Economist/Econometrician

RCF Economic & Financial Consulting, Inc.
Chicago - United States
S: TBD

Founded in 1978, this Chicago-based economic and financial consulting firm is led by internationally renowned economists. The firm works on a wide variety of projects and applies high level economic and statistical analyses to solve important problems. We conduct economic impact analyses of policies and contemplated actions by businesses and public agencies, advise clients, and provide support for litigation and regulatory proceedings including expert testimony.

www.rcfecon.com

Applicant must have strong applied econometrics and computer programming skills and will join the econometrics and forecasting team. Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.

Role:
• Will carry out advanced economic analyses on a variety of applied problems as required.
• Perform econometric modeling, model specification and optimization, and forecasting of demand using large time series datasets.
• Assist the econometrics and forecasting team in identifying innovative estimation techniques from recent scholarly sources and incorporating these methods into current model specifications.
• Collaborate with the econometrics and forecasting team to identify and implement quality assurance best practices and other procedures to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Document tasks, methods, data, and findings to a high level of precision.
• Prepare drafts of written analyses, reports, and presentations to be delivered to clients.

Requirements:
• Economics MA/MS. (PhD in Economics preferred)
• Coursework in econometrics and time series methods.
• Advanced user of Excel and SQL or similar.
• Strong computer programming and database management skills.
• Advanced user of statistical software packages such as EVIEWS, STATA, SAS, R, Matlab, or other.
• 1-3 years of applied statistical research, modeling, and forecasting experience with large datasets preferred.
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively and congenially with others.
• Organization, accuracy, and attention to detail.

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