Price Reporter

Fastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 500 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, making 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 was founded in 1913 (as Metal Bulletin) and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.

About the role

A vital, front-line position tasked with developing expertise and understanding of global agriculture markets with specific focus on either a primary geography or a main commodity. A flexible price reporting role, blending elements of journalism, numeracy and relationship skills, the price reporter is the eyes and ears of our coverage, charged with delivering breaking news, daily commentary, and pricing services and to work with the regional and international team to oversee appropriate methodology that underpin robust price reporting services.

Principle Accountabilities

Thorough fundamental knowledge of planting cycles, supply chains, end uses, key participants and trends with a particular focus on cash markets to deliver strong, representative price assessments backed with thorough supporting content
Collect pricing data and assess prices in line with the appropriate methodology and to a standard in line with IOSCO principles
Write a daily market commentary reporting on significant trends, major price movements and major factors shaping today’s price
Manage and expand the number of industry contacts that submit or verify pricing data and provide unique cash market insights for news and analysis
Develop connections with the industry via face-to-face industry meetings where possible, telephone or other media, always representing the Fastmarkets Agricensus brand
Provide cover on other, related agriculture markets and ensure consistency in always assessing
Work with management team to help foster the use of Fastmarkets prices in industry negotiations, physical contracts, and as financial settlement prices for derivative instruments
Be the first point of contact for any editorial queries relating to our news or pricing services, escalate and alert the management team when appropriate
Identify new opportunities to expand coverage, launch new pricing services or improve methodology
Help foster Fastmarkets prices and expertise through the team’s engagement priorities, which includes producing PRA content, deeper analysis of trends, participating in internal and external events, promoting the company on social media, and attending industry meetings
Attend appropriate internal training courses.

About you

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. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality.

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

A diverse range of skills and experience required, mostly tied together by strong communication skills and self-starting instincts.

A high level of written and spoken English is essential. Knowledge of other languages also helpful
Strong grasp of economic fundamentals, understanding of agricultural cycles and interest in financial and commodity markets
Exceptional networking and communication skills and good, confident telephone manner
Ability to work with discipline and dynamism, taking initiative to cover stories and root out information
Team player who fosters an excellent working culture and acts, internally and externally, in a professional manner with integrity
Ability to work with numbers and spreadsheets as well as handling large volumes of data to produce analytical editorial copy
Ability to spot market moving news, layout and structure basic news articles and support wider collaborative pieces.