Pricing Operations Specialist (12 months FTC)

The Role
At Fastmarkets, the Pricing Operations Specialists ensure Fastmarkets’ price-discovery teams can produce trusted, industry-defining benchmarks by upholding the highest standards of integrity and compliance in our pricing workflows. They champion smarter, simpler and more innovative ways of working, using automation, better tools and improved processes to empower colleagues and elevate our collective performance. By enabling teams with reliable systems, clear guidance and operational excellence, they help Fastmarkets deliver world-class market data and insights that power our users’ businesses.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
Pricing Governance & Compliance:
Ensure pricing workflows and operational practices adhere to Fastmarkets’ compliance framework and regulatory obligations, including IOSCO principles.
Master the use of pricing tools, such as our internal pricing database, to enable Fastmarkets’ reporting teams to conduct accurate and reliable price discovery.
Identify and escalate compliance risks related to pricing operations and proactively implement preventative controls.
Process Improvement & Efficiency:
Work with the wider pricing operations team to review and streamline processes, reduce manual interventions and embed automation into recurring workflows.
Partner with technology and data teams to help design, test and implement system enhancements,
Continuously evaluate pricing processes to identify areas for innovation and improvement, ensuring they remain aligned with regulatory and compliance requirements.
Support post-implementation reviews to ensure improvements are delivering measurable impact and efficiency gains.
Data Integrity & Reporting:
Safeguard the accuracy, consistency and reliability of all pricing data across systems, maintaining rigorous quality control standards.
Investigate and resolve discrepancies in pricing data and workflows in partnership with other teams, ensuring that root causes are identified and addressed.
Regularly carry out integrity assessments of pricing data and reporting processes, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary adjustments.
Training & Development:
Contribute to the creation and upkeep of operational documentation, including SOPs, training materials and system guides.
Deliver training to editorial and operations colleagues on pricing tools, compliance standards and process improvements.
Share knowledge and best practice across teams to promote operational excellence, efficiency and compliance awareness.
KEY INTERFACES
You will work with a global team of around six to seven people.
You will ensure prices are published to the right channels through the right procedures.
You will enable the editorial team, helping prices meet industry regulatory standards.
You will work closely with editorial, analytics, marketing, compliance and product teams to drive the alignment of and adherence to best practices, and to continually improve those best practices.
*** Please note, this is a full time, fixed term position, starting at 11am (BRT) each day ***
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.
If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on.
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.
You are a determined problem-solver willing to think outside the box to maximize outcomes.
You have a keen eye for detail, ensuring accuracy and precision in all tasks to maintain high-quality outcomes.
You are adept at handling multiple projects simultaneously.
You are goal-oriented rather than task-oriented, understanding that each short-term project that you lead or delegate must support our long-term strategy; and shape workflow for maximum efficiency accordingly.
You are responsive, particularly to change, adapting positively and helping and inspiring others to adjust to our evolving business priorities.
You forge and foster solid working relationships with an array of departments, building consensus through intelligence, empathy and good judgment.
You have a firm understanding of commodities, exchanges and markets around the world.
If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Employment type
Contract

Work arrangement
Hybrid