Job Responsibilities:
- Drive the econometric research agenda and play a leading role in developing cutting edge econometric tools and techniques
- Analyze a variety of internal metrics to better understand the health of consumers and businesses
- Model relationships between internal metrics and external measures and benchmarks
- Develop new indexes and metrics based on internal data
- Generate forecasts for key business indicators
- Create tools for event analysis
- Create data visualizations to enhance storytelling around complex data
- Collaborate with economists on research projects
- Contribute to the critical thinking and thrive in a fast-paced, competitive environment that prides itself on attention to detail and results
- Help develop presentations to summarize and communicate key messages to senior management, sponsors and colleagues
- Actively contribute to the continuous learning mindset of the organization by bringing in new ideas and perspectives that stretch the thinking of the group
Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills:
- Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in highly analytical role and a BS degree in a related field
- Advanced analytical mindset; you love digging into the data and defining what it tells you
- Exceptional programming experience and knowledge of statistical techniques; experience with data visualization; experience with one or more of R, Python, SQL, SAS
- Hands on experience with a wide variety of econometric or machine learning tools and techniques
- Ability to communicate effectively and confidently with all levels of employees
- Exceptional problem solving skills and ability to adjust to evolving business and financial climate
- Familiarity with macroeconomic data and concepts
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Master’s degree or PhD in relevant field preferred
- Past work in econometrics or data science preferred
- Demonstrated commitment to innovation through patents, publications, conference presentations, etc
- Experience managing junior talent
- Experience in financial services industry