About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

11

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

The Team

Platts is the world's leading price reporting organisation, and a cornerstone of how global commodity markets discover price. Our London-based Residual Fuels team publishes European and African fuel oil and marine fuels assessments — including globally recognised industry benchmarks such as FOB Rotterdam 3.5% FO barges and FOB Rotterdam 0.5% Marine Fuel barges — that commodity traders, regulators, and investors rely on every single day. This is a team that operates at pace, holds itself to the highest standards of accuracy, and plays an outsized role in the transparency and integrity of global energy markets.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Lead daily editorial operations — Manage the day-to-day running of the five-person London residual fuels team, overseeing scheduling, coverage, and editorial workflow in full compliance with Platts assessment methodology and IOSCO Principles for Price Reporting Agencies.
• Safeguard assessment integrity — Act as the critical second-review function, approving high-importance daily price assessments and ensuring process adherence at every stage of the assessment cycle.
• Identify and escalate market developments — Monitor evolving fuel oil and marine fuels market dynamics, surfacing emerging issues and triggering timely methodology reviews in coordination with the Associate Editorial Director and Business Quality and Controls team.
• Drive and direct news coverage — Write and publish real-time news and analysis across residual fuels markets while developing the team's news output to maximise market depth and relevance.
• Coach and develop price reporters — Mentor junior team members through structured training, methodology coaching, and professional development, maintaining a consistent and scalable approach to coverage standards.
• Represent Platts internally and externally — Serve as a confident ambassador for the team's work, contributing to client engagement, methodology training, and external communications as required.

Compensation & Benefits Information

For more information on the benefits provided in your location, please visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

What We're Looking For

Basic Required Qualifications

An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 3+ years of relevant experience in price reporting, commodity analytics, or editorial management within a commodities or financial markets environment.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Journalism, or a related field.
• Editorial Delivery: Demonstrated track record producing accurate, timely news and price reporting outputs under intra-day deadlines across multiple simultaneous priorities in a high-pressure environment.
• Team Management: Proven experience supervising or managing editorial or analytical teams, including scheduling, quality oversight, and professional development.
• Market Coverage: Demonstrated ability to write, edit, and publish real-time commodity or financial markets news and analysis to a professional editorial standard.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience in commodity price assessment or benchmark methodology, including working knowledge of price reporting processes within or alongside a regulated PRA environment.
• Detailed knowledge of European and/or African residual fuels markets, including trading patterns for products such as marine fuels, bunkers, feedstocks, base oils, or bitumen.
• Experience contributing to methodology development, market consultations, or IOSCO-aligned governance processes.
• Proficiency in one or more European languages in addition to English.
• Master's degree or PhD in Economics, Energy, Finance, Journalism, or a related discipline.
• Experience in broadcasting, presenting, or delivering external stakeholder communications in a commodity markets or media context.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement editorial workflow improvements that drive measurable gains in team productivity or output quality.

Additional Information

We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.

Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week. Please submit your English CV. Our recruiting process will be conducted in English.

Return to Work

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

About S&P Global Energy

At S&P Global Energy, our comprehensive view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make superior decisions and create long-term, sustainable value. Our four 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 www.spglobal.com/energy.

Equal Opportunity

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: [email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person

About S&P Global Energy
At S&P Global Energy, our comprehensive view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make superior decisions and create long-term, sustainable value. Our four 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). S&P Global enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise, and technology to make decisions with conviction. We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive economically in a rapidly changing global landscape. Learn more at www.spglobal.com/energy.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits 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.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.  Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.  

 

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: [email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.  
 
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