Research Analyst
Nr ref.: JO-1605-331973_2
As a Research Analyst you will join Financial Research business line supporting and cooperating with Analysts from the Cross Asset Strategy and Economics team of a London-based investment bank.
The Research Analyst would be particularly responsible for:
- Assisting the client in preparation of daily tasks, weekly and monthly reports as well as other regular deliverables
- Preparing excel spreadsheets summarizing macroeconomic and financial markets data obtained from Bloomberg, DataStream and other data sources
- Updating, improving, back-testing of existing as well as developing new econometric models in EViews and Matlab
- Preparing draft versions of related reports published by the team
- Responding to ad-hoc queries including data collection, aggregation and analysis as per client requirements
- Mastering VBA skills in related projects
- Evaluating impact of macroeconomic data releases on financial markets
Who are we looking for:
- Masters in Economics/Econometrics/Statistics with strong grasp/experience in financial time series analysis concepts
- Strong knowledge on how macroeconomic events, fixed income, FX and equity markets are interdependent
- Fluency in English language
- Good analytical capability to identify and explore long term trends
- Advanced Excel skills, proficiency in VBA would be an advantage
- Former experience in economics research
- Experience in working with market data providers: Bloomberg, Haver, IMF, Eurostat, World Bank would be an asset
Additional assets:
- Proficiency in Eviews and/or Matlab
- Fluency in Russian language would be an asset