Commodities Researcher

12 hours ago


Johannesburg, South Africa M4PS (Pty) Ltd Full time

Deliver product specific global balance sheets covering raw materials, refined products and selected semi-finished products in view of company reports, proprietary research and analysis, commercial data points and trade flow data. Reconcile global balance sheet stock histories with all available pertinent data points. Implement the agreed methodologies and highlight opportunities for improvement.
- Develop trade flow balance sheets to identify mispricing of for regional premium spreads Development consumption models for various downstream markets in view of relevant macro and micro economic data points as well as modeling of evolving metals intensity of demand.
- Maintenance of deliverable and tenderable parity time series
- Collation and modeling of time series on costs and returns across the value chain.
- Maintenance of analyses relating to suitably defined economic return time series to stock / use time series
- Continuous communication with analysts and traders on the evolution of fundamentals and associated risks.
- Develop analysis relating stocks/use ratios and production and consumption economics with various components of the markets the company trades
- Present balance sheets as well as underlying assumptions and conclusions on regular research and prop / cash calls
- Actively participate on prop and cash calls to highlight trading opportunities
- Develop an on the ground information network

**Education, Skills and Experience**:

- Degree in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Economics, Accounting, Computer Science or Mathematics
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in commodities research
- Good understanding of the functioning of physical and derivatives markets
- Advanced IT skills in Excel / VBA / Access; coding skills (especially Python) advantageous
- Skills in data management and automation techniques (report mining)

**Salary**: R700,000.00 per year

**Experience**:

- Commodities Research: 3 years (required)


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