NERA Economic Analyst in Berlin bei Oliver Wyman Group

NERA Economic Consulting (www.nera.com) is a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. For half a century, NERA’s economists have been creating strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for government authorities and the world’s leading law firms and corporations. We bring academic rigor, objectivity, and real-world industry experience to bear on issues arising from competition, regulation, public policy, strategy, finance, and litigation. NERA’s clients value our ability to apply and communicate state-of-the-art approaches clearly and convincingly, our commitment to deliver unbiased findings, and our reputation for quality and independence. Our clients rely on the integrity and skills of our unparalleled team of economists and other experts backed by the resources and reliability of one of the world’s largest economic consultancies. With its main office in New York City, NERA serves clients from more than 25 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Our mandates include the design of auction for renewable energy, the development of economically efficient pricing systems for transport infrastructure, the investigation of efficient financing costs as well as structures for infrastructure investments and the creation and critical assessment of economic expert reports in lawsuits and arbitration procedures.

We offer

For our expanding offices in Berlin and Frankfurt, we are looking for a dedicated team and offer interesting, versatile and challenging tasks and insights into the day to day business of an economic consulting firm. We offer a full time position as Economic Analyst and competitive remuneration. Economic Consulting lies at the exciting interface between scientific work, economic expertise and customer-oriented consulting. Our new, growing office in Berlin benefits from the company's global resources, its close collaboration, in particular, with offices in Frankfurt, London, Paris, and Madrid as well as opportunities for cooperation with Oliver Wyman.

You can expect an enjoyable working environment, a dynamic team, flat hierarchies as well as great perspectives for professional development. We usually work in small teams so that you can take on responsibility for your own career with the help of your colleagues. We put emphasis on a good work life balance through, amongst others, part time employment schemes. Usually, we work from the office in Berlin with occasional business trips due to client meetings. In the context of the ongoing pandemic, remote work is possible. From day one, you will be supported by a personal mentor and an extensive training curriculum.

Responsibilities

• Active co-creation of studies, appraisals and presentations, from the conception to the execution of economic analyses up to the documentation and client presentation of results
• Applying skills and knowledge gained during graduate studies to develop and critically assess qualitative and quantitative arguments
• Efficiently conducting empirical and quantitative analyses in Excel, Stata, R, Python, MATLAB or another environment
• Close collaboration with colleagues and clients as well as clear communication of complex economic issues, including actively participating in team and client meetings
• Develop and strengthen project and people management skills

Your profile

• PhD in economics, finance or a similar discipline, very good undergraduate degree
• Relevant fields may include, but are not limited to: Microeconomics, IO, Asset Pricing, and Corporate Finance. Knowledge of Energy Economics is helpful but not required
• Strong analytic, quantitative, and practical problem-solving skills such as econometrics, statistics, programming, or applied mathematics
• Keen and able to apply knowledge gained during graduate studies to complex real-life economic issues
• Intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, precise and solution-oriented way of working, having the ability to quickly become acquainted with unknown issues
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in German and English, other languages are of advantage
• High degree of reliability, sense of responsibility, ability to work in a team and motivation
• First experience in applied economic research, e.g. through internships or first work experience with international organizations, economic research institutes, consulting firms or banks

Interested?

To apply, please submit your full academic CV, transcripts, cover letter and a writing sample directly on this posting.

For more information about NERA, please visit our website (http://www.nera.com). For more information on the employ