Senior Economist

BlackRock
New York - United States
S: Competitive

Description:

The position is within the Americas Fixed Income division at BlackRock. BlackRock's Americas Fixed Income team manages more than $1 trillion in global fixed income assets across index, active long-only, alternative, and liability driven strategies. The platform offers fixed income investors a broad array of investment choices across model-based and fundamental investment styles.

Job Purpose/Background:

BlackRock is seeking a candidate to join as a Senior Economist, who will provide rigorous macroeconomic analysis and policy insight, contributing to the broad investment regime identification process for portfolio management teams in Americas Fixed Income.

Key Responsibilities:

Located in the New York headquarters, the primary responsibilities include, but not limited to:

As Senior Economist, the candidate will develop a coherent analytical process designed to help establish the central expectation for the trajectory of growth and inflation, and the implications therein for the monetary policy reaction function
Provide regular insight and analysis to the portfolio management teams on relevant economic data releases and policy meetings
Lead the macroeconomic discussion internally at key weekly meetings and ad hoc portfolio management team meetings
Develop relationships across policy making bodies and academic institutions, maintain a thought-leadership role with respect to contemporary themes and debates within the economics community

Qualifications:

10+ years of experience in a senior economist position in the financial services industry preferred
Strong background in macroeconomics with substantial experience forecasting and analyzing economic trends
Ability to lead and influence strategic discussions and help develop rigorous conclusions that can be utilized across multi-asset teams
Credible thought leader and effective communicator, both orally and written
Intellectual curiosity that drives creative thinking and inspires multi-asset investment teams

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