Junior Economist

Are you curious and ready to accept a new challenge in your career? Are you eager to join a dynamic company and bring innovation through your work and skills?
Prometeia offers you opportunities for growth and training in a Group with over 1000 professionals working for more than 500 clients in 20 countries around the world.
Among the European leaders in Enterprise Risk Management and Wealth & Asset Management solutions, Prometeia is looking for resources to be included in the Practice of Industrial and Regional Strategies.
The candidate will join a team specialized in analysis, forecasting, research and consultancy based on industrial, regional, foreign trade and commodity economics, as well as ESG development and innovation, and social impact analysis. A deep knowledge of the development of econometric models and their relative application to business, besides micro-econometric topics, would be considered as a major requirement. Sound understanding of corporate finance and models built on industrial and international economics is also highly appreciated.

MAIN TASKS

• Econometrics models development
• Data analysis and data quality
• Forecasting and analysis of industrial sectors
• Literature review and methodologic innovation on frontier models

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• MS Degree with excellent grades in Economic, Mathematical and/or Statistical disciplines and strong quantitative/econometric knowledge
• Knowledge of the main econometric models and their applications
• Command of Python and R could be an asset
• Understanding of micro-econometric methods
• Familiarity with data science techniques would be considered a plus

SOFT SKILLS

• Excellent presentation skills, both oral and written
• Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility and stress management
• Aptitude to economic research and team working
• Proficiency in English

LOCATION
Bologna/Milano

WHAT WE OFFER:

COMPENSATION, WELFARE & BENEFIT

Our history, as well as the future, is based on the value of our people. The biggest investment at Prometeia is in our people, and it concerns every aspect of professional life. We call it 'Total Compensation' and is made up of Compensation - consisting of a fixed and a variable component -, an important Welfare Plan, active since 2015 – we have been among the first to introduce it in Italy - and Benefits, which include all the initiatives undertaken for the well-being of our people.

REMOTE WORKING

Flexibility is an intrinsic value of the way we work. At Prometeia, smart working is an organizational method based on trust, which results in benefits in terms of work/life balance, impact on the environment and optimization of company results, through autonomy and empowerment of people.

TRAINING

Prometeia means ongoing training. We provide an average of 11 days of training per year to our people, in person and online. Particular attention is paid to younger colleagues, who are the protagonists of dedicated growth programs, and to the continuous sharing and internal transfer of know-how and skills. On-the-job training is also important, through immediate and direct confrontation with the market.

COMMUNITY

Our Community is extremely diverse, as are the skills of the people who are part of it and who share its values, and the individuals and organizations that are directly or indirectly involved in our activities. Clients, People of the Group, Alumni, Institutions, Academia, non-profit entities with which we actively collaborate, are stakeholders representing a great value for us, in terms of trust and collaboration.

DIVERSITY

We promote and respect equal opportunities and consider differences as a value. Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental values: from the selection phase to everyday life, also through dedicated training moments to develop individual sensitivities and unicities.

IMPACT

We responsibly take an active role towards the environment, the territories and the communities in which we operate. Our Headquarter in Bologna has obtained the Leed Gold Certification, one of the highest awards that recognizes the performance of the building in terms of energy and water savings, reduction of CO2 emissions, improvement of the ecological quality of the interior, materials and resources used. In the Sustainability Report we report the results achieved within the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda that, drafted by the United Nations in 2016, we have been supporting since 2020.