Lead Economist

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

(Accountabilities associated with the job):

- Providing analytical and macro-economic insights to the Top Management including office of Chairman and Managing Director.

- Conducting analysis of policies (Government, Regulatory) and help churning strategy for BFS and Group Companies.

- Understanding macro-economic variables and its impact on economic growth, business, industry performance

- Interact with the MD & CEOs of the Group companies and share economic insights with the Group SMTs.

- Make presentation for the Chief Economist & President Corporate Affairs/Department Head on areas of economic interest, business interest and also present the same to the SMTs.

- Understanding External Influence that impacts business across the Group Companies and also work on Early Warning signal for business and growth across all group companies.

- Building Empirical framework to understand shift in demand, business patterns its impact on BFS as a Group.

- Build Economic forecasting models for Macro variables

- Conducting the Economic Forum across the BFS Group as the primary stakeholder.

The candidate should :

- Have strong analytical orientation (along with data manipulation experience)

- Act as an expert in Economic studies with specialization in Microeconomics, building of statistical forecasting Models

- Be able to set up primary/secondary research that will help in testing various hypothesis and frameworks

- Be able to bring in non-traditional data, that will help sharpen the design and approach

Other Dimensions:

(Significant volume dimensions associated with the job):

- The role despite being an IC spreads out and supports Top Management decision making across Group Companies.

- The role involves interaction with the offices of Chairman, MD & CEOs and also involves presenting of economic and data analysis to the Top Management teams across different businesses of BFS Group.

- The role involves facilitating business decisions, which can impact the volume growth/profitability of the BFS Group companies

Qualifications:

- Post-graduation in Economics with Statistics or Equivalent degree (knowledge of econometrics, statistics, mathematics or engineering).

Work Experience:

- 5-7 years relevant analytical experience in Economic Research, Macroeconomic analysis, Forecasting etc.

- Effective skills in MS Office with excellent skills in Excel and MS Powerpoint.

- Knowledge of SAS, SQL, R, Python would be an advantage.

- Knowledge of Classical statistical techniques: Regression, Logistic regression would also be an advantage.

- Individual contributor with the capability to deliver projects within timeline

- Effective verbal and written communication skill