Industry Forecasting Analyst

at  SP Global

THE TEAM:

S&P Global Market Intelligence integrates news, comprehensive market and sector-specific data, and analytics into a variety of tools to help track performance, generate alpha, identify investment ideas, understand competitive and industry dynamics, perform valuation, and assess credit risk.
The Technology, Media and Telecommunications analyst team within S&P Global Market Intelligence is developing a market forecasting platform to drive product development and delivery. The forecasting analyst will coordinate the development of a methodology for forecasting market segments. that leverages economic indicators, survey data and proprietary spending and market forecasts to support the company’s portfolio of market intelligence products and services.

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: Industry Forecasting Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conceptualize and develop processes to disaggregate total IT spending forecast into segment-level technology spending forecasts.
Collect and synthesize economic and forecast data to support IT spending forecast disaggregation.
Conduct econometric modeling to test and validate relationships between market, survey, and economic data.
Develop a forecast methodology by segment that integrates and weights each forecast supporting dataset appropriately.
Work with the TMT engineering team to embed forecast assumptions into a market forecast platform for automated product update and delivery.
Perform regular quality assurance checks on segment forecasts leveraging custom-built analytical tools and input from the broader TMT analyst team.
Assist TMT analysts in capturing and validating company-specific metrics to generate supply-side segment forecasts that will serve as validation of disaggregated sector-level IT spending forecasts.

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.