Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Antimo LLC, a division of Murfin, Inc., is a global trading company focused on commodity markets in the US, Europe, and Asia. The company is seeking a Senior Soft Commodities Analyst to provide fundamental research, supply and demand analysis, and actionable market insights for its agricultural trading team. The role supports trading decisions through market intelligence, crop and weather monitoring, macroeconomic analysis, and reporting.
Responsibilities
- S&D Modeling: Develop, maintain, and continuously refine complex global and regional supply and demand (S&D) balance sheets for cocoa, coffee, sugar, and cotton
- Market Intelligence: Leverage an existing network of producers, processors, exporters, and industry insiders to gather real-time data on crop conditions, trade flows, and port logistics
- Trading Support: Translate complex data and fundamental analysis into clear, actionable trading ideas and risk-management strategies for the trading desk
- Crop & Weather Monitoring: Track global weather patterns, satellite data, and yield trends to forecast production accurately before it hits the broader market
- Reporting & Presentation: Deliver concise daily/weekly market updates, deep-dive thematic reports, and presentations to traders and senior leadership
- Macro Analysis: Monitor macroeconomic factors, currency fluctuations (especially in key origin countries like Brazil, Ivory Coast, and India), and freight markets impacting soft commodities
Skills
- Experience: 5+ years of dedicated experience as a soft commodities analyst within a major trade house, hedge fund, agricultural corporate, or specialized brokerage
- Technical Expertise: Advanced, demonstrable competence in building and managing multi-variable S&D balance sheets from scratch
- High proficiency in Excel is mandatory
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Agricultural Economics, Economics, Finance, Statistics, or a related quantitative field
- Communication: Exceptional ability to synthesize complex data into quick, impactful talking points for a fast-paced trading floor environment
- Languages: Fluency in English is required
- Experience with Python, R, or data visualization tools (PowerBI/Tableau) is a strong plus
- Industry Network: An established, reliable Rolodex of industry contacts across key origins and destination markets in the softs ecosystem
- Fluency in Portuguese, French, or Spanish is highly advantageous given key origin markets
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