Research Analyst

**Job Description**:
**A career at Cistri offers you the opportunity to**:

- Cistri is a collaborative, fun, fast paced, challenging, and rewarding environment
- Working with Cistri, you are part of a family
- Each Cistri employee has an opportunity to make an impact to our projects, clients and community

**Who we are**:
Cistri is a new type of consultancy in the region; independent from any development agency, building contractor or architectural / engineering consultant; offering meaningful, holistic advice for urban development across the disciplines of economics, planning and design. Independent, evidence-based and joined-up thinking is critical to the complex urban issues facing governments, developers, investors, NGOs and communities today.

**The Opportunity**:
Our Property Economics & Research team works at the cutting edge of property and urban analysis, combining economics and big-data analytics to provide creative evidence-based answers to society’s most challenging urban questions.

We are looking for well-rounded and enthusiastic individuals to join our Property Economics & Research team in our Singapore office.

The role will be supported by industry-expert Directors and a team positioned at the forefront of the market.

**You will**:

- Gain exposure to a diverse range of projects, from developing city level residential development strategies
- Be provided with opportunities to explore, develop and present projects related to your personal areas/sectors of interest.
- Undertake comprehensive and innovative research and analysis to assist the team deliver robust evidence-based advice to clients.
- Provide personal critical thinking and analysis on a range of qualitative and quantitative data for consulting assignments.
- Undertake highly technical economic modelling to answer client challenges with quantifiable evidence.
- Prepare reports, presentations and other outputs.
- Utilise internal databases, business intelligence dashboards and Microsoft Office products to assist with day-to-day pieces of analysis.
- Remain aware and interested in current economic and financial news relevant to Cistri’s business.
- Have the opportunity to communicate directly with clients on projects.
- Compile datasets and maintain databases.
- If you choose, have the opportunity to develop skills in relation to big-data analytics (e.g. SQL, Python), business intelligence (e.g. PowerBI) and GIS (e.g. QGIS, ArcGIS) to advance your ability to solve challenging client problems.

**About You**:

- This role would suit a recent university student (0 - 2 years of experience) or a university student in their final year, looking to transition to a full-time position following the completion of their studies.
- Completed, or about to complete, undergraduate qualifications in Economics, Business/Finance, Property, Mathematics, Science, or related degree, with a strong focus on numeracy.
- Intermediate to advance level in using Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Analytical skills with an ability to interpret and critically review data.
- Highly numerate, comfortable manipulating and critically analysing large data sets.
- Comprehensive communication skills, both verbally and written.
- Able to effectively prioritise and multi-task.

**Why Cistri?
**The heart of Cistri is our people **, we believe every employee has the right to be invested with good leadership, a competitive salary and career development opportunities. We pride ourselves in empowering our employees and supporting them to be the best they can be. You will have the benefits of our Learning & Development Centre, work life balance and flexible working arrangements, generous parental leave policy for both primary and secondary carers, health and wellbeing programs and much more.

Cistri is committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive, supports flexibility, and welcomes diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.