Market Analyst

Around the world, the Gibson name represents excellence within the shipbroking industry. Proud of our over 130-year heritage we have continued to grow, adapting to the many changes that influence our global markets. Our pro-active and professional team are continuously driving the company forward ensuring we remain a market leader.

With established offices across London, Athens, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Houston, we offer our clients a highly professional platform of global shipping solutions. Providing support to clients operating in the Tanker, Dry Cargo, Offshore, Gas and Sale & Purchase markets, we are able to draw on our industry experience to deliver world-class services.

Gibson Shipbrokers is the first UK shipbroker to become a fully independent, employee-owned company, run on behalf of, and for the benefit of all worldwide employees of the company. We have an unrivalled team ethos and are dedicated to providing a working environment which gives employees autonomy to do their best work, respects of families and personal lives, and seeks to be fair in all we do.

This role will work within the Research Department and will be responsible for accurately collating, recording, and interpreting market data, providing a responsive service to our clients, brokers, and management. You will project manage data quality projects and contribute to other research activities.

• Research, collate and accurately update Gibson’s proprietary databases including freight rates, fixtures and other relevant market information.

• Utilize automated and AI driven workflows to help streamline efficiency and increase data quality.

• Support Gibson’s shipbrokers and broking clients research requests, including but not limited to, assembling, organising and distributing data sets, reports, charts, forecasts, preparing presentations and analysis.

• Compile daily, monthly and weekly data deliveries.

• Take an active role in delivering and developing Gibson’s consulting service.

• Educated to degree level, with at least two years work experience in an energy and/or shipping analyst role

• Excellent excel skills and writing skills

• Good understanding of relational databases and data governance

• Attention to detail/accuracy

• Excellent communication skills

• Team ethos with ability to work independently as well as in a team

• Self-motivated and driven to succeed

• Positive mentality and approach, proactive and shows initiative

• Personal drive and motivation to continuously progress

• Flexible with willingness to learn and develop new skills

• Oil/energy market knowledge

• Good SQL and/or Python skills

• Advanced excel/modelling skills

• An understanding on how to write effective AI prompts

The above contains the main outline of duties. However, in an organisation such as E.A Gibson Shipbrokers Ltd, it is inevitable that tasks may arise which do not fall within the remit of the above list of Key Tasks. Employees are therefore required to respond with a flexible approach when tasks arise which are not specifically covered in their job profile. Should an additional responsibility become a regular part of an employee’s job, the Job Profile will be amended to include this.