Senior Analyst (Metals and Mining)

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, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. 

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate eager to help leading companies, investors and policymakers navigate increasingly complex, volatile and geopolitically sensitive metals and mining markets by collecting, analysing and delivering the data and insights they need to make informed decisions.

The Analyst will contribute to our research across one or more mining and metals markets, overseeing data collection and analysis, and supporting the development and production of short- and long-term forecasts. Specifically, they will help provide a coherent picture of supply, demand, capacity, costs, prices and key industry trends and drivers, aligning with our short- and long-term price forecasts to deliver a consistent market view to our customers.

You will be joining a dynamic global team of researchers dedicated to understanding rapidly evolving metals and mining markets across base metals, battery raw materials and other critical minerals supporting the energy transition. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced and innovative environment, have a can-do attitude and can juggle a wide variety of tasks and projects.

Principal accountabilities

• Identifies necessary data inputs and oversees procurement, collection, cleaning and validation required for forecasting supply, demand, capacity and prices across the relevant mining and metals markets.
• Develops, produces and updates house forecasts, including supply, demand, capacity, cost and price metrics, ensuring methodological consistency and analytical robustness.
• Contributes to Fastmarkets’ monthly and quarterly market outlooks and other regular research publications, working with senior analysts and the team manager to deliver coherent and timely updates.
• Supplements forecasts with insight and analysis on market developments, technology, government regulations, policy, trade flows, ESG considerations and supply chain dynamics.
• Supports the maintenance and development of cost models and asset-level datasets, ensuring cost assumptions align with supply, demand and capacity analysis.
• Manages client and internal enquiries about the markets and is accountable for fulfilment of requests for insight and data for presentations and bespoke client requests.
• Provides data and analysis for client presentations, reports, industry events, forums, webinars and product marketing, supporting Fastmarkets’ external profile and thought leadership.
• Acts as subject matter expert to showcase value to prospective clients in partnership with sales.
• Uses their network to engage with market participants, gain insights across the value chain, promote Fastmarkets data and insights and identify opportunities for product enhancements.
• Works with the consulting team on projects by undertaking primary and secondary research, and supporting delivery.

Organisation chart

Reports to Team Manager (Battery Raw Materials or Base Metals)

Key interfaces

• Team Manager (BRM or Base Metals)
• Head of Base Metals & Battery Raw Materials
• BRM and Base Metals Commodity Analysts
• BRM and Base Metals Research Analysts
• Consulting team
• Editorial, product, marketing and sales

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, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• Working knowledge of mining and metals markets and value chains, including mining, processing, refining and downstream applications; in-depth knowledge of one or more relevant commodities is an advantage.
• 2-4 years of relevant data collection, management, analysis and forecast model development experience, including internship(s).
• Preference for previous experience in commodities research, mining and refining, commodities trading and/or industrial manufacturing.
• Strong data identification and acquisition expertise conducted via primary and secondary research.
• Understanding of statistical modelling and forecasting, particularly with regards to time series data.
• Comfortable applying AI tools to support research, data analysis and workflow efficiency.
• Familiarity with mining industry cost modelling approaches and the ability to interpret cost data is desirable.
• Ability to critically assess technical, academic and industry sources, including feasibility studies, company disclosures and regulatory documentation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, data analysis and forecast modelling applications.
• Excellent writing and verbal skills.
• Confident with presenting at industry events and speaking to customers.
• Able to foster and develop relationships with market participants and industry contacts.
• Collaborative team player.

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• The successful candidate will be proactive, pragmatic and resilient with a positive and flexible approach, focused on achieving results and the right outcome for a growing business.
• Is self-disciplined and takes pride in managing self to deliver agreed objectives.
• Personable with a preference for developing strong, collaborative working relationships.
• Demonstrates high personal energy.
• A confident and inquisitive communicator who actively listens and questions – shows a growth mind-set and naturally curious.
• Demonstrates influence with humility – can provide advice and guidance without being a ‘knower’.
• Is collaborative and able to adapt own approach and style to the situation.
• Comfortable with ambiguity – where a pathway may not be clear, thrives in working through the challenge.
• Can balance requirements for analytical rigor with commercial imperatives of efficient, on time delivery.

If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance
  
   
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
  
   
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
  
   
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
  
   
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
  
   
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.

We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process, please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.

You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you!

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day.

It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.