NERA Graduate Economist Antitrust and Competition (Auckland)
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Job Location:
Auckland - New Zealand
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
23-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Company:
NERADescription:
We have an opening for a Research Associate/ Associate Analyst to join our Auckland office. The New Zealand group is part of a global network of leading economic and industry experts. The group is involved in high-stakes legal and regulatory proceedings in New Zealand Australia and Asia spanning a broad cross section of industries and practice areas. This includes addressing questions such as:
- Would a merger between New Zealands two major newspapers substantially lessen competition
- Is the fuel market competitive
- What is a reasonable price for accessing regulated infrastructure such as broadband and electricity networks
- How should water rights be allocated
- Is the current design of the wholesale electricity market resulting in efficient outcomes
- What are the economic costs of using different fuels to decarbonise long distance heavy road freight
- What loss has a party suffered due to a breach of contract
- How material is the damage that consumers have suffered due to collusive pricing by suppliers
Our work involves writing independent expert reports that are filed with courts regulators and policy makers. It is therefore essential that our work is rigorous technically accurate and independent.
Your responsibilities
This is a team-based multi-task environment that requires precision work that is both qualitative and quantitative often with tight deadlines. Responsibilities will include:
- Analysing a range of data
- Designing and building quantitative models and applying econometric analysis to data
- Collecting market industry and company information
- Reviewing summarising and applying relevant economic literature
- Managing large data sets and writing programmes to implement complex analysis
- Drafting memos and making written contributions to presentations reports and expert evidence
- Participating in team and client meetings and conference calls
You will need
Candidates should be working towards a post-graduate degree in Economics Economics with Finance or a related discipline with evidence of high academic achievement (candidates with an exceptional undergraduate degree will also be considered). Importantly candidates should have a strong interest in quantitative analysis and enjoy thinking about problems in applied microeconomics. Qualified candidates must be detail-oriented able to think analytically and critically and have excellent oral and written communication. An inquisitive nature and ability to think independently is critical.
What we offer
NERA provides a challenging and rewarding professional experience with competitive compensation. You will be working in a collegial and intellectually challenging environment where independent and innovative thought is encouraged and rewarded. We are a small tightly knit team with a flat structure so from the outset you will have exposure to client projects which include working with large law firms corporates and regulators. We only work on high-stakes and complex issues and disputes so our work is intellectually rewarding and constantly evolving. We promote from within and support both personal and professional of our programme include a comprehensive induction skills enhancement training sessions and regular formal performance evaluations.
How to apply
For more information about NERA please visit our website (). To apply for this position or to find out about other opportunities please submit your CV cover letter writing sample (preferably with some Economics content) and transcripts directly to this posting.
NERAs clients value our ability to apply and communicate state-of-the-art approaches clearly and convincingly our commitment to delivering unbiased findings and our reputation for quality and independence. Our clients rely on the integrity and skills of our unparalleled team of economists backed by the resources and reliability of one of the worlds largest economic consultancies. NERA serves clients from more than 25 offices across North America Europe and Asia provides an environment in which dedication to client and project success individual professional development and fun are at the work environment is collegial and there are numerous opportunities to learn and connect with staff at all levels.
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Key Skills
- Forecasting
- Python
- Spss
- R
- Regression Analysis
- Stata
- Research Experience
- Statistical Software
- Survey Design
- Calculus
- SAS
- Statistics
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