Analyst - Commodities - Oil & Gas/Energy - Investment Bank

There is an opening with one of the well known Investment Bank for the role of commodities analyst.

Looking for someone who has experience in analysis of oil, gas and energy as well as in forecasting of prices.

Location- Mumbai

Job Description

The purpose of this role is to support the Commodity Research team by gathering relevant data and performing analysis in an efficient and timely manner to help come up with a differentiated viewpoint for our clients.

Key Accountabilities

- Gathering and organizing data meaningfully to analyze and evaluate trends for relevant commodity (energy)

- Building or Updating various databases and models maintained by the team

- Analyzing and evaluating trends (demand, supply, prices, flows, etc)

- Writing-up ongoing updates and contributing to research publications

- Keeping track of relevant news reports on major markets

- Generating files/analyses for client requests

- Summarizing our latest views and insights into marketing presentations for the senior analyst's client meetings

- Working with the team to generate new ideas as well as produce and publish research reports

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

- Good understanding of the commodities markets (specifically experience in energy)

- Prior work experience in a similar profile, ideally for 2-3 years

- Understanding of financial markets and instruments

- Strong interest in the subject matter

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills

- Proficient in econometrics and have good quantitative skills (statistical packages such as Eviews, STSTA, SAS or equivalent) as he/she will need to update and analyse various databases and models maintained by the team. He/she will also be required to suggest modelling changes/improvements.

- The team deals with a large volume of data (relating to demand, supply, prices etc) and the candidate should have handled complex data as they would have to figure out optimal ways to structure data/databases so we can efficiently perform ongoing analysis. The candidate should be proficient in VBA so that he/she can automate tasks as well as develop new models or maintain existing models.

- Working knowledge of Bloomberg

Shahista Malim
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