Fastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 700 staff. We are fuelled by values that brings us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference. We are supported by a working model that we call “Working 3.0” that is based on flexibility and trust, which allows us to bring our best selves to work every day.

Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.

We are making a difference. Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence. The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives. By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world. We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.

Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, making the amazing possible. With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together. If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.

Fastmarkets was founded in 1913 (as Metal Bulletin) and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.

The Role

We are seeking a Junior Finance Systems Administrator to support the day-to-day management of our finance systems and ensure the smooth running of core finance processes. This role is ideal for someone with experience in finance who is looking to expand into finance systems, with opportunities to grow skills in system administration, data governance, and continuous improvement. NetSuite experience is preferred but not essential as training will be provided.

Principal Accountabilities

• Monitor the Finance Systems inbox, triage tickets, provide support across systems (NetSuite, Concur, Esker, Avalara). This can include liaising with 3rd party support to log, investigate and resolve issues.
• Identify root causes of recurring issues and implement preventative or detection measures.
• Perform tasks such as creating new users, updating roles, and maintaining core master data (GL accounts, subsidiaries, departments, classes, items, custom segments).
• Build and modify saved searches, reports, and dashboards.
• Support testing cycles for system changes and maintain clear documentation.
• Progress toward workflow and process modification as experience grows.
• Working closely with Finance teams to understand business needs and translate them into system actions.

KEY INTERFACES

• Group Financial Operations team
• Group Finance team
• CRM team
• Commercial finance team

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.

Skills and experience

• Experience with finance ERP systems & processes (AP/AR, billing, revenue operations, or similar).
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Good communication skills and the ability to explain system concepts clearly.
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written

Preferable (but not essential) experience

• NetSuite
• SQL databases
• CSV imports
• Basic knowledge in HTML, CSS and Javascript

Behaviours and Characteristics

• Proactive mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Eagerness to learn and develop within finance systems.
• Collaborative working style across Finance and Technology.

If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.

We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process, please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.

You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you!

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day.

It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.