Financial Economist

Fideres

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London - UK

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Us

Fideres delivers effective economic analysis and testimony turning data into courtroom advantage. As global litigation experts we help law firms secure new cases and offer unbiased conflict-free insights for complex and innovative disputes. Driven by rigorous analysis we empower justicefor allfrom case strategy to victory.

By dedicating ourselves solely to litigation-based economic analysis we can provide truly unbiased assessments and maintain our commitment to objectivity.

Our Competition litigation consulting team has provided expert opinions on major antitrust legal actions against Big Tech (including Apple Amazon and Facebook) Big Pharma Big Finance and Big Agriculture. Meanwhile our original and innovative investigations into river sewage and Covid-19 have led to national press coverage.

Our Financial and Securities Litigation team has acted as plaintiffs experts in the most consequential financial cartels and market manipulation cases of the past 10 years.

About this Role

We are looking for a motivated graduate or professional in the early stages of their career from an economics statistical or other quantitative discipline to join our team of Financial Economists and make a positive impact to the global financial market from day one.This role will work in a project team bringing advanced quantitative and data driven techniques to highly complex disputes involving financial markets and securities litigation.

Key Accountabilities

The Financial Economistwill work on financial projects that require econometric statistical or other more quantitative/qualitative financial analysis techniques. Some notable responsibilities will include:

  • Conducting detailed qualitative and quantitative financial analysis of allegations of financial misconduct as part of the delivery of Fideres expert consulting mandates
  • Data extraction cleaning processing manipulation and management for data heavy projects
  • Writing comprehensive reports that summarize the key findings of our analysis in a simple succinct manner
  • Verbally presenting key findings to clients in a manner that allows them to understand both the results and how they impact their own clients
  • Communicating with clients and stakeholders in a timely clear and concise manner
  • Taking the initiative in suggesting ways to strengthen the quality of our analysis; with progression to proactively developing new business opportunities
  • Keeping on top of market developments to generate new case ideas

Key Skills and Attributes

The successful candidate will have:

  • A keen interest in financial markets and a strong belief in fair and transparent markets
  • A strong record of academic achievement with a relevant degree(s) in economics financial economics statistics or other quantitative subjects (data analysis mathematics etc.)
  • Proficiency with data analysis software and programming experience (e.g. Python R Excel)
  • Some hands-on experience in complex/big data manipulation management and analysis. Experience of database programs (e.g. SQL Postgres) is a plus
  • Solid understanding of data analysis techniques and statistical inference
  • Attention to detail and a commitment to going the extra mile to produce rigorous accurate work within the constraints of the time and resources available
  • Excellent written and verbal communication including experience of writing reports and presentations
  • Strong communication skills and enjoys building relationships with key stakeholders has the ability to explain economic concepts and quantitative results as well as their implications to non-specialists
  • Integrity and a creative curious mind
  • A high level of accountability and not afraid to express and opinion and offer new solutions

Why Fideres

Fideress vision is to become the leader inlitigation-only economic consulting globally free of corporate conflicts.

Following years of growth over the past two years Fideres has started to expand internationally and we now have offices established in London New York Rome and Madrid. We plan to open an office in Australia and to grow our presence in France andGermany.

We are looking for candidates who are committed toFideress strategy and values and who are willing to grow in this phase of our companys expansion.

What We Offer

You will get to work in a highly innovative environment where training and development is put at the top of the agenda to ensure that our staff are at the leading edge of their academic knowledge and where rapid career progression is available to proactive employees who reach out for opportunities.

We offer competitive salaries and bonuses and competitive benefits.

We are proud of our values and our diverse and international workforce and we are committed to building a working environment where employees feel safe welcome and able to have an open and respectful dialogue on diversity issues.

Our Benefits

Transparent Pay

We have a transparent and internally published pay structure by role we do this as part of an equal pay initiative across our offices.

Continuous Learning

We offer all our employees a learning and development budget to spend flexibly on role relevant training needs. Support for further professional qualifications apprenticeships and further education is also available. There is no risk of being pigeon-holed at Fideres as our employees are able to reach for opportunities as they see them without being restricted by corporate bureaucracy.

Benefits

We offer all normal standard benefits such as a competitive holiday allowance with the opportunity to purchase 10 days additional holiday monthly social events private medical insurance a gym subsidy equal family leave for all employees along with other benefits.

Application Process

Applying

To apply you will need to send us your CV and cover letter via the application form below. Please note that we consider a thoughtful and well considered cover letter to be an integral part of our application process.

Pre-Interview Assessments

Depending on the role you are applying for you may be asked to complete a pre-interview assessment relevant to the role. This allows us to see if you have some of the necessary technical skills required for the role and it can also give you an idea of some of the skills that would be required.

Interviews

For the majority of our roles we have a three stage interview process. The main purpose of our interviews is to further assess your technical skills your communication skills (team and client) and make sure that you have sufficiently researched what we do and the role itself. More generally it is a chance for us to get to know each other better.

A typical interview process would look a bit like this:

  • First Interview: Technical with a team member
  • Second Interview: Cultural fit interview
  • Final Interview: Technical interview

Questions

If you have any questions about our process please contact us at


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About UsFideres delivers effective economic analysis and testimony turning data into courtroom advantage. As global litigation experts we help law firms secure new cases and offer unbiased conflict-free insights for complex and innovative disputes. Driven by rigorous analysis we empower justicefor a...
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Key Skills

  • Forecasting
  • Python
  • Spss
  • R
  • Regression Analysis
  • Stata
  • Research Experience
  • Statistical Software
  • Survey Design
  • Calculus
  • SAS
  • Statistics