Economist at IHS Markit

Duties and Responsibilities – “Your Role”

You will be a key member of the IHS Markit Economics and Country Risk comparative industry team. You will analyze and forecast a key group of industries. You will also drive improvements around forecasting processes, for your industries of expertise.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Forecast and analyze a key group of industries

• Interact and collaborate with other teams within IHS Markit to support your industry forecasting expertise

• Participate in authoring reports on topics of interest to customers

• Respond to internal and external client inquiries

• Participate in regular calls with colleagues and customers

Job Requirements – “About You”

• Master’s degree in economics or a closely related field with rigorous economics coursework

• 1-2 years of relevant work experience, whether in a commercial or academic setting

• Fluency in English

• Analytical proficiency and be comfortable with quantitative analysis, forecasting tools, as well as with handling international economic data

• Good communication skills (written as well as verbal)

• An interest in understanding and developing econometric models and data analysis

• Knowledge of Eviews, programming language (Python notably), and data visualisation tools (Power BI) will be a plus

• The candidate will be required to work independently and regularly collaborate with colleagues across multiple time zones

Job Benefits – “What we offer”

• Cash incentive plan

• Options to work from home

• Flexible working hours to allow you to attend your family

• Opportunity to work with a team of very diverse area of expertise