Voyage Analyst

About this job

As a Voyage Analyst at sofarocean on the Wayfinder Product team in India, you will transform weather, vessel performance, and voyage data into dependable insights for shipping clients. Your daily work centers on creating accurate voyage performance reports, assessing charter party terms, and providing evidence-based analysis for customer performance claims. You will perform quality checks on data, resolve discrepancies, and work alongside technical teams to automate recurring reporting workflows. Additionally, you will help develop reporting products by utilizing your expertise in maritime regulations like CII, FuelEU Maritime, and the EU ETS. Sofarocean builds ocean data tools to assist the shipping industry in operating more efficiently, and this full-time remote or distributed role allows you to collaborate with global teammates across various time zones.

Responsibilities

• Perform final quality checks on customer-facing voyage performance and time charter reports.
• Investigate data discrepancies and collaborate with internal teams and customers to resolve them.
• Translate charter party terms and good-weather definitions into accurate reporting criteria.
• Prepare clear and evidence-based claim summaries using weather assessments and voyage analysis.
• Interact directly with customers to gather evidence and explain findings, limitations, and assumptions.
• Contribute domain expertise in regulations like EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime, and CII.
• Partner with technical teams to identify manual bottlenecks and develop automated reporting features.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in voyage performance reporting, maritime shipping analysis, or a similar role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail and data quality.
• Demonstrated expertise in speed and consumption analysis, good weather definitions, and charter party clauses.
• Interest in utilizing modern tools such as Notion, Snowflake, Retool, and LLMs for data investigation.
• Proactive and solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to take ownership and adapt to priorities.
• Cross-cultural collaboration skills to work effectively with team members in India, Singapore, Denmark, and the US.

Good to have

• A strong passion for the ocean and improving efficiency in the shipping industry.

Who should apply

This role best suits professionals with at least three years of specific background in maritime shipping analysis, voyage reporting, or charter party performance clauses. Candidates must possess strong analytical capabilities and an eagerness to use advanced tools like LLMs, Snowflake, and Retool to streamline reporting workflows. Because the position requires working across multiple time zones with colleagues globally, strong cross-cultural communication skills are essential. Freshers are not eligible as 3+ years of experience is required.

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