Manager - Macroeconomic/Credit/Bond Market Research

Manager - CEER

Role :

Functional Responsibility / Domain Related :

- Lead for a team of 9-10 analysts engaged in global economics and fixed income research with S&P analysts. The team works with S&P's economists and analysts worldwide (Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa) and is responsible for database management and publication support activities including preparing graphs and tables, trend analysis, analyzing economic variables, updating draft reports etc.

- Develop expertise in S&P's fixed income publications for the Corporate, Financial Institutions, Structured Finance and Public Finance domains and guide the team through training and quality reviews.

- Develop expertise in the domain of Macro Economics. Solicit and undertake new research activities and equip the team accordingly through training programs.

- Provide thought leadership by publishing relevant articles / presentations in various external forums for franchise building.

- In case of complex requirements, also independently execute analytical assignments.

- Contribute to GAC wide strategic and tactical initiatives

Client Management / Stakeholder Management :

- Ownership of all deliverables to S&P and be responsible for timeliness and quality of all tasks and activities delivered by the team. Provide necessary domain overlay and support to ensure top quality user/service experience.

- Maintain and develop relationships with S&P economists and analysts, business development and molding the relationship between the local team and S&P analyst.

- Participate and enable teams to participate in S&P's internal discussion forums

People Development :

- Carry out team management responsibilities including retaining and nurturing talent and developing domain capabilities of the team

Candidate Profile :

- Team leading & Mentoring skills

- Good interpersonal skills

- Excellent analytical abilities

- Excellent oral and written communication skills primarily focused on managing client expectations.

- Excellent working skills on Excel

- Knowledge of Econometric modelling (E-views, Stata etc.) and SQL will be an advantage

- Knowledge on third party databases such as CEIC, Bloomberg, Haver, Oxford, Thomson Data stream, S&P Cap IQ

- Ability to manage performance under stringent timelines

Essential Qualification :

- Preferably a Masters in Economics or MBA Finance with at least 7 years experience in macroeconomic research or credit/bond market research with an economic research / financial institution

If interested can connect on 022 61668780