Analyst, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Remote)

Company Description

Fastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 600 staff. We are fuelled by values that bring us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference. We are supported by a working model that is based on a hybrid approach that allows each of us to balance home and office working while encouraging effective collaboration and accountability.

Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.

We are making a difference. Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence. The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives. By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world. We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.

Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, make the amazing possible. With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together. If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.

Fastmarkets is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.

Job Description

The Role

The Analyst, SAF and Biofuels position is an exciting opportunity for a candidate eager to help governments and leading companies in the energy, aviation, transportation and agricultural sectors transition to a low-carbon, sustainable future. The analyst will play a crucial role in the team by collecting, analyzing, and delivering the data and insights our clients need to navigate the unprecedented volatility in the SAF, biofuel and biofuel feedstock markets. The analyst will be a key member of the team that develops Fastmarkets’ SAF supply, demand and price forecast, along with the associated datasets. This individual will have responsibility for maintaining and producing regular updates to the forecast. They will also contribute to Fastmarkets’ analysis of the world biomass-based diesel and feedstocks market. 

The ideal candidate is interested in economic and commodity market research, has a solid work ethic and personal integrity, and is intelligent and flexible. They will thrive in a fast-paced and innovative environment, have a can-do attitude, juggle various tasks and projects, and meet deadlines. 

Principal Accountabilities

• dentifies necessary data inputs and oversees procurement, collection, cleaning, and validation for forecasting SAF supply and demand in critical markets worldwide, with a specific focus on the US. 

• Updates house forecasts for SAF, including supply, demand, capacity, cost, and other critical metrics. 

• Supplements forecast model with content creation on the SAF technology development, regulatory policy development, supply, demand, capacity, trade, and other trends that impact the industry. 

• Controls input to our products from internal and external contributors to guarantee timely and coherent updates for our customers. 

• Supports client and internal inquiries about the markets and is accountable for fulfilling requests for insight and data for presentations and interviews. 

• Provides input into house forecasts for biomass-based diesel, including supply, demand, capacity, cost, and other critical metrics. 

• Works with the Principal Analyst on projects by interacting with clients, helping specify and design studies that meet client needs, undertaking primary and secondary research, and supporting delivery. 

Qualifications

We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re 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, succ