Junior Analyst - Japanese Speaking

We are looking for a dynamic, detail-oriented team player to join FAIRR as an analyst within our Research and Data (R&D) team. In this role, you will be driving company-level research across our Protein Producer Index (PPI) and Seafood Index (SI). Our data-driven benchmarks help market participants to understand how companies are positioned to manage the risks and opportunities that lie within global food systems. As well as owning a portfolio of companies, you will also be collaborating with FAIRR subject matter experts to develop sector and thematic research insights and feed into the product development cycle for our benchmarks.

Key Responsibilities

• ESG Data Analysis: Collect, analyse and score publicly available data and build a view on how companies manage material ESG risks and opportunities. Apply FAIRR’s methodology with accuracy and consistency, ensuring adherence to internal quality standards.
• Identification of ESG Risks, Opportunities and Trends: Translate raw data into actionable insights at the company level, highlighting emerging risks, opportunities, trends and progress relevant to food system sustainability. You can draft structured outputs in different formats: summaries, data-driven reports, and briefing notes that are robust and well-evidenced.
• Company Dialogue: Lead constructive and informative conversations with companies during the research cycle, providing clear guidance to them on process, timelines, methodology and findings to support transparency and dialogue.
• Company Monitoring: Continuously monitor your portfolio of companies outside research cycles, tracking strategic changes, new initiatives, emerging risks, and controversies.
• Stakeholder Support: Act as a key point of contact for investor members, the media and other external stakeholders seeking deeper insights into company scores and benchmark assessments.
• Expertise Development: Continually deepen your subject‑matter expertise in global food systems and/or specific areas of our research methodologies.
• Continuous Improvement: Working on the frontline of our research, you will act as a key source of feedback on how our methodologies, products, processes and technological systems can be evolved over time to better meet market needs.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with colleagues across FAIRR teams (including Outreach, Products & Analytics and Communications) on an ad hoc and project-based basis. This may include responding to research requests, supporting the preparation of investor and corporate engagement, contributing analytical input to briefings and documents, and supporting cross-functional initiatives.

Japanese Language Requirements

Approximately 75% of this role will be conducted in Japanese. The conduct of corporate research and day-to-day interactions with the companies in your portfolio will take place in Japanese. Almost all companies in your assigned portfolio will be ones that report primarily in Japanese. You will need to read and assess corporate reporting in Japanese. You will write emails and support online and in-person meetings with companies in Japanese. You will also support the translation of key materials (methodologies, presentations and insight pieces) into Japanese. Internal team meetings will take place in English. In due course, you will be expected to lead interventions (webinars, events) in Japanese on behalf of FAIRR, representing our benchmark research.

Who will they be interacting with?

You will be interacting in Japanese with corporate sustainability teams who respond to FAIRR's assessment surveys. You will support their understanding of our mission, our methodology and our findings. You will also support meetings and calls that enable these companies to understand their positioning against peers. Where necessary, you will also support regional investor calls where there is a preference to communicate and engage in Japanese.

Essential Criteria

• Fluency in Japanese
• Passionate about Sustainability - you want to deepen your understanding of the risks and opportunities that exist within our terrestrial and marine food systems today.
• Excellent Analytical Skills - you have excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, applying logical reasoning to draw conclusions.
• Commitment to Rigour - you can focus on small elements and ensure accuracy, thoroughness and consistency. You are organised and precise. Able to apply judgment and reason when handling sensitive company information during research.
• Excellent Written and Verbal Communication - you know how to convey complex concepts and findings to diverse stakeholders. Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Strong Organisational Skills - you know how to organise and manage your time and consistently meet or exceed deadlines. You are output-focused.

Desirable Criteria

• Demonstrable interest in sustainability, sustainable food systems and sustainable finance.
• Understanding of ESG frameworks, such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
• Familiarity with ESG rating methodologies, tools, and databases, including Bloomberg ESG, MSCI ESG, and Sustainalytics.
• Knowledge of financial data platforms, including Bloomberg and Capital IQ, with the ability to source company financials, filings, ownership structures and supporting documentation for company assessments.