Analyst – Chemicals (Methanol & Derivatives/CEH)

Overview

Our Mission Advancing Essential Intelligence.

About The Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 10

The Team The Chemical Research & Analytics team is growing as it builds market intelligence and insight across the commodity chemicals sector. This team engages with the industry to understand market dynamics and create market outlooks for key petrochemicals. The team also connects with groups across S&P Global to understand linkages across the industry, from upstream energy cost impacts to policy and sustainability influences as well as macroeconomic drivers impacting demand. Stakeholders include industry associations, producers, consumers, traders, transportation providers and financial institutions, up to board level executives. The Chemical Economics Handbook (CEH) team delivers market intelligence on commodity and specialty chemicals, producing structured reports that integrate asset-level data, supply and demand balances, trade flows, and price analysis to provide a forward-looking view of industry fundamentals. CEH outputs are used by clients across the value chain to support strategic planning, investment decisions, benchmarking, and market monitoring.

The Impact

This role will support the regional and global Methanol & Derivatives team in generating chemical market intelligence, with a short and long-term cadence of market coverage and activities. Responsibilities include:

• Analysis of chemical value chain market trends
• Collating industry statistics and internal data to provide market insights
• Regular updates of supply/demand balances, trade flows, operating schedules and price forecasts
• Research into emerging markets, plants and technologies
• Modelling and supporting the transformation of data

This role also supports the CEH commodity team, delivering end-to-end industry reports and in-depth chemical market reports for the Chemical Economics Handbook and related services. The analyst builds independent market assessments based on primary and secondary research and collaborates with internal experts to ensure robust conclusions. Key responsibilities include analyzing supply–demand balances, evaluating market dynamics and industry trends, and assessing macroeconomic and sector-specific drivers to produce forward-looking, insight-driven assessments.

What’s In It For You

• Join a global, dynamic and internationally oriented research team with varied industrial experience; exposure to a wide range of petrochemical products, markets, technologies and industries.
• Collaborate with other skilled analysts to form a consistent view of global chemical markets; opportunity to improve analytical skills and knowledge across the wider S&P Global organization.
• Be at the forefront of industry changes driven by geopolitics, climate policies, and volatile energy markets; influence decision-making through insightful reporting.
• Exposure to emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and to influence their role in gathering and delivering market intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Perform modelling and analysis to develop and improve analytical models
• Research areas related to the chemical industry, identify data sources, and conduct statistical analysis
• Support subject matter experts in developing and maintaining supply/demand balances, trade flows, and price forecasts
• Write industry reports linked to the industry value chain
• Author Chemical Economics Handbook reports, translating insights into publication-ready research
• Respond to client inquiries and provide expert insight on covered markets
• Prepare presentations and develop presentation skills to engage clients
• Collaborate with teams to ensure accuracy and timeliness of information and publications
• Respond to client requests for data and analysis

What We’re Looking For

• Young professional with up to 5 years of industry experience in commodity markets; experience analyzing petrochemical markets is a plus. Open to recent graduates with relevant academic background.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Economics, Finance, or Business. Other numerate disciplines with equivalent experience within the chemical industry will be considered.
• Data-heavy role requiring strong data manipulation and presentation skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and advanced Excel; working knowledge of Power BI/Tableau, SQL and/or Python is a plus.
• Tenacity and curiosity about energy, chemical markets and sustainability.
• Strong communication skills, concise writing, and attention to detail; ability to communicate across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Flexibility to work in a global team across multiple time zones; collaborative and adaptable.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks for different stakeholders and meet deadlines.

About S&P Global Energy

At S&P Global Energy, our view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make informed decisions. Our core capabilities are Platts for news and pricing, CERA for research and advisory, Horizons for energy expansion and sustainability solutions, and Events for industry collaboration. S&P Global Energy is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). Learn more at

What’s In It For You

Our mission is advancing essential intelligence. Our people are part of a global community—over 35,000 colleagues—driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence helps build a more prosperous future. We are committed to integrity, discovery and partnership, and to providing benefits that support health, growth and well-being.

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage for mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off.
• Continuous Learning: Resources to grow your career and skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Competitive pay, retirement planning, education support, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: Benefits for partners and children.
• Additional Perks: Discounts and incentives.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by law. If you need an accommodation during the application process, please email

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