Manager - Economic Advisory - BFS

The opportunity :

We are looking for Managers with expertise in Economic Advisory.

Your key responsibilities :

- Manage and work on multiple engagements involving Economic Impact assessments, econometric modelling/analysis, Research etc, taking a prominent role in understanding clients- needs, conducting studies and reporting results Identify issues and propose strategies related to the procedures executed.

- Develop models to forecast and/or impact study using wide range of techniques including (but not limited to) CBA Analysis, I/O Modelling, CGE Modelling, and other techniques from the financial engineering or decision sciences literature

- Manage a team of 3-5 professionals and supervise, develop and mentor professionals

- Use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided

- Direct the progress of engagement work, inform supervisors of the engagement status and manage staff performance

- Continually acquire and develop knowledge for own and team's learning. Use technology to learn, share knowledge with team members and enhance service delivery

- Stay abreast of current business and economic developments relevant to our as well as client's business

Skills and attributes for success :

- Suitable applicants will be highly numerate and analytical Master-level Economics graduates with previous experience as economist/corporate planner employed in the private, regulatory or the public policy sector.

For this role, it would be advantageous to have knowledge of any of the following :

- A solid understanding of the principles of econometrics and machine learning and regulatory economics

- Experience in Economic policy and/or experience in one of our target sectors (P&U, telecom, healthcare)

- Exposure to demand and supply forecasting and price forecasting, pricing controls, tariff regulations in P&U domain

- Experience of the development economic impact assessment

- Behavioural economics and customer engagement

- An ability to solve complex problems in a logical and structured manner

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to explain complex technical issues to a non-technical audience;

- Experience of Business strategy, business planning, costing and pricing

- Experience of applying economic theory to the development and evaluation of public and regulatory policy

To qualify for the role, you must have :

- A post graduate degree in Economics with 8-10 years of related work experience

- A minimum of 3 years direct experience in P&U domain with involvement in P&U related modelling, supply and demand estimation, forecasting of prices, solar and wind farms capacity and yield calculation, marginal loss calculation, congestion estimations etc.

- Exposure of Data gathering, formatting & visualization, Econometric modeling, Model builds & review, price elasticity study, forecast study, impact study.

- Strong academic and professional background in Economics, Business or Industrial Economics

- Computer proficiency, including at least one statistical software package (Eg: Python or R), Visualization tools (Power-BI/Tableau), Alteryx, MS Excel/VBA, Word, and PowerPoint

- The ability to work within a given budget and schedule, providing top-quality results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

- Excellent thoughtfulness, communication, organizational, interpersonal and teaming skills

- Willingness and ability to travel, when necessary