Fertilizer Analyst

About The Role

Argus Analytics is a global team of 90 analysts within Argus Media Group, providing clients with analysis, data, and forecasts across 35 commodities and markets. Our work focuses on market fundamentals, value chains, international trade flows, and macroeconomic trends, leveraging 55 years of commodity markets expertise, global networks, and proprietary databases. Our fertilizer expertise is a foundational component of our rapidly growing Analytics business.

We are seeking a passionate and driven Fertilizer Analyst in Houston to join our global Fertilizer Analytics Team. This role will contribute to the delivery, improvement, and expansion of our nitrogen fertilizer services across North America. You will support the development of thought leadership, build industry relationships, and reinforce Argus’s reputation as a primary source for understanding the fertilizer market.

The successful candidate will work with industry experts and recent graduates, under the guidance of global nitrogen experts, to create industry-leading reports, forecasts, and presentations on key nitrogen commodities and the evolving clean ammonia sector for our global client base. This is an opportunity for an early-career analyst with a background in economics, statistics, chemical engineering, agriculture, or energy, looking to build a career in commodity analysis and contribute to the development of Argus’s Analytics services across North America.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead components of the Nitrogen Team’s client deliverables, under guidance from managers, including written reports, commodity forecasts, thought leadership pieces, and conference presentations.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the Fertilizer Team’s core models used in the forecasting of supply, demand, capacity, imports, exports, price, production costs, and margin analysis.
• Collaborate with the global team of analysts to ensure analysis accurately reflects complex and globally connected nitrogen value chains.
• Drive the continuous improvement of subscription reports in terms of analytical rigour, breadth and depth of detail, and quality of delivery.
• Engage with the wider Analytics business to ensure major trends in adjacent commodity markets are reflected in nitrogen products.
• Support the development and commercialization of new data-driven products.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Graduate / Master’s degree from a top-tier university.
• Highly numerate with experience analyzing comprehensive datasets quickly and meticulously, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Intellectually curious with demonstrated structured problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong IT skills, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Awareness of other statistical and programming languages such as R is an advantage.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks to deadlines and meet targets.
• Flexible, highly motivated, and willing to contribute to the growth of Argus’s Analytics Services.

Note: Full office attendance is required during the onboarding period. Following successful onboarding, hybrid working is available (currently 3 days per week in office).