:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our wo