Economist

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

About us, purpose, experience and qualifications

**about us**:

- make a promise
- be deeply invested
- value our differences
- build trust, not territory
- have courage
- always do the right thing

**purpose**:
To provide expertise, advice and support in economic practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics in order to enable tactical translation and operational implementation through research and analysis by documenting economic conditions affecting industry and/or business and provide recommendations for strategic decisions on findings from economic policy and financial market analysis.

**experience and qualifications**:

- Minimum Qualification: Relevant Degree in Economics and Finance
- Minimum years of relevant experience : 5 to 8 years ’ experience in a similar environment, of which 2 to 3 years ideally at management level
- **additional requirements**:
**responsibilities**:

- Forecast, analyse and document economic conditions affecting industry and / or segments across FNB by keeping up-to-date with movements in the economies of relevant countries, considering the economic implications of factors such as political conditions, natural disasters, weather, wars, etc. that might affect the performance of the FNB Brand and FNB Funds
- Build and sustain collaborative working relationships with relevant peers and stakeholders in order to achieve productivity synergies
- To be regarded as the leading market analytics team in South Africa, and to utilise this reputation for below the line marketing purposes
- Provide specialist advice and support with presentations to executives and senior management on economical viable conditions and products to grow as a competitive industry provider
- Keep abreast of trends and changes in the global and local macro economy of a political, economic and financial nature and their respective impact by continuously analysing of the South African Banking industry and reporting thereon, including periodic short commentary on relevant news or events in the banking industry, banking price and other developments and banking investment returns
- Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies impacting the FNB Economical Environment, to identify and manage risk exposure liability and keeping abreast of regulation and industry developments to advise and guide on key compliance risk issues; enabling informed decision making
- Forecast, analyse and document economic conditions affecting industry and / or business groups of FNB and provide recommendations for strategic decisions on findings from economical and global market analyses
- Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes by generating quarterly written overviews of the South African Banking Industry
- Identify interconnected problems, determine impact, patterns and trends to develop best fit alternatives and solutions through short-term analysis of everything of immediate significance to the banking industry and the potential impact thereof. Short-term forecasts of all movements in the banking industry
- Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organisational knowledge improvement
- Keep up to date with own area of expertise to develop and maintain own professional knowledge base in order to provide effective support



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