Junior Economist

This is your unique opportunity to actively contribute to the formulation of the global economic (GDP, inflation, etc) and interest rate forecasts for one of the largest global reinsurance companies! Together with a high-calibre and motivated international team, you will join a dynamic, fast and challenging work environment that allows you to expand your skill set, gain experience and contribute to meaningful initiatives.    

About the role

In this role based in Bratislava at Group Economic and Sigma Research, you will actively contribute to economic and re/insurance market research projects on a regional and global level. The role is an excellent stepping-stone within the company and as such, you should expect a dynamic environment and be able to demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and autonomy in your daily work.

Key tasks and responsibilities include:

• Work with various experienced macro and insurance analysts/economists within the team on global/regional economic and insurance trends and research projects. This includes 1)  assessing and forecasting economic and insurance variables (GDP, inflation, interest rates, longer-term structural changes, insurance data trends), 2) supporting risk analysis and monitoring tools, and 3) project management activities and written contributions to our research reports
• Conduct literature and data review dedicated to various research projects 
• Support overarching thought-leadership topics and client outreach by preparing high-quality and visually appealing presentations and supporting work on publications
• Support Group Chief Economist and Head Macro Strategy in various tasks (e.g. writing background  notes, designing slides, some administrative tasks, etc)

About the team

Group Economic & Sigma Research (GESR) is part of the Swiss Re Institute, and is responsible for analysing and forecasting the global macroeconomic and insurance market environment. GESR holds a crucial role in steering Swiss Re's capital allocation and drives thought leadership on topics of strategic importance. The team is located across geographies, is highly visible and interacts with a wide variety of key partners and decision makers across Swiss Re and externally.

About you

You should expect a dynamic environment and be able to demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and autonomy in your daily work.

• Mature and proactive; showing a high degree of own initiative
• Strong interest in/motivation to learn about insurance/reinsurance
• Ability to break down, communicate and visualize often complex concepts in an easy and digestible way. Both written and verbal communication skills are excellent in English; other languages like German a plus
• Completed university degree in Economics, Finance or Data Science, ideally at Master level.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) is required
• Econometric and programming skills in one of the major statistical softwares/programming languages (R, Stata, Matlab, Python) is a distinct advantage

For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between EUR 1900 and EUR 3200 per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:

the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,

the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialization, skills and experience.

In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus.

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