Economist /Country risk analyst

Economist / Country risk analyst-0004VU

Posting Date :

Oct 29, 2024, 1 : 13 : 53 PM

Primary Location : Ontario-Ottawa

Ontario-Ottawa

Job Type : Permanent

Permanent

Schedule : Full-time

Full-time

Description

Export Development Canada (EDC) is a financial Crown corporation dedicated to helping Canadian businesses make an impact at home and abroad.

EDC offers financial products and knowledge to help Canadian businesses confidently enter new markets, reduce financial risk, and grow their business.

When you join our team, you’ll be helping Canadian businesses learn the endless possibilities that open to them through export and help bring their vision, passion, and innovation to the world.

Your knowledge and expertise will support more than 25,000 Canadian businesses and their customers in as many as 200 markets worldwide.

You’ll work amongst the best and brightest in an inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters professional development and success.

And you’ll know that you’re making an impact every day for businesses, for Canada and for the people you work with.

Are you ready to make an impact? Join EDC, recognized as a Top 100 and Top Family-Friendly Employer, as we take on the risk so Canadian businesses can take on the world.

What CSI Does :

The Country and Sector Intelligence (CSI) team is Canada’s foremost country and sector intelligence team. As a team, CSI has two branches, one is responsible for analyzing, forecasting, and assessing sector and industry trends and providing sector intelligence and information.

The second branch is focused on country intelligence (economic and political).

Collectively CSI develops our intelligence and insights to inform EDC’s decision-makers and Canadian exporters and investors.

Internally, CSI provides country and sector insights that helps EDC make informed decisions when offering financial solutions in support of Canadian exporters and investors.

Externally, CSI provides insight to Canadian companies through a variety of knowledge products, meetings with partners and customers and through other interactions such as speaking engagements, webinars, and other engagements

CSI develops and deploys country and sector intelligence through the following key functions :

• Production of sector monitoring, forecasts, and insights
• Production of several of EDC’s key products including our Sectors in Focus, Top 10 Risks, Country Risk Quarterly, Global Economic Outlook and others.
• Assignment of country risk ratings for over 150 markets.
• Delivery of close to 200 customer interactions annually. These include speeches, webinars, and specific research.
• Application of this market intelligence insight to the assessment of relevant risks and opportunities on hundreds of financial transactions that EDC is supporting per year.
• Development of models (aligned with existing and new regulatory requirements) to produce country risk ratings for the main lines of business at EDC (e.

g., Financing, Insurance, etc).

The CSI team is constantly seeking ways to innovate the way in which we assess and share our market intelligence insights.

As a result, we’re actively working on new products (like regional outlooks, sector briefings) and key initiatives related to writing and presentation of data, analytics, big data, modeling, and structured analytical techniques.

We do this by fostering an environment of collaboration, rapid innovation and the application of a strategic lens to everything we do.

Our analysts liaise with Canadian companies, industry associations, Government of Canada Departments, IMF, World Bank, and the OECD among other groups.

We have access to diverse sources of research and data. We offer annual training and networking opportunities to ensure our analysts remain connected and at the leading edge of industry best practices.

Background on the Position : The successful candidate would be assigned a portfolio of countries (TBD based on successful candidate) and would be responsible for developing and maintaining the ratings for the countries, assessing, and analyzing relevant trends for Canada and EDC customers and sharing the analysis and market intelligence in interesting and engaging ways.

The successful candidate should have strong communication skills and understanding of how to communicate macroeconomic and political trends and data to varied audiences.

• The successful candidate will work closely with internal EDC business teams as well as external clients to assess economic and political impacts on EDC and its support for Canadian business.
• The successful candidate would also provide support on the production of CSI products.
• This position reports to the Manager, Country and Sector Intelligence (CSI).

Discipline Summary

• Develops, analyzes and models operational, economic and political data.
• Defines problems, collects data, applies advanced economic or political, analysis and concepts and research skills, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions.
• Evaluates the potential impact of international and market changes, and reports on economic or political forecasts that affect the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitors and reports on political, economic, and business conditions in assigned countries.
• Analyses and forecasts economic, political and financial trends relevant to the country / region.
• Communicates outlooks, forecast, risks, technical and / or business information so that it is understood by individuals with diverse capabilities and interests.
• Leverages country risk models to develop country risk ratings.
• Conducts transaction level risk assessments to support EDC financial transactions.
• Develop network of contacts related to their countries of focus.
• Provides research support and assists in the development of additional outlets for market intelligence.

Screening Criteria

• Completed a master’s degree in economics, Political Science, International Relations, or in a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of work-related experience in sector, political analysis, economic forecasting, or related experience.

Assets

• Experience in communicating economic concepts and forecasts to a general audience
• Bilingual in both official languages (French and English)
• Macroeconomic forecasting experience as it relates to economic indicators like GDP
• Basic-moderate level proficiency in additional data analysis and visualization software (e.g. : SAS, STATA, Python, R, PowerBI)

Compensation Details :

Econ & Political Analysis 17 : Salaries are based on qualifications and experience and typically range from $81,017 -108,017 plus a performance-based incentive

Location

• Export Development Canada is a hybrid work environment.
• This role may be performed from EDC’s headquarters in Ottawa, or from the Community Hubs in Toronto or Montreal or Edmonton, Calgary or Vancouver.
• Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.

EDC's Commitment to Employment Equity

EDC is committed to employment equity and achieving a diverse workforce. EDC actively encourages applications from women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, persons with disabilities and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

If selected for an interview, please advise us if you need any special accommodation.

Application deadline : Nov 8, 2024, 10 : 59 : 00 PMEDC is committed to employment equity and actively encourages applications from women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and visible minorities.

If selected for an interview, please advise us if you require special accommodation.Candidates must meet the requisite government security screening requirements.