Economist at S&P Global

What’s In It For You
If you're looking for an exciting opportunity, you'll be thrilled to know that you could join a dynamic worldwide team of economic experts! As a team member, you'd be instrumental in developing forward-looking insights and analysis for the sub-Saharan Africa Insights and Analysis products and advisory. Your work would directly support clients in anticipating and managing critical business risks and seizing regional strategic opportunities. By joining this team, you'll have the chance to work on high-impact projects, gain invaluable experience, and make a real difference to the company's success. Don't miss out on this fantastic chance to take your career to the next level.
Responsibilities

• Monitor and report on economic and financial developments in assigned countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Forecast macroeconomic outcomes for these countries using S&P Global's proprietary economic models.
• Contribute to frequent macroeconomic outlook and risk publications. This includes both sovereign risk modelling and country risk modelling.
• Interact and coordinate with other global, regional, data, and analytical groups within the company to support the forecasting and research process.
• Participate in regular calls with colleagues and customers. Contribute to S&P conferences and client meetings through presentations and panel participation. Handle media requests.
• Support the firm's commercial expansion by accompanying sales representatives to client and prospect meetings.
• Contribute to consulting projects as required and as driven by business need

What We’re Looking For
We value partnership, and it is crucial that you are a great team player to be successful within our organization. We reward hard work, dedication, and self-starters. We believe that no one part is more valuable than the sum of the whole; we need everyone to achieve our goals.

• Honor’s or Master’s degree in Economics or a closely related field with rigorous economics coursework.
• At least 3-5 years of relevant work experience, whether in a commercial or academic setting.
• The ability to work to deadlines and prioritize a complex workload.
• Excellent communication skills (written as well as verbal). Fluency in English is required; familiarity with other ethnic African languages and speaking French or Portuguese would be beneficial.
• A track record of producing in-depth written analyses on various macroeconomic topics in English.
• Work independently and regularly collaborates with colleagues across multiple time zones.
• Strong and demonstrable numeracy, quantitative analysis, and quality control skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, is expected. Basic familiarity with EViews is preferred