Company Overview

Offering a complete ecosystem of maritime services, including broking, finance, port services and research, Clarksons is at the heart of global shipping. Our unrivalled reach, expertise, and depth of experience, combined with leading research, enables us to partner with clients across every sector to meet the demands of the world’s rapidly evolving maritime, offshore, trade and energy markets. Building on our unique heritage and harnessing our insights to see further, faster, we work with our clients and communities to create strategies that have a positive impact on the industry and the world around us. Dedicated to excellence, it’s our people that drive success for our clients.

To understand more including day-to-day life at Clarksons, visit us at www.clarkson.com

Division Overview

Clarksons offers unrivalled coverage of the Sale & Purchase market. Whether clients are looking to sell and buy ships, contract newbuildings or arrange recycling, we lead the sector with the scope and scale of our operations across Europe and Asia. We have a reputation for delivering impartial advice, adding value and providing validation to support decision-making. Through our role as strategic advisory partner, we empower clients to make smarter, more profitable decisions. The shipyards trust and value our market intelligence and rely upon it when making decisions as to which projects they should undertake. Discover more at www.clarksons.com/broking

Role Summary

The Commercial Analyst has a key role within the Newbuilding team.

What you’ll be doing
• Support the team with work on ongoing projects, deals and initiatives.
• Establish and maintain internal network across the group with key stakeholders.
• Work closely with Clarksons’ newbuilding, structured asset finance, and research teams, as well as fully integrating themselves fully with our technical desk analyst and the other commercial and market analysts within the wider global Clarksons group.
• Produce and develop regular market reports with commentary for core clients, collating information from key teams within the group.
• Develop and maintain data modelling and perform statistical analysis to meet current and anticipated future requirements.
• Provide presentation support to team members, preparing presentations that are delivered to key clients.
• Maintain key databases and presentation slide packs that underpin the work of the team.
• Produce weekly update covering latest news, projects and economics on the green transition within shipping, to be shared with the team and other senior brokers within the group.
• Possibility to interact and present to with a wide range of external clients.
• Attend industry webinars and conferences (where possible) to develop network and improve broader understanding on a range of topics.
• Additional / ad hoc duties as required to meet the needs of the business.

What we’re looking for
We invite applications from candidates who can demonstrate:
• Drive and self-motivation, with the desire and commitment to succeed, deliver excellence and make positive change;
• Relationship building, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build rapport;
• Collaboration, able to work well with others across diverse backgrounds to share information, develop skills, and deliver results;
• Resilience with the ability to persist and adapt;
• Smart problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a curious and inquisitive mind, and an openness to new ideas;
• Professional integrity and a respect for company values.
 

Other requirements
• Strong analytical and presentation capabilities (advanced abilities in excel/powerpoint essential).
• Excellent organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage a heavy workload and multitask.
• Ability to structure a narrative around topics identified as important for client base, with supporting analysis, evidence and considerations.
• An effective communicator, able to build and maintain internal network and relationships across the various teams within the Clarksons group and leverage extensive resources available to improve value add to clients.
• Comfortable communicating with senior colleagues up to CEO level.
• Ability to communicate ideas and results of analysis clearly.
• Ability to understand and present complex analysis and ideas in a succinct and clear manner using excel/powerpoint or similar tools.
• Interest in broader macro-economic/geopolitical environment and how this impacts shipping sectors and our core client’s business.
• Comfortable initially working as junior member of the team and supporting senior brokers, with medium term ambition to develop and grow the role (internally and externally).
• Technical/Chemical Engineering degree or exposure will be advantageous.
• Experience or knowledge in alternative fuels is beneficial.