The role of Associate Research Analyst/Research Analyst sits within Economies and Consumer Data team focusing on research of a wide range internationally comparable socioeconomic data for 210 countries and 1219 cities of the world.

An Associate Research Analyst/Research Analyst will be required to work both within the team and individually in researching, standardizing, updating and constantly expanding the database material to meet the needs and deadlines of the publications schedule. He/she will also be involved into data research processes improvements seeking for effectiveness and a higher data quality. In addition, the role requires to provide support to Sales and Consulting as well as engage with client queries.

Key responsibilities:

• Researching, updating, and extending data from national and international statistical sources;
• Identifying and maintaining relations with major national, international and pan-regional sources, ensuring our databases contain their latest published socio-economic data;
• Standardizing raw statistical data to ensure cross-country, cross-indicator and city-country comparability;
• Constantly monitoring and improving data gathering and standardization standards with a focus on automation and streamlining;
• Analyzing and manipulating statistics relevant to the requirements of our methodology, carrying out calculations and numerical analysis as required using MS Excel;
• Liaison with Sales and Consulting in dealing with client queries and requests.

We expect you to have:

• Degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or similar field;
• Understanding and interest in international economic, demographic and industry trends;
• Experience in research, numerical analysis, and data manipulation;
• A high level of numeracy, with a strong interest in understanding statistical data and presenting them in an imaginative way;
• Extensive knowledge of MS Excel;
• Excellent communications skills and English fluency (both oral & writing);
• Knowledge of econometric/statistical software package R would be an advantage;
• Flexibility, ability to work on own initiative and to be fully responsible for some day-to-day functions;
• Methodical approach to repetitive tasks and unwavering attention to detail, even when meeting tight deadlines.

We offer an international, growing and challenging working environment with genuine global career development opportunities. Monthly salary gross starts from 1950 - 2500 EUR, plus additional health insurance, flexible working hours, hybrid work (two days in office), 24 days of paid holidays, 15 days of working anywhere, and other perks.