Fx & Macroeconomic Analyst

2 weeks ago


Singapore Convera Full time

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • 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 crossfunctional 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.
  • Support the creation, and activation of our high visibility global thought leadership reports and campaigns across Asia, collaborating with crossfunctional 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 maximise the value and visibility of Convera's Market Insights research service.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Degree in economics or equivalent technical field like finance
  • Minimum 34+ years in a research role; 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 realtime 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; Mandarin Chinese language skills are a plus

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Creative problemsolver with a growth mindset; actively and intuitively seeks ways to simplify process and improve performance
  • Demonstrated sound business judgment and the ability to think strategically about a quickly growing business alongside the interest and ability to dive into tactical details
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use research, hard data, and metrics to challenge assumptions, generate credible forecasts, and solve problems
  • Comfortable with ambiguity able to set strategic direction and execute effectively in a global, matrixed organization
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of owning and writing complex documents and presenting/influencing VP+ stakeholders
About Convera

Convera is the largest non-bank B2B cross-border payments company in the world.

Formerly Western Union Business Solutions, we leverage decades of industry expertise and technology-led payment solutions to deliver smarter money movements to our customers - helping them capture more value with every transaction.

Convera serves more than 30,000 customers ranging from small business owners to enterprise treasurers to educational institutions to financial institutions to law firms to NGOs.

Our teams care deeply about the value we bring to our customers which makes Convera a rewarding place to work.

This is an exciting time for our organization as we build our team with growth-minded, results-oriented people who are looking to move fast in an innovative environment.

As a truly global company with employees in over 20 countries, we are passionate about diversity; we seek and celebrate people from different backgrounds, lifestyles, and unique points of view.

We want to work with the best people and ensure we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.

We offer an abundance of competitive perks and benefits including:

  • Market competitive monthly gross salary
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