Head of Asia Country Risk

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**Role Overview:
This is an opportunity to join the Country Risk team at the top-ranked independent research provider, BMI, which is a Fitch Solutions company. Fitch Solutions delivers credit market data, macro research, analytical tools and risk services to the global financial community. Fitch Solutions, along with Fitch Ratings and Fitch Learning, are part of the Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries.

Based in Singapore, the role will be leading the Asia Country Risk team, focused on providing economic, political and financial market analysis, and assuming overall responsibility for the remit and editorial direction of our analysis and forecasts for the region.

**Team Management**:

- Coordinating research output and managing the daily research workflow of the Asia Country Risk team, ensuring all content deadlines are met
- Mentoring, training and actively working to progress and develop the analysts in the team
- Inspiring and encouraging members of the team to perform at high levels of excellence via your example
- Facilitating communication with internal and external stakeholders, including building close relationships with key macroeconomic and political risk analysts, analysts in related Industry teams and Sales team
- Managing a complex and diverse workload, balancing analytical responsibilities with broader term priorities

**Analysis**:

- Setting the editorial and analytical direction of the day to day research output of the team, including providing analytical and thought leadership
- Challenging and questioning your team’s forecasts and views to ensure accuracy and credibility, including rigorous content proofing
- Responsibility for a portfolio of key countries
- Regularly producing agenda setting research that is innovative and sets a strong narrative for Asia
- Contributing to broader research team-wide projects and initiatives Commercial Representing the team and developing relationships with clients by delivering views and forecasts as well as participating at industry events. Being commercially minded and understanding how research and data is used by our clients and help connect how we could commercialise our content

**Qualifications and experience**:

- Experience managing and nurturing a team or group of more junior analysts required
- MA/MSc Economics or relevant work experience. CFA level I, II or III not necessary, but beneficial

**Required skills include**:

- Fluent spoken and written English required
- Strong public speaker
- Excellent and proactive communicator as well as a strong collaborator
- Ability to work with and analyze large data sets and forecast across key macroeconomic indicators
- Ability to write clearly and to explain technical concepts in simple terms Ability to cope with time pressure and deadlines
- Strong management skills, and the ability to organise and lead team members to reach group goals and objectives. Commercially minded with an understanding of the business intelligence value proposition

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