Senior Price Reporter, EMEA Oil - Middle Distillates in London

About the Role:

The Senior Price Reporter, EMEA Oil - Middle Distillates, is a price reporter and analyst who takes responsibility for day-to-day reporting on middle distillates markets in Europe and Africa.

The Team:

This is an outstanding opportunity to join the world’s leading price reporting organization as it strengthens and grows its presence across the European and Africa oil supply chain. Customers in over 150 countries look to our expertise in pricing, news and analytics to deliver greater transparency and efficiency to markets. The London-based oil pricing team is a dynamic team responsible for key pricing benchmarks. The price reporter will work across middle distillates markets with colleagues in London and globally, in an often fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• We are seeking a senior market reporter to drive our oil pricing coverage in Europe. The successful candidate will be part of a global team and possess knowledge of market intelligence-gathering activities and assessing prices, applying Platts methodology.
• This individual must be comfortable writing about pricing information and interpreting data. Being a team player is of utmost importance in this role.
• Assess markets: The senior market reporter in this position will rotate between different oil market teams assessing the value of crude oil and oil products in Europe and Africa, accurately and fully in line with our rigorous and well-known methodology.
• The market reporter will survey market participants throughout the day; publish price updates through the day, especially all information that might be used in assessing value; demonstrate a thorough understanding of Platts' methodology; be rigorous when using mathematics and assessment workbooks; and ensure our methodology for market is up to date.
• The market reporter may launch new assessments and represent Platts at industry events such as conferences or in face-to-face meetings.
• Write high-quality market commentaries: The market reporter is responsible for writing commentaries associated with his or her oil market assessments. The commentaries are intended to help our readers better understand what is happening in the market, and how we have arrived at our assessments.
• The reporter should ensure commentaries meet our editorial standards for writing and reporting.
• Report news about the markets: The market reporter will also be responsible for reporting news and analysis relating to his or her market and come up with ideas for graphics, podcasts, webinars.
• The news should help our readers understand issues in the marketplace, whether they are traders, analysts, government regulators, working in the metals supply chain, or in another walk of life.
• Relevant stories include news about supply and demand developments, government data, new developments in regulations, trade flows, general analysis of price trends, energy transition and other relevant topics.
• The senior market reporter works closely with the news desk, the Price Reporting Manager, and others to identify and write insightful news stories and demonstrate a strong sense of what news our readers want to see.
• Engage with the industry: The market reporter is responsible for engaging with market sources and should find and nurture new market sources; maintain a good relationship with existing sources; ensure source lists are up to date; and send summaries of meetings to their manager and immediate colleagues.
• Team player: The market reporter will work closely with colleagues across our London-based oil teams and interact with global offices in Singapore, Houston and New York.

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Strong spoken and written communication skills in English
• Highly desirable to speak Russian
• Understanding of physical oil markets
• Strong numeracy skills including ability to understand the basic principles of algebra and statistics as well as the ability to apply basic maths functions in MS Excel
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with a wide range of role types and personalities, internally and externally
• Ability to perform to tight deadlines
• Works well in a team environment, focusing on collaboration
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint

About S&P Global Energy:

At S&P Global Energy, our comprehensive view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make superior decisions and create long-term, sustainable value.

Our four core capabilities are: Platts for news and pricing; CERA for research and advisory; Horizons for energy expansion and sustainability solutions; and Events for industry collaboration.

S&P Global Energy is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise, and technology to make decisions with conviction.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence.

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.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

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 work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

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