Associate Director, Research and Analysis Team

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 12
**The Role**: Associate Director, Research and Analysis Lead, Crude and Refined Products Flows

**The Team**: This role is part of the Shipping Analytics division within Fuels, Chemicals and Resource Solutions in S&P Global Commodity Insights, working directly on the Commodities at Sea service which offers near real time visibility into waterborne trade volumes of major commodities, as well as storage, freight insights and fleet metrics.

**The Impact**: The analyst team leader is responsible for overseeing a growing team of research analysts situated globally, which aim to deliver visibility for clients into the dynamics of physical trading and flows of crude oil, refined products, chemicals and other related products. This takes the form of market intelligence, robust data, modelling and written research analysis.

**What’s in it for you**:
This is a high-impact role within Shipping Analytics & Research team and provides the opportunity to be responsible for global coverage of oil market flows and related shipping markets.
Excellent leadership growth prospects.
Opportunity for career growth and self-development through interaction with and working alongside globally recognized experts in the field as well as regular engagement with clients.

**Responsibilities**:
Drive development of S&P Global Commodity Insights’ Commodities at Sea service with the aim of delivering a ‘best in class’ product to clients.
Manage a team of global analysts, including mentoring and training; delegation of research deliverables and monitoring team performance.
Overall responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of market intelligence and publication of data-driven research and insight.
Strategize and execute on enhancements for S&P Global Commodities at Sea by setting goals and deliverables, documenting process flows and monitoring outcomes through metrics.
Partner with and work collaboratively with product management, data engineering, sales and commercial teams to deliver and communicate product enhancements to stakeholders.
Lead engagement with external clients and prospects and internal audiences through presentations, published research, and 1-1 meetings.

**What We’re Looking For**:
Expert-level understanding of demand and supply concepts, crude and refined product trade flows and pricing dynamics, refining economics, maritime shipping and macroeconomics.
At least 10-12years total experience in commodity research and/or trading with at least 5+ years of experience in liquid bulk market analysis.
Experience in physical and paper trading is an advantage.
A technical/academic background in data analytics, machine learning and economic forecasting models that demonstrates excellent numeracy/written skills and comfort working with large data sets from unstructured sources.
An “ownership mentality” with a strong drive to take responsibility for the ensuring the quality of data and research.
A “coach mentality” with the demonstrated capability to nurture, cross-train and retain a team of highly motived, skilled market analysts.
Strong organizational, time management and people management skills to effectively work across different time zones.
Excellent professional communication and presentation skills and the ability to establish and maintain strong professional relationships.
Highly skilled in Excel and PowerPoint.
Familiarity with creating or modifying workbooks in Tableau and Power BI, and some experience writing in SQL and/or Python.

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 Essent