Senior Economist
What you do
- Ensure thorough monitoring of economic trends to better inform commercial and risk decisions (maintain database, update forecasts, country risk model and respond to internal clients)
- Act as the lead economist on emerging economies
- Deliver quality knowledge products on economic developments and country risks to leverage Allianz Trade outreach (write analytical and reactive reports on hot topics and key trends and make presentations to clients, prospects and the media)
- Coordinate innovative research and develop new tools to enrich the analysis with proprietary information (collaborate with other economists on cross-cutting themes and propose new analysis)
- Suggest themes for developing the knowledge lines of the economic research department and help develop content on the key Allianz Trade workstreams (trade, non-payment trends, insolvencies).
- Lead analytical thinking and foster collaboration with commercial and risk teams at Group- and regional level in his / her region.
Key requirements / What you bring
- Strong econometrical skills
- Very strong analytical writing, and excellent presentation skills in English and French. Spanish and / or German are nice-to-have.
- Proven analytical thinking and track record in leading and delivering high quality research on macroeconomic forecasting and country risk analysis
- Very good knowledge of MS Office suite, in particular Excel and PPT.
- Very good knowledge of economic data providers (Refinitiv / Datastream, Bloomberg, Macrobond) and modelling software Eviews, Python, R, Stata)
Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer.
Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.
Note : Diversity of minds is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One means to achieve diverse teams is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies.
Therefore, the company encourages its employees to have motivation in gaining varied skills from different positions and to collect experiences from across Allianz Group.