Thermal Coal Research Analyst II - Data Visualizations

Dow Jones; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

Paid time off

Retirement plans

Education benefits

Maternity/Paternity leave

Commuter transit

Job summary

Dow Jones is seeking a Research Analyst II, Global Thermal Coal to join the legacy McCloskey team and support research and insight functions across coal, iron ore, steel and manganese markets in Southern Africa. Requires 2–4 years of related experience and a graduate degree with quantitative skills.

You will deliver country/regional reports, contribute to regular and ad hoc outputs, and develop data visualizations in PowerBI, Excel and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in mathematics, economics, statistics, international relations, or an industry-related field required. Graduate degree with quantitative skills a plus.
• Minimum of 2-4 years of experience in researching coal, iron ore, steel or manganese, or relevant related research, or within the mining industry, or its related markets.

Responsibilities

• Help maintain regular data deliverables.
• Contribute to or author country/ regional reports for coal.
• Contribute to weekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc deliverables.
• Help develop new deliverables, including data visualizations in PowerBI.
• Regularly collaborate with power and gas teams and contribute to work outside of thermal coal, (e.g. iron ore, manganese) particularly as it relates to Southern Africa.
• Contribute to ad hoc team needs, such as social media, webinars, and events.

Skills

Strong writing ability

Numerical and data analysis

Verbal communication

MS Office proficiency

Python

PowerBI

Tableau

VBA

Education

Graduate degree in mathematics, economics, statistics, international relations or related field

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Python

PowerBI

Tableau

VBA

Job description

Dow Jones is seeking a Research Analyst II, Global Thermal Coal to join the legacy McCloskey team and support research and insight functions across coal, iron ore, steel and manganese markets in Southern Africa. Requires 2–4 years of related experience and a graduate degree with quantitative skills.

You will deliver country/regional reports, contribute to regular and ad hoc outputs, and develop data visualizations in PowerBI, Excel and PowerPoint.