Principal Economist - Macro - BFSI

Principal Economist - MACRO (Experience with E-VIEWS)

Lead / Principal Economist- Financial Research (MACRO) :

We are looking for resourceful candidates to join our Financial Research group based out of Hyderabad.

- The group works closely with various front office groups to provide high quality and in-depth support to the investment research and decision processes of the Firm's global proprietary trading strategies.

- This role is responsible for analyzing global economic developments and other related opportunities in interest rate and FX markets.

Primary responsibilities include :

- Following, analyzing and summarizing important developments related to global economic conditions, central bank policies and financial data from different sources.

- Developing and maintaining quantitative models to assess the outlook for economic conditions, global interest rates and exchange rates.

- Working with front office groups to develop models related to discretionary and systematic trading opportunities.

- Aiding front office data analysis efforts by collaborating closely with the technology development teams in the firm.

- Maintaining dashboards to monitor the output from various models and keeping track of macroeconomic as well as financial market movements.

- The ideal candidate should have either an MBA in Finance/Economics or a PhD (or equivalent qualification) with 4 - 12 years of relevant experience along with strong empirical/econometric skills.

- Knowledge of interactions between economic developments, financial databases like Bloomberg, statistical packages like E-views, and strong written as well as verbal communication skills are important.

- The Firm offers excellent benefits, a casual, collegial working environment,and an attractive compensation package.