Deloitte Hiring for Economist at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Full Time

At Deloitte, we recognise the investment you have made in developing your skills and knowledge through your chosen programme of study in Economics and/or Econometrics, or a closely related discipline.

We are looking for sharp minds to join our Economic Advisory (EA) team. The EA team has a cross-sectoral intrafirm growth strategy in several geographies, and due to continued growth across sectors, an opportunity has arisen for experienced professionals to join and support our rapidly growing team of economists.

EA works at the forefront of issues that are defining the future of sectors across Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT), Financial Services, Energy and Infrastructure, and Public Policy, and is part of Deloitte’s Global Economic Consulting network.

The work is varied and delivers real value through the following areas: economics of strategy and policy; impact assessment and appraisal; economic regulation; cost and revenue modelling; pricing and incentives; and competition and disputes. Our technical skills in these areas are combined with Deloitte’s depth of financial, strategic and industry understanding to create a potent, and unique, package that can be applied across the spectrum of industry.

You will work as an extension of our Deloitte Member firms’ practices. Working on international assignments involving cross-border and cross-service line teams will allow you to build your networks across the vast Global Deloitte network and develop understanding of the global standards.

We also have an active international secondment program for our analysts after they gain relevant experience as we believe this plays a crucial role in their overall career and personal development.

Your role

The successful candidates will work closely with Deloitte Member firms, in particular, Deloitte practices within the UK, Europe, and Middle East, supporting and managing assignments involving a range of economic and policy issues for private and public sector clients.

The work will involve a mix of qualitative and quantitative analysis with established economic principles and methodologies.

The successful candidate will have:

• Proven experience working as a professional economist/statistician/mathematician, or in a closely related discipline – this could have been gained within government, a regulator, industry and/or consultancy.
• Prior experience in econometric, statistical and other quantitative analysis using MS Excel, R, Python, Stata and / or other proprietary software
• Experience of applying economic theory to development and evaluation of public policy using one or more of the following:
• Economic impact assessment
• Computable General Equilibrium modelling
• Cost benefit analysis
• Regulation and competition
• Financial analysis

Eligibility

Relevant qualifications and/or post graduate qualifications in Economics / Econometrics / Statistics

Skills Required

In order to be considered for this role, your competencies will cover the broad scope of Economic Advisory services, leveraging your professional background and skills such as:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in designing, building, testing and validating models using a large number of statistical and other quantitative techniques
• The desire to apply analytic and economic skills to real life problems
• Work in a challenging environment with like-minded people globally
• Good report writing and presentation skills