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Senior Research Analyst - Plastics Sustainability

Dow Jones

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Oct 2024

💰 $95,000/yr($75,000/yr – $95,000/yr)

About the role

Job Description:

About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Team:

Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS, a Dow Jones company, enables stakeholders in the global chemical industry to improve operational efficiency with deep insights, future outlooks, price discovery and consultation from a celebrated team of subject matter experts. We offer short- and long-term market coverage for more than 200 core building-block chemicals with a full suite of advisory services and top-tier events held around the globe. The worldwide chemical industry looks to Chemical Market Analytics to guide decisions and help manage risk across the entire value chain.

About the Role:

As a Senior Analyst, you will be responsible for global research, analysis and model building for the plastics sustainability service. Modeling includes development and expansion of datasets and scenario models for supply/demand, repositioning plastics waste, cost, price and margin analyses for linear vs circular, carbon emissions for linear and circular production of plastics. You will support insight development which includes global regulations & policies and white papers covering key topics related to circular plastics. You will support the Director - Plastics Sustainability Service and the Director - Technology and Infrastructure Plastics Sustainability.

You Will:

Collect and organize regulatory and policy developments associated with plastics sustainability

Lead the preparation of models, data sets, and analytics for CMA’s plastics sustainability activities
Support the design and preparation of content delivery tools that enhance client experience
Support preparation of content across the platform as subject matter expert for analytical tools and processes and primary interface with the systems development for the service
Support preparation of content that positions the service with government and financial entities, industry stakeholders (producers, brand owners, retailer), NGOs and stakeholder alliances
Develop an understanding of the technologies for collection and sorting aspects of plastics waste and implications from advancements in IND 4.0
Support and leverage intra-company global expertise and content to support platform deliverables.

You Have:

5+ years relevant experience
Knowledge of the petrochemical value chain or a experience with quickly gaining an applied understanding of a new industry area, including waste management
Advanced skills in Excel, PowerPoint and the use of analytical tools such as databases, spreadsheets, process documenting and business intelligence applications
Experience with data visualization applications, data analysis and data modeling
Investigative ability and curiosity to understand and solve data issues and other problems
Experience distilling complex content to clients and multiple global stakeholders across different levels of the business
Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering (preferred), Chemistry (preferred), Business, Finance/Accounting, Information Systems Management, Data Science or relevant discipline