Associate Director, Agriculture & Food Quantitative Analysis

Associate Director, Agriculture & Food Quantitative Analysis

Location: 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041 (Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the U.S.)

Duties

• IHS Global Inc. seeks an Associate Director, Agriculture & Food Quantitative Analysis who will analyze fundamental supply and demand drivers impacting global agricultural markets. Work with teams covering commodity markets with a focus on quantitative modelling. Work closely with market leads as well as individual commodity analysts in the region to ensure overall quality and alignment of analysis. Track developments impacting supply/demand producers, processors, exporters, and importers. Lead interaction with customers presenting both commodity-specific analysis and global analysis. Convey results of research through a variety of outlets including internal meetings, written reports for clients, the S&P Global Commodity Insights platform, formal presentations, and informal interactions with clients via conference calls and emails. Work cooperatively with other areas of the Agribusiness Intelligence business, contributing expertise to consulting projects and other activities as needed.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Applied Economics, or related economic field plus two years of experience in economic analysis or a related occupation. Two years of experience must include: Agricultural crops market analysis and agricultural commodity futures price analysis; Research of complex economic conditions and their relation to/implications for assigned markets; Research of commodity supply chain, particularly the risks and challenges operating in commodity markets; Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint; R and Python; Quantitative model building, including time series models.

• The anticipated base salary range for this position is $128,945 to $206,350. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses & certifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. IHS Global Inc. is part of S&P Global and this role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please see: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries/us.

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