About Us:
Vortexa was founded to solve the immense information gap that exists in the energy industry. By combining massive amounts of new satellite data, pioneering work in artificial intelligence and deep industry knowledge, Vortexa creates an unprecedented view of seaborne global energy flows in real-time, bringing transparency and efficiency to the energy markets and helping society as a whole.
Having secured over $60mil USD in funding, we are embarking on a period of rapid growth.
The Challenge:
Vortexa is looking for an Associate (Junior) Data Analyst to join our global Market Intelligence & Analytics Team, with an opportunity to have a direct impact on the ambitious growth plans of our company.
In this role, your responsibilities will include supporting global research and analysis tasks relating to energy trade flows, freight supply/demand fundamentals and oil inventories. You will conduct daily data validation and quality assurance operations including the manipulation, cleaning, testing and analysing of a variety of critical datasets. You will also learn how to use our internal tools and processes to help maintain data excellence on a day-to-day basis, leading to developing and refining such tools and processes.
You will work in close collaboration with experienced market and data analyst experts across our global team, collaborate on important data quality initiatives and present back your findings. You will also support the team in responding to ad-hoc client and internal escalation requests. Aside from close partnership with the analysis team, you will also work in very close collaboration with R&D (particularly data processing) and product teams.
You must be highly analytical, detail orientated and a driven self-starter with a positive, proactive approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced, friendly and constantly evolving start-up environment. Above all, you must be collaborative and patient, with persistence to solve challenging data problems.
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Benefits
Every year, Vortexa tracks and predicts over $2 trillion worth of waterborne oil and gas cargo across the globe, painting a comprehensive picture of the global energy market and uncovering trends that shape the world's economy. Today’s reality is that most of our lifestyles are heavily dependent on oil-derived products. From aspirin and surfboards to fuelling your work commute (bike tyres included!), oil plays a significant role in our health, comfort and safety, impacting our day to day. Our platform is improving the accessibility, transparency and efficiency of information to benefit everyone in the energy ecosystem, including trading and shipping, NGOs, regulatory bodies, and consecutively the everyday consumer.At its core, Vortexa generates, collects and analyses global data on seaborne oil and gas cargo movements. Since our launch in 2016, we have aggregated a staggering 146 + TB of data, influencing shipping strategies, supporting news stories and providing context to trades across several commodity exchanges. All of this has been made possible by the rapid growth of satellite technology and the concerted efforts of our experienced analysts, powering our artificial intelligence and machine learning tools. Founded by Fabio Kuhn, former Head of Trading Technology and Analytics at BP, and Etienne Amic, former Head of European Energy at JP Morgan and Mercuria. Working at Vortexa is fast-paced yet extremely rewarding - we set big goals, encourage brave ideas and strive to innovate in everything we do. After all, decisions we make today are set to impact one of the world’s biggest industries tomorrow. By joining our team, you can expect a stimulating environment with a collaborative spirit; all whilst maintaining creative independence and hands-on approach that only a start-up can offer. All of our employees are shareholders, meaning that the entire team is equally committed to Vortexa’s vision. To support you on your journey, we offer private healthcare, monthly workshops led by our team of experts and socials every Friday to thank you for all the hard work put in during the week.As a technology company, we are in a unique position to promote equality, diversity and inclusivity in our industry. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and guarantee all of our team members the same opportunities and rewards regardless of their gender, race, belief system or ability.
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