Convera is seeking an FX & Macroeconomic Analyst with strong analytical and research skills and experience managing big data sets to expand our Market Insights practice in the UK and across the world. The FX & Macroeconomic Analyst collaborates daily with a global team of researchers and economists and serves as a subject matter expert, delivering a constant source of data-driven insights on global FX and macroeconomic trends.
The FX & Macroeconomic Analyst focuses on three key areas: 1) Research and data – acting as the go-to source for market research, whilst managing and maintaining multiple data sources and tools. 2) Content development – delivering daily insights, data visualization, and blog articles to engage with Fintech industry stakeholders and our global customer base. 3) Thought leadership - acting as an expert on currency for Convera by presenting our forward guidance and research while engaging with external audiences.
The successful candidate has a passion for market research and knows how to manage econometric data with multiple research sources and is comfortable writing and editing content against tight deadlines. Whether reacting to geo-political issues like the Russia-Ukraine war, major market events, or analyzing a regional interest rate decision; this role is critical to providing our customers with thought leadership and guidance on how these disruptions impact their business.
You will be responsible for:
- Manage the research, creation, and delivery of various market insights reports, aligned to global standards, processes and team principles. Examples include Daily Market Report, Market Event Alerts, Weekly FX Briefings, Monthly FX Forecast Report.
- Deliver external webinar presentations monthly, presenting research related to your area of expertise across FX, Economic, Trade and Customer Insights.
- Deliver actionable research that our customers will rely upon to make important business decisions related to international trade and payments, by translating complex market data into simple and concise insights.
- Manage and respond to all market research requests via global processes and digital tools to ensure these are visible across the organization and are being actively managed and prioritized to meet expected deadlines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure the delivery of all research assets adhere to Convera’s global digital marketing processes and management standards, to help maximize content discovery and delivery amongst both external and internal audiences.
- Act as a subject expert on global FX, Economic and Trade by analyzing complex research findings and delivering them via reports and presentations to non-technical business audiences.
- Support the creation, and activation of our high visibility global thought leadership reports and campaigns in the Uk and across the world, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders overseas to help maximize Convera’s strategic marketing goals.
- Maintain and monitor the Convera Global Market Insights style guides and principles, insisting on the highest standards. This includes responding to customer and colleague feedback and managing challenges related to research by collaborating with your research team.
- Seek to consistently elevate and evolve market research techniques, tools and expertise to maximize the value and visibility of Convera’s Market Insights research service.
You should apply if you have:
- Degree in economics or equivalent technical field like finance
- Minimum 4-5+ years in research roles; experience analyzing FX market data and trends are a plus
- Strong attention to detail and ability to handle large data sets
- Excellent written and communication skills, capable of writing complex reports
- Demonstrable understanding of economic and financial market data
- Demonstrable understanding of market research methods
- Experience with real-time data sources (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv, government data banks)
- Experience with big data analytical tools (e.g., R, Python, Tableau, Excel)
- Fluent in English language
We offer an abundance of competitive perks and benefits including:
- Opportunity to earn an annual bonus
- Great career growth and development opportunities in a global organization
- A flexible approach to work
- Generous insurance (health, disability, life)
- Paid holidays, time-off, and leave policies for life events (maternity, paternity, adoption)
- Paid wellness days (3days per year)
- Paid volunteering opportunities (5 days per year)
There are plenty of amazing opportunities at Convera for talented, creative problem solvers who never settle for good enough and are looking to transform Business to Business payments. Apply now if you’re ready to unleash your potential.
