• Lead stress testing & projections for different banking systems, assuming management responsibilities for the team once established in the role.
• Represent the team and present its work in internal and external meetings.
• Develop, build and maintain new analytical tools to support financial analysis of financial institutions and other rating groups as needed.
• Identify nascent trends and issues in financial markets and across banking systems, and deliver bespoke analysis for senior management/publication.
• Lead and contribute to special projects and methodological work as required.
• Preparation and delivery of outreach presentational material relating to banking projections and stress testing, as well as broad research topics.
• Lead wider sector and company research writing.
• Support team manager and Managing Director in other tasks as needed.

Requirements

• Strong academics, with a Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in Economics, Finance or a related subject.
• Relevant experience covering the banking industry (Familiarity with trends in macroeconomic and in financial markets essential).
• Relevant forecasting, quantitative and credit analysis experience within a financial institution, or related experience from a recognised firm (at least 5 years of relevant experience)
• Demonstrable track record of quantitative research.
• Ability to build and use economic, econometric and financial models.
• Well-developed IT skills: high, demonstrable competence with advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) advantageous (or alternative coding such as Python).
• Knowledge of databases (Haver, Dealogic, etc.) beneficial.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Highly organised and efficient, with ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
• Sound judgment – able to form and present findings
• Able to work using own initiative without close supervision and exercise sound judgement