Python Job: Analyst, Economist

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Company

Mastercard

Location

London, England - United Kingdom

Job type

Full-Time

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Our Purpose
We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a
culture of inclusion
for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Job Title
Analyst, Economist
Overview

  • The Mastercard Economics Institute’s mission is to drive macroeconomic thought leadership in support of Mastercard’s efforts to build a more inclusive and sustainable digital economy
  • The Economics Institute was launched in 2020 to analyze macroeconomic trends through the lens of the consumer to deliver tailored and actionable insights on economic issues for key customers, partners and policymakers.
  • In addition to global and regional macro-economic trends, the institute also produces thematic research on economic trends.
  • The institute constitutes a team of economists and data scientists that utilize & synthesize data sets both from within Mastercard and beyond to bring powerful insights to life
  • The institute delivers tailored 1:1 presentations, participates in key industry forums, and contributes to global thought leadership via thematic papers, organizing events and participating in media

About the role

We are looking for an economist who will focus on creating custom, interactive and actionable insights. This individual will report to the Senior Economist in EUR and have the following responsibilities:
  • Assist in developing and maintaining macroeconomic views for EUR
  • Support creation of briefing documents for Mastercard leadership teams and regional advisory boards
  • Support writing regular outlooks & blog-style research notes
  • Assist in creating content to represent Mastercard in customer forums, industry events, including media appearances as needed - on broadcast, print, online media - position us as an industry leader with highly differentiated capabilities
  • Help drive the story creation and presentation dashboards for each customer presentation to develop custom and actionable insights
  • Contribute to thought leadership for the region to better explore data and economic relationships
  • Collaborate with the data scientists/quantitative economists & thematic researchers to create interactive and tailored presentations
  • Work with the data science/quantitative economics team to explore alternative data sets, modeling and forecasting to push the boundaries in more traditional economics
  • Participate in all stages of the project from briefing to ideation to exploration of data, insights, storyboarding and final presentation

About you

  • A strong economist with an entrepreneurial mindset
  • Strong collaborator working across cross functional teams within the institute and the broader Mastercard teams
  • Evidence of both orthodox and experimental approaches in economic thinking, interpretation or application
  • Manage complex projects and timelines effectively and handling evolving situations fluidly
  • Must have good knowledge of econometrics and economic relationships
  • Familiarity with coding in SQL, R, Python, Tableau and other analytical tools
  • Openness to new ideas, approaches, challenges and environments
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
  • Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
  • Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
  • Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
  • Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.