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Company

Farmer's Business Network, Inc. · 3 days ago

Commodity Analyst

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$155K/yr - $170K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Work with our Risk Management Advisor and data science team to identify and execute on unique, quantitative analytical approaches in crop markets

Develop farmer and industry-facing content on a regular basis, which could include daily highlights, weekly deep-dives, weekly podcast recordings, and periodic webinars

Support in-field advisory program by communicating analysis and pricing recommendations to FBN’s farmer-facing advisors on a daily basis

Relay research and insights on crops of ownership in public settings, including but not limited to FBN farmer seminars and media interviews

Ad hoc support of team’s merchandising efforts, including relationship development with end-buyers on your crops of focus and identification of trading opportunities

Help to continually refine FBN’s Crop Marketing philosophy and identifying new ways it can serve the marketing needs of its members

Work closely with product team to develop the next generation of online tools to support marketing efforts for individual farm operations

Qualification

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Grain futuresOptionsOriginal researchQuantitative analyticsProgramming RProgramming PythonProgramming SQLSeries 3/30 licensesGrain marketing regulationsPublic speakingCorn marketsSoybean marketsWheat marketsMachine learning toolsetsAgriculture passionGoal-oriented

Required

BS/BA required, but advanced degrees (MS/PhD) preferred

Possess or able to obtain Series 3/30 licenses

5+ years working in a similar analyst role

Experience conducting original research, writing about, and providing sales or purchasing recommendations in grain markets on the back of that research

Expert grasp of grain futures and options markets.

Knowledge of grain marketing regulations and guidelines

Passionate about agriculture and farming; a desire to put the farmer first

Highly independent, goal-oriented and creative

Comfortable using technology products/services

A willingness to work in a fast-paced start-up environment, this is not a 9-5 job

Willingness to travel 10-15% of time

Preferred

Specialized knowledge of corn, soybeans, wheat markets

Experience presenting publicly on grain markets and commodity sector

Knowledge of basic quantitative analytics methods and application of those methods in the grain marketing space

Experience in high-level programming environments such as R, Python, MatLab, SQL

Application of latest machine learning toolsets to price prediction and its underlying supply and demand components.

Benefits

Equity compensation (dependent upon job level)

Paid holidays plus an additional floating holiday

Work flexibility including paid time off and remote work if your role is eligible

Parental leave

Benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, short & long term disability, life insurance, 401k, HSA employer contributions, and more