Senior Research Analyst – Ammonia

Job title:

Senior Research Analyst – Ammonia

Company

Wood Mackenzie

Job description

Company Description

Wood Mackenzie are the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We have over 1,900 employees in 30 locations, serving customers in nearly 80 countries. Together, we inspire and innovate the markets we serve – providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges, and make strategic decisions that will, ultimately, accelerate the world’s transition to a more sustainable future.

Job Description

Working within our Hydrogen and Ammonia Research team, the Senior Analyst – Ammonia will be responsible for developing detailed supply-demand, cost and price forecasts. Leveraging the full breadth of Wood Mackenzie’s proprietary data, models and expertise, you will develop long-term integrated outlooks – with key consideration of the opportunity for the role of low-carbon ammonia into traditional and new end-use sectors. You will assess policies, cost structures and technology developments to assess the competitiveness of ammonia. Including contributing to analysis of the cost of ammonia transport and storage, as well as the embedded emissions across the ammonia value-chain. The role requires a strong understanding of processes supporting the production, transportation and consumption of ammonia; fertilizer market dynamics; other traditional end-uses of ammonia; and commodity demand forecasting.

You will work across Wood Mackenzie’s Power & Renewables; Chemicals; Oils; Metals & Mining; Carbon Management; and Transport groups to develop an integrated view of the penetration of ammonia across global markets. This will include developing Wood Mackenzie’s narrative on major policy decisions and how those influence the adoption of low-carbon ammonia. You will further develop existing proprietary models and – where necessary – create new modelling solutions to provide granular and transparent supply and demand outlooks. This capability will be leveraged further through our scenarios and technologies team in developing outlooks for our Accelerated Energy Transition scenarios.

You will be the client-facing lead on ammonia and be responsible for winning business, client interaction and critical industry input. You will represent Wood Mackenzie externally at ammonia and fertilizer events and contribute to media output as our expertise expands.

Main Responsibilities

Ownership and development of long-term projections of ammonia supply and demand by country

Staying abreast of evolving policy which may impact the outlook for ammonia and fertilizer – quantifying the impact through analysis and providing opinion on its significance

Leveraging Wood Mackenzie’s proprietary asset valuation work and levelized cost of ammonia analysis to assess the competitiveness of low-carbon ammonia against incumbent and competing options

Contributing to analysis and model development for transportation and storage of ammonia, as well as ammonia value-chain emissions

Present findings of market outlooks and industry insight pieces to clients and prospects

Build a strong relationship with industry stakeholders in ammonia and fertilizer. Engage with policymakers and project developers on how markets are evolving, understanding their perspectives, and how that may influence our analysis

Strengthen the data inputs through surveys, interviews, and secondary research

Provide high-quality client service to research subscribers through responding to inquiries, one-on-one conversations, and special events

Collaborate with SMEs and internal stakeholders across Wood Mackenzie to support the creation of our content

Qualifications

3+ years experience of applying modelling solutions for analysis of ammonia and/or fertilizers

Experience in commodity markets and forecasting, with demonstrable experience in ammonia or ammonia-adjacent industries

Passionate about the ammonia and/or fertilizer industries and the need for decarbonisation

Strong familiarity with policy landscape and its importance to influencing the penetration of low-carbon ammonia

Familiar with commodity demand, technology adoption and technology cost modelling

Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Interested in using both qualitative and quantitative methods to answer market questions

Self-driven. Capable of switching between the roles of an individual contributor and a collaborator

Strong communication skills. Comfortable interacting with clients and industry stakeholders

An engaging nature, capable of connecting with co-workers, clients and industry stakeholders in a wide range of professional setting

A deep intellectual curiosity about the impact of a wider business landscape

Key Competencies

Issue identification and problem-solving

Building analytical models, manipulating and illustrating data

Planning, implementation

Efficiency-focused

Determined and resilient

Continuous improvement

Creativity

Building and maintaining relationships

Communication

Personal impact

Collaboration

Additional Information

WoodMackenzie is an equal opportunities employer.

We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, age or disability.

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Expected salary

Location

Edinburgh

Job date

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:59:41 GMT

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