Commodity Analyst

Role Overview 

This person will join our rapidly growing crop marketing business as a thought leader who will enable all of our commercial business units (content production, advisory, merchandising) through research, insights, and recommendations. This person will be fundamental to establishing FBN as a content-generation leader in the Crop Marketing space. This is a unique opportunity to become a critical part of a high-value business line at one of the fastest growing companies in the Ag industry.

Key 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

Qualifications

Required characteristics/qualifications include:

• 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 characteristics/qualifications include:

• 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.

To understand the physical demands of this job, please click this link and refer to Template B   The following represents FBN's reasonable estimate of the US national average base salary range for this role based on market data and placement of internal employees: $155,000-$170,000. This salary range may vary based on geography and the higher cost of labor in some metropolitan areas.    Beyond Base Pay, FBN also offers all full-time/permanent employees competitive total compensation packages that include 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.  

Company Overview 

Farmers Business Network (FBN) is on a mission to power the prosperity of family farmers and rural communities around the world, transforming how the world farms with an integrated, technology-enabled agricultural platform.

We offer high ROI farm inputs, fintech and sustainability products and services powered by network data, and farm-tested insights from our global farmer community.  Our platform helps FBN members make confident decisions to ensure the economic viability of their farms, while also empowering them to be a part of the solution as the global community confronts its most pressing issues: providing food security for a growing population, transitioning to more sustainable agriculture, and responding to climate change.

We are a dynamic, innovative, and mission-driven AgTech company that offers competitive compensation and benefits as well as boundless career mobility. We are backed by top investors, including Fidelity, ADM, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, DBL Partners, T Rowe Price and Temasek. We have been featured in these articles by the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, and were also named "One of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World" by Fast Company Magazine.

  FBN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. FBN considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.   We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program here.   FBN is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known limitations for qualified applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance to complete this form or participate in an interview, please let us know.   #LI-MR #LI-Remote