Senior Economist

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Assumes project management roles and leads cross-functional teams on economic issues with business implications. Under minimal supervision, provides quantitative analysis of economic forecasting, competitive intelligence, market segmentation, targeted marketing initiatives, and other trends in support of the organization's long range global strategies.

Position Information:

SUPPORTS KEY INITIATIVES WITH REQUIRED ANALYTICS OF MACRO AND MICRO ECONOMIC THEORIES, DATA AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS. ENSURES CONSISTENT ECONOMIC MESSAGING ACROSS EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING, FINANCIAL PLANNING, EMPLOYEE TRAININGS, CUSTOMER FACING EVENTS, REGULATORY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. IDENTIFIES AND DEFINES ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WITH BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS, DEVELOP RISK ASSESSMENT AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS WITH DIRECT BUSINESS APPLICABILITY. STUDY COMPLEX ECONOMIC ISSUES AND DATA AND CONVERT INTO PRACTICAL, EFFECTIVE REPORTS AND/OR PRESENTATIONS. PREPARES AND DELIVERS EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS TO BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIENCES. PRODUCE TIMELY ANALYTICAL UPDATES AND ALERTS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS OF IMPORTANCE ACROSS COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIES TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT ON CHANGING BUSINESS CONDITIONS. PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND FINANCIAL REPORTING. PROVIDE ECONOMIC INFORMATION AND FORECASTS TO SUPPORT REVENUE AND COST PLANNING ACTIVITIES TOWARD ACCOMPLISHMENT OF CORPORATE OBJECTIVES. ACT INDEPENDENTLY ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMPANY TO INTERACT WITH CUSTOMERS, MEDIA AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO STRENGTHEN THE CORPORATE BRAND AND REPUTATION. LEAD PROJECTS IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER TEAM MEMBERS AND DEPARTMENTS. AS TEAM LEADER OF CERTAIN PROJECTS, ENSURES PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE, ACCURATE, AND ON TIME. PROVIDE UPDATES TO MANAGEMENT ON PROGRESS OF PROJECTS. EXTRACTS DATA FROM APPROPRIATE ECONOMIC, INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL SOURCES THROUGH THE USE OF APPROPRIATE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND/OR OTHER TECHNICAL TOOLS. DEFINES DATA NEEDS AND CREATES DATABASE WHICH CAN BE UPDATED REGURLARLY AND PROVIDES MEANS FOR ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT ANALYSES; ESTABLISHES INTERFACE TO SPECIFIC MODELS TO SOLVE COMPLEX BUSINESS PROBLEMS. ABILITY TO INTERPRET HIGH-FREQUENCY ECONOMIC DATA EFFECTIVELY IN A BUSINESS OPERATING ENVIRONMENT. CONVEY COMPLEX INFORMATION WITH CLARITY TO NON-TECHNICAL GROUPS AND TO PRODUCE TIMELY RESEARCH OF RELEVANCE AND INTEREST FOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT WITH MINIMAL DIRECTION OR SUPERVISION. MANAGES MULTIPLE PRIORITIES AND TASKS IN A FAST PACE AND AMBIGUOUS ENVIRONMENT.

Qualifications:

MASTERS DEGREE/EQUIVALENT IN BUSINESS, FINANCE/ECONOMICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ENGINEERING OR RELATED FIELD REQUIRED. THREE (3) YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ANALYTICAL/QUANTITATIVE BUSINESS, OPERATIONS, ECONOMICS, OR ENGINEERING. CHARTERED FINANCIAL ANALYST (CFA) DESIRABLE. WORKING EXPERIENCE IN THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION COMPUTER LANGUAGES, UNIX, RDBMS REQUIRED. STRONG HUMAN RELATIONS, COMMUNICATION AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS. (NOTE: WITHOUT A MASTERS DEGREE, A BACHELORS/EQUIVALENT PLUS FIVE (5) YEARS RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED.) MORE ADVANCED DEGREES MAY OFFSET EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS. A DIRECTLY RELATED MASTER'S DEGREE CAN BE EXCHANGED FOR TWO (2) YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

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