Graduate Commercial Associate (Aug 2024)

About S&P Global India

S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, and analytics in the global capital and commodity markets, offering ESG solutions, deep data, and insights on critical economic, market, and business factors.

Your role

The Impact:

• You will join as a member of a cohort of Commercial Associates. Here, you will be introduced to world-class experts in various commodities including former chief economists, traders, and risk managers. They will give presentations about how commodity markets work and provide insightful perspectives on global economic, political, technological, and legal issues linked to their specializations. You will also be enrolled in an e-learning curriculum, providing foundational knowledge about the technical aspects of various commodities and markets.
• Within weeks, you will have the opportunity to present topics to senior management and to get constructive feedback on your progress. Throughout the program, you will learn how to use tools including CI-Platts products, Excel add-ins, and CRM systems.
• You will get the opportunity to work with a broad range of clients including governments, investment banks, commodity trading houses, major oil and gas companies, hedge funds, and industry. At Client Services, you would be a primary contact for clients, providing solutions to their requests in a timely, professional, and courteous manner and providing training on CI products through WebEx and onsite visits.

Responsibilities:

• Help clients understand how to navigate and extract useful data from the S&P Global Commodity Insights product range.
• Liaise with the content, commercial, and technical teams to address any client queries and ensure the data is maintained to the highest standards.
• Proactively reaching out to clients for face-to-face/WebEx training (this will apply towards the later stages of development once fully fluent and certified on the product range).
• Conduct research about important issues at the forefront of energy and commodity markets and present this to colleagues.
• Support sales teams with research and proposals.
• Build account overviews and plans to support strategic sales teams.
• Design data-driven models and templates for clients.
• Create marketing materials for commercial culture initiatives and future graduate cohorts.
• Getting involved in special project initiatives where determined necessary by management.

Training & development

Job families in the domain cover dual-track career paths which means someone may aspire for a management/leadership role or a subject-matter expert/specialist role. They follow a Pay for Performance philosophy, along with a standard performance measurement with promotion and in-band progression criteria that are shared with team members for transparency and objective deliberation.

Benefits

They prioritize your well-being, empowering you to focus on driving business success. At S&P Global, they deeply value their team members, which is why they offer everything necessary for you and your career to flourish.

Benefits may include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in-class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

Career progression

Collaborate with seasoned technology experts on high-impact projects to refine skills and advance career progression. Benefit from extensive networking opportunities, gaining deep business insights and mentorship. Tailored learning programs continually challenge and develop capabilities, preparing individuals for leadership roles within the dynamic industry.

Work-life balance

The work-life balance for an intern at S&P Global generally involves a structured and supportive environment that prioritizes learning and professional development, with reasonable working hours to ensure a healthy balance between work and personal life.

Company culture

At S&P Global, they believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Their commitment centers on their global workforce, ensuring people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, they strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which they live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.

About you

Requirements:

• Familiarity with or strong interest in learning about Commodity Markets.
• All degrees are welcome; however, concentration in Commercial, Business, Petroleum Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, or Energy/Commodity background related disciplines is preferred.
• Ability to join from early September 2024.
• Fluency in the English language is a prerequisite.
• Strong communication (good verbal skills, listening techniques, and a clear, concise writing style) and the role will involve speaking to diverse clients.
• Strong presentation and communication skills. You must have good telephone manners and be comfortable presenting to large groups both in person and remotely.
• Significant comfort level with a suite of Microsoft Office products (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint Excel)
• Ability to effectively multi-task and work independently and willingness to learn and take on a wide variety of tasks.
• Able to learn quickly, multi-task, and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Understand the importance of building strong relationships and partnering with team members.
• Problem-solving, time-management, attention to detail & organizational abilities to work efficiently with clients.

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• careers.spglobal.com
• youtube.com