JOB DESCRIPTION
Global Research - Junior Economist South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa - Analyst
Job summary
As a Junior Economist in the Global Research team, you will be based in Cape Town and play a dynamic and intellectually stimulating role focused on global macro developments. You will have the opportunity to use your strong economic, quantitative, and communication skills to contribute to our understanding of political and economic developments in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa.
Job Responsibilities

• Analyze macro/fundamental drivers of SSA economies by performing in-depth analysis, under the supervision of the Senior Economists;
• Maintain models and analytical tools;
• Work closely with the lead economists; liaise with strategists and other economists to formulate forecasts and views;
• Contribute to regular research reports covering Africa economies;
• Monitor/compile news flow by country; update chart books and templates for weekly/monthly/ad hoc publications;
• Interact with and assisting internal sales and trading personnel, and interfacing with external institutional clients on customized requests.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A background in economics;
• Strong quantitative skills with proven aptitude to analyze macro data;
• Excellent knowledge of economic principles and statistics;
• Knowledge of regional political, economic and business trends and prospects;
• Excellent ability to work with spreadsheets and statistical programming languages/packages (Eviews, R, Python);
• You have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, can engage and influence partners and stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Preferably some experience within a research role within a financial institution, although this is not essential;
• Prior research experience in EM or in official creditor sector would be a strong advantage.

ABOUT US

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