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The Economist Data Analyst - Economics 12 months FTC in Gurugram, India
Introduction
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is a world leader in global business intelligence. We help businesses, the financial sector and governments to understand how the world is changing and how that creates opportunities to be seized and risks to be managed.
At our heart is a 50-year forward-looking global forecast of the majority of the world’s economies. We seek to analyze the future and deliver that insight through multiple channels and insights, allowing our clients to make better business, investment and policy decisions.
We’re changing, and embedding alternate data sources such as GPS and satellite data into our forecasting, products will increasingly be tailored to individual clients, driven by some of the most innovative data in the market.
The EIU is recruiting for an entry-level position, within the quantitative economics – an international team of data analysts, econometricians and data scientists – that is in charge of The EIU’s key economic data products and the statistical/econometric model assets that power the forecast and analysis published in the EIU’s core offerings.
Accountabilities
How will you contribute?
Perform essential maintenance and quality assurances for the production of economic & industry data and forecasting models
Use the quality check analytics to identify issues with the country dashboards, and then liaise with the country editor/analyst to troubleshoot them and ensure the quality of the published data
Manage the data service desk, responding to queries directly related to the data and methodology from both internal and external clients
Through this process, work to resolve data and modelling issues that arise outside of the publication schedule
Monitor changes in external data sources and work closely with the regional teams to enhance the quality of EIU data
Support development of new models and upgradation of existing models, as per business requirements, working under the supervision of senior and lead analysts
Support a diverse range of bespoke forecasting and quantitative research projects, in particular on data collection, data cleaning, analytics and econometric modelling tasks, working under the supervision of project leads
Experience, skills and professional attributes
The ideal skills for this role are:
An advanced degree in statistics, mathematics, applied econometrics, applied economics, business economics or a related quantitative field
Strong understanding of macroeconomic, demographic, international finance and trade concepts and knowledge of key data series
Proficiency in statistical analysis and econometrics modelling
Familiarity with elements of machine learning will be good to have
Strong secondary research skills and familiarity with global macroeconomic, financial and statistical databases like IMF-IFS, World Bank, OECD, Eurostat, UN, UNCTAD, ILO, BIS etc
Advanced Excel skills – experience with formula auditing, manipulating and cleaning large data sets in excel, knowledge of advanced functions like VLookup/HLookup, Match, Offset, Index, Indirect, Nested If-Then-Else and similar
Proficiency in MS Excel VBA will be good to have
Proficiency in any programming language like Matlab/R/Python is preferable
Familiarity with R-Shiny and R-Markdown will be good to have (if proficient in R)
Some familiarity with SQL, to query databases will be good to have
Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills
Good presentation skills
Job LocationsIndia-Gurugram
ID 2024-10280
Function Economic Research