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Global Research – Junior Economist South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa: JPMorgan Chase
Global Research – Junior Economist South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa: JPMorgan Chase
As a Junior Economist in the Global Research team, you will be based in JPMorgan Chase & Co, Cape Town and play a dynamic and intellectually stimulating role focused on global macro developments
Closing date: Ongoing
Location: Cape Town
Global Research – Junior Economist South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa – Analyst
Job summary
You will have the opportunity to use your strong economic, quantitative, and communication skills to contribute to our understanding of political and economic developments in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa.
Job Responsibilities
- Analyze macro/fundamental drivers of SSA economies by performing in-depth analysis, under the supervision of the Senior Economists;
- Maintain models and analytical tools;
- Work closely with the lead economists; liaise with strategists and other economists to formulate forecasts and views;
- Contribute to regular research reports covering Africa economies;
- Monitor/compile news flow by country; update chart books and templates for weekly/monthly/ad hoc publications;
- Interact with and assisting internal sales and trading personnel, and interfacing with external institutional clients on customized requests.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- A background in economics;
- Strong quantitative skills with proven aptitude to analyze macro data;
- Excellent knowledge of economic principles and statistics;
- Knowledge of regional political, economic and business trends and prospects;
- Excellent ability to work with spreadsheets and statistical programming languages/packages (Eviews, R, Python);
- You have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, can engage and influence partners and stakeholders.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Preferably some experience within a research role within a financial institution, although this is not essential;
- Prior research experience in EM or in official creditor sector would be a strong advantage.
