Dry Market Analyst, Signal
2-5 days a week in office
Commercial shipping solutions
Job no longer available
Commercial shipping solutions
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
2-5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make global shipping more efficient, effective and profitable through the application of technology and market experience.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor in economics, engineering from Tier 1 universities
- More than 2 years of experience as an analyst or consulting role
- Strong motivation to deep dive and understand the market, its developments and trends
- SQL knowledge
- Strong logical/analytical skills
- Experience working with large, disparate and/or unstructured data sets, possess excellent analytical ability, at ease with working with database and able to highlight trends and use complex data to support decisions
- Ability to work with several stakeholders and cross functional teams
- Knowledge of Python is a plus, but not a prerequisite
- Detailed knowledge of data analysis methods
- Strong English knowledge (both written and spoken)
- Prior experience in the commodities industry is a plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a freight and/or commodities market analyst to join our analytics team
- This dual role calls for passion for the type of analysis, content creation and storytelling that helps participants in these complex and volatile trading domains stay informed, while at the same time deploying analytical skills and attention to detail to continuously learn, improve and enrich the underlying data
- At Signal, we are committed to finding people who are respectful, inclusive, and team players, embodying these values in every role
- Generate and Promote Weekly Reports: Regularly produce detailed reports on commodity and freight markets, ensuring high-quality insights. Actively promote these reports to relevant stakeholders
- Ad-hoc Analysis and Industry Commentary: Write and promote timely, ad-hoc pieces that respond to industry news, trends, or client needs. Place content in top industry media outlets like TradeWinds, Reuters, and Lloyd's
- Hands-on Data Work and Quality Assurance: Engage directly with Signal data, spending significant time on quality assurance and refining data to ensure it's client-ready and easily drives reports. Lead efforts to improve the data productization process
- Data Scouting and Collection: Scout, collect, and integrate data from sources outside of Signal to complement existing datasets and drive comprehensive analysis
- Client Consultations and Event Speaking: Visit clients to provide consultative analytics and reporting, and represent Signal as a thought leader by speaking at relevant industry events
- Media Relations: Build and maintain relationships with journalists and media outlets globally to ensure broad coverage and placement of Signal’s market insights
- Internal Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as an internal expert on commodities, providing feedback to product teams to shape features that meet client needs and market demands
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Signal Group specialises in providing technology, data and commercial solutions to the shipping industry. Signal Ocean, Signal Maritime, and Signal Ventures make up the group.
The Signal Ocean Platform is driven by AI and provides charterers, brokers, and owners with shipping data. This enables them to make better commercial decisions and provides a competitive edge.
Signal Maritime is centred around commercial ship management and is a spin off from Thenamaris Ships Management. It is focused on providing responsive, high-performance, and sustainable commercial management for a growing, modern fleet.
With deep industry knowledge and a popular offering, Signal is having a big impact on maritime innovation. Aside from its own solutions, it has supported multiple start-ups in the shipping, supply chain and commodities space. The company has recently announced a partnership with Flagship Founders, and as part of this will be launching joint projects to help accelerate new venture development in the market.
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Company
Company benefits
- Additional performance incentives
- Coverage under the company’s collective health insurance plan
- Opportunity to work alongside experienced people with deep knowledge in software engineering, data science & shipping business who are always eager to mentor
- Signal’s hybrid remote work policy currently includes 6 working days at premises per month, during which happy hour events take place
- 2-4 weeks of onboarding training to prepare you for your new role, having the opportunity to meet about 30 trainers while diving deep into our products and/or the shipping world
- Career growth opportunities and a structured development discussion every 4 months
- Personal learning budget for training, seminars, conferences (750 to 2000 EUR annually depending on seniority)
- Fun and well-equipped work environment that includes our in-house restaurant with healthy, freshly cooked lunches every day, ping pong & billiard tables
- Regular team bonding events and activities
Company values
- Love For Product: We live and breathe our product, and continuously strive to make it better for our users whose trust and delight we value the most! In this journey, we strive to simplify complexity, we test, we iterate and we keep on raising the bar. That’s the Signal way to becoming a global leader
- Scientific Approach: At Signal, we are thirsty for knowledge and always remain curious. That is reflected in the way we seek input, the way we learn and the priority we put to invest in our growth. We follow science very closely and always look for the best practices in our respective areas
- Strong Work Ethic: The work we do at Signal defines who we are, and that’s why we work with intensity and grit. We’ve built an open environment with positive and polite people who respect and challenge each other and rely on our teamwork to achieve bigger things
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: At Signal, we are all owners of our respective work and that means we don't stop until our work benefits our clients. True to our startup DNA, we value flexibility and openness to change. At the same time we respect our clients and the market structure
Company HQ
Pimlico, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Ioannis Martinos
(CEO)Formerly co-CEO of Thenamaris. Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.
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