Junior Dry Bulk Analyst

Company Overview

Offering a complete ecosystem of maritime services, including broking, finance, port services and research, Clarksons is at the heart of global shipping. Our unrivalled reach, expertise, and depth of experience, combined with leading research, enables us to partner with clients across every sector to meet the demands of the world’s rapidly evolving maritime, offshore, trade and energy markets. Building on our unique heritage and harnessing our insights to see further, faster, we work with our clients and communities to create strategies that have a positive impact on the industry and the world around us. Dedicated to excellence, it’s our people that drive success for our clients.

To understand more including day-to-day life at Clarksons, visit us at www.clarkson.com

Division Overview

Whether it’s moving a Handysize cargo of cement across the Atlantic, or a 180,000-tonne shipment of iron ore, our brokers work alongside our analysts and Research team to deliver a seamless service. We are the world’s biggest dry cargo shipbroker with 14 offices in six continents. Our long-standing relationships within the sector are founded on local knowledge and mutual respect.

Discover more at www.clarksons.com/broking

Role Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a graduate/post-graduate to join our Market Analysis team in London as a Junior Dry Bulk Analyst. This is an entry-level role to work in a team analysing shipping and commodity markets, with tasks to include transforming data, sending out reports, and responding to broker and client requests. Career progression prospects within this role include client-facing work and exposure to the commercial side of the shipping industry.

What you’ll be doing

Tasks will include:

• Primary focus will include working with the international team of analysts to support data development, acquiring data from primary and secondary data sources and maintaining existing databases and updating charts.
• Utilising data analytics tools to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets.
• Creating and writing reports for brokers/clients on commodity and freight trends in a quick, clear, and concise manner.
• Summarising daily/weekly fundamental market news to brokers/clients.
• Supporting senior team members in preparing presentations that are delivered to key clients.
• Providing general assistance to the Market Analysis team and brokers with a variety of ad-hoc analytical requests.
• Possibility to interact with a wide range of internal and external clients.
• Interact with brokers to gain additional market insights and develop relationships.

• Additional / ad hoc duties as required to meet the needs of the business.

What we’re looking for

We invite applications from candidates who can demonstrate:

• Drive and self-motivation, with the desire and commitment to succeed, deliver excellence and make positive change;
• Relationship building, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build rapport;
• Collaboration, able to work well with others across diverse backgrounds to share information, develop skills, and deliver results;
• Resilience with the ability to persist and adapt;
• Smart problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a curious and inquisitive mind, and an openness to new ideas;
• Professional integrity and a respect for company values.

Other requirements

• Must have excellent communication skills, with fluency in written and spoken English.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas and data results of analysis clearly and simply. A good writer of succinct and direct style with particular attention to detail.
• Must be a team player and able to collaborate and work well as part of a results-oriented, office-based work-place.
• Comfortable communicating with senior colleagues and with confidence in group discussions and in public speaking.
• Interest in broader macro-economic/geopolitical environment and how this impacts Dry Bulk shipping and client business.
• Must have strong excel skills and comfortable in handling large volumes of data.
• Familiarity / willingness to learn python / SQL and in developing data visualisation tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, determination, high quality output.

We offer an exciting, fast-paced working environment, a culture of teamwork, career development that will include international travel and the opportunity to play an important role in our growth.