Senior Oil Market Reporter (Arabic speaking)

at  SP Global

QUALIFICATIONS:

Fluency in Arabic and English, with strong written communication skills in both languages
Minimum of 3 years of experience in oil markets in a reporting or analytical role
Strong numeric skills with knowledge of crude oil and oil product trading and pricing
Excellent presentation and writing skills
Self-driven, energetic and proactive
Highly developed interpersonal and strong communication skills
Ability to work in a team-oriented, global, multi-cultural environment
About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.
We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.
S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
For more information, visit http://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights .
What’s In It For You?

OUR PEOPLE:

We’re more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we’re able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Grade Level (for internal use): 10
The Role: The individual in this role will be responsible for day-to-day reporting on the Middle East crude oil and/or refined oil products market. He or she will be responsible for every aspect of market reporting, including the collection and publication of primary market information, running an assessment process, assessing the value of crude oil, refined oil products, reporting market-related news, writing commentary and analysis, contributing to methodology development and engaging with market sources.
The Impact: The Middle East is a region of paramount importance to global oil markets as a supplier of crude oil to the world. Increasingly, it’s also becoming a center for refined oil products trading following the surge in refining capacity in recent decades and evolution of Fujairah as a logistics hub. Market participation is growing with the region’s traditionally conservative national oil companies setting up trading desks to join dozens of buyers/sellers, independent traders and oil majors already active in the market. Based in Dubai, the associate editor in this role will be uniquely positioned to cover markets across the Middle East, but also report on trade flows between the East and the West, in collaboration with Platts - a part of S&P Global Commodity Insights oil market reporting teams in Singapore and London.
The Career Opportunity: Platts has a strong global brand and established assessment methodology. You’ll be joining the well-respected oil markets reporting teams and will gain exposure and understanding of the Asia and Middle East crude oil and refined products pricing and markets.
Your Skills: The ideal candidate will have a background in oil market reporting, pricing or analytics, have a deep and thorough understanding of Asia and Middle East oil markets, knowledge of trading strategies, an understanding of derivatives markets, written and verbal communication skills. The candidate will be expected to take initiative and ownership of oil price reporting in the Middle East, contribute information to Platts existing price benchmarks and look for opportunities to develop new ones.
Our Hiring Manager says: “The individual will join the team that produces some of the most prominent benchmarks in the Asia and Middle East markets. I’m looking for a self-driven individual who’s outstanding in news reporting and able to uphold our standards.”

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Gather oil market information, produce price assessments, write commentary, news and market analysis Follow price trends and report on these in a timely manner Conduct analysis, contribute to content development activities and thought leadership pieces Develop and expand on our already expansive list of sources and contacts

OUR PURPOSE:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.