Fastmarkets is hiring: Price Reporter - Metals (Remote) in Boston

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic markets, enabling trading and risk management. It has more than 600 employees across global locations.

Responsibilities

• Foster knowledge of the fundamentals, supply chain, end-uses and key participants for the US ferroalloys and specialty steel market, with a focus on stainless, electrical and tool steels.
• Collect pricing data and assist to set price assessments in line with the company’s methodology, price specifications and principles, and IOSCO principles.
• Write market commentaries, news and insight with support from senior colleagues.
• Support colleagues on their beats to build a wider knowledge base.
• Help manage and expand the number of industry contacts that submit pricing data.
• Foster Fastmarkets’ prices and expertise through the team’s market engagement plans.
• Attend meetings and report on events and webinars alongside colleagues on behalf of the company.

Principal accountabilities

• Learn how to cover commodity market fundamentals (supply chain, end-uses, key participants).
• Start collecting pricing data and learn to set prices in line with the company’s robust methodology, price specifications and IOSCO principles.
• Learn to write market commentaries, breaking news and insightful copy with PRA angles, to support readership growth and the use of Fastmarkets’ prices in physical and financial contracts.
• Back colleagues up on metals pricing beats to provide cover and consistency for the market and build a wider knowledge base.
• Manage and expand the number of industry contacts that submit pricing data and provide news exclusives, using all means of communication including face-to-face meetings, conference attendance and networking.
• Help foster Fastmarkets’ prices and expertise through the market engagement plan, including producing PRA content, white papers and infographics, participating in internal and external events, posting on social media, and attending industry meetings.

Qualifications

• A high level of written and spoken English.
• Interest in and understanding of the American steel and ferroalloys markets, with stainless sector experience a plus.
• Interest in and understanding of financial markets and commodities.
• Strong networking and communication skills, and a confident telephone manner.
• Ability to work with discipline, take initiative to cover stories and find information.
• Team player with professional integrity and a collaborative working style.
• Curiosity to expand market knowledge and willingness to participate in training.
• Ability to work with numbers and spreadsheets and produce analytical editorial copy.
• People skills to answer queries about prices and pricing sessions.

Additional information

Our Values

Fastmarkets values include metrics driven, accountable, growth mindset, inclusive, customer centric and collaborative. We are committed to a fully inclusive workplace.

If the position is remote, this opportunity is available to applicants in the following states: Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts*, North Carolina, New Jersey*, New York*, Oregon*, Pennsylvania, Tennessee*, Texas, California, Colorado. *Denotes states with offices to support hybrid working.

Otherwise the position will be located as shown in the advert. You can see that on a map here: US Hiring States.

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Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Writing/Editing
• Industries
• Information Services