Specialist - Economic And Market Risk Analysis at Datacentrix

Job Description

• Managed Talent Solutions' client in the Financial Services industry is looking to expand their team.   If you are a specialist in the field of economic and market risk analysis, this opportunity is for you!

Key Performance Areas:

• Proactively perform economic and risk analysis activities, and produce thought leadership research outputs;
• Assist in monitoring and analysing economic and market risk activities, locally and internationally;
• Conduct relevant research and provide advice on economic and market risk matters;
• Participate in financial sector industry studies, market reviews and other large-scale research outputs relating to market development;
• Gather primary and secondary data using questionnaires, surveys, interviews, as well as desktop and literature reviews amongst other methods;
• Record findings, analyse and interpret patterns and trends;
• Write research proposals, reports and present research findings and observations;
• Assist to coordinate, liaise, and engagement with and provide assistance to internal and external stakeholders on key issues in the area of responsibility; and
• Assist and support the Senior Manager with other tasks necessary or desirable to enhance the performance of the department.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Commerce, Mathematics, Statistics (or similar);
• 6 years’ experience working as a researcher (ideally in financial services industry);
• In-depth understanding and experience of the economic and business outlook, macro-economic variables, capital markets and risk related issues, as well as exposure to competition economics;
• A postgraduate and/or professional qualification in the above-mentioned fields will be an added advantage.