Senior Analyst - Battery Raw Materials at FASTMARKETS COMMODITIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

17 Apr, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Cost modeling, Data collection, Financial modeling, Techno-economic modeling, Market analysis, Benchmarking, Excel, Data management, Scenario analysis, Mining industry knowledge, Commodity market analysis, Analytical research, Stakeholder management, Technical writing, Project management, Mentoring

Industry

Information Services

Description

Company Description Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. Job Description The Role This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate keen to support companies, investors and policymakers in understanding and securing strategically important raw materials across a wide range of industrial and emerging applications. The role focuses on collecting, analysing and delivering robust cost, supply‑side and economic insights that help clients navigate increasingly complex, volatile and geopolitically sensitive metals and mining markets. The Analyst will lead the maintenance and development of Fastmarkets’ cost models, overseeing data collection, model refinement and analytical outputs. They will support analytics products and consulting by providing the cost and economic foundations that underpin short‑ and long‑term market outlooks and forecasts, ensuring a coherent view of supply, capacity and cost drivers across key raw material value chains. The Analyst will also act as a key point of contact for internal and external enquiries related to industry costs, supporting sales engagement and client discussions with clear, defensible and decision‑ready analysis. You will join a global team of researchers dedicated to analysing critical raw materials across multiple industrial and emerging end-use markets, spanning batteries, energy storage and other critical applications. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast‑paced, analytical environment, demonstrate a proactive, can‑do attitude and be comfortable supporting a broad range of tasks and projects concurrently. Principal accountabilities Maintain, develop and refine Fastmarkets’ cost models across critcal raw materials and metals value chains, ensuring methodological consistency and analytical robustness. Lead the collection, validation and structuring of asset‑level cost, technical and operational data across mining, processing and refining activities. Populate and update proprietary cost modelling systems using bottom‑up, asset‑level methodologies, capturing capex, opex, logistics and key cost drivers. Analyse industry cost structures, benchmarking assets by deposit type, region, technology and development stage, and identify key drivers of cost competitiveness. Support the production of short‑, medium‑ and long‑term market outlooks and forecasts, ensuring cost assumptions align with supply, demand and capacity analysis. Provide analytical support to subscription products, consulting projects and bespoke client requests, translating complex cost data into clear, actionable intelligence and defensible insights. Act as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders, including sales and product teams, responding to enquiries related to cost modelling and economic assumptions. Contribute data, analysis and commentary for client presentations, reports and industry events, supporting Fastmarkets’ external profile and thought leadership. Monitor market, technological, and policy and regulatory developments affecting cost structures across critical raw materials, incorporating relevant changes into models and analysis. Adhere to established quality control, documentation and version‑management processes, ensuring transparent, reproducible analytical outputs and timely updates for customers. Works with the Consulting team on projects by helping specify and design studies which deliver to client needs and supporting delivery. Key interfaces Head of BRM/Base/Steel/Consulting BRM/Base/Steel Commodity Analysts BRM Research Analysts Editorial, Product, Marketing and Sales Qualifications We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on. KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly. Strong understanding of metals, mining and raw material value chains, including mining, processing, refining and downstream applications. 2-4 years of relevant experience in cost analysis, asset economics, financial or techno‑economic modelling within metals and mining or related sectors. Demonstrated ability to build, maintain and interpret bottom‑up, asset‑level cost models using structured and defensible methodologies. Experience contributing to or shaping modelling frameworks, best practice and methodological documentation within a research or analytics organisation. Strong analytical capability, with experience deconstructing complex datasets by region, resource type, technology and processing routes and project development stage. Proficiency in Excel and analytical tools for modelling, data management and scenario analysis; familiarity with mining or industrial cost databases is an advantage. Ability to critically assess technical, academic and industry sources, including feasibility studies, company disclosures and regulatory documentation. Experience supporting market outlooks, forecasts or benchmarking analysis. Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex cost and economic analysis into clear, client‑ready insights for both technical and non‑technical audiences. Proven ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, collaborative and global research environment, managing multiple priorities while maintaining analytical rigour. BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES Proactive, pragmatic and resilient, with a positive and flexible approach focused on delivering results and the right outcomes for a rapidly growing, evolving business. Self‑disciplined and accountable, taking ownership of work and managing priorities effectively to deliver agreed objectives. Personable and collaborative, with a strong preference for building trusted, productive working relationships across teams and functions. Demonstrates high personal energy and engagement, contributing positively to a fast‑paced, analytical environment. A confident and inquisitive communicator who actively listens, asks thoughtful questions and demonstrates a strong growth mindset. Influences with humility, able to provide constructive advice and guidance without over‑assertion or reliance on hierarchy. Adaptable in working style and approach, collaborating effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders and responding to changing requirements. Comfortable working with ambiguity, able to structure problems, test assumptions and progress analysis where pathways are not clearly defined. Able to balance the need for analytical rigour and robustness with commercial realities, ensuring outputs are delivered efficiently and on time. Actively supports, trains and mentors junior colleagues, contributing to skills development, knowledge transfer and a strong team culture. If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway. Additional Information Our Values Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values. Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are: METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day. CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences. We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process, please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements. You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you! If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day. It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great. Department: Analytics Employment Type: Permanent

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Responsibilities

The Senior Analyst will maintain and develop cost models for critical raw materials while providing robust economic insights to support market outlooks and consulting projects. They will act as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring data-driven analysis is effectively communicated to support decision-making.