
Associate Economics Analyst, United States (U.S.)
- Gurgaon, Haryana
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) is an economics lab powering scale at Mastercard by owning economic thought leadership in support of Mastercard’s efforts to build a more inclusive and sustainable digital economy
- MEI was launched in 2020 to analyze economic trends through the lens of the consumer to deliver tailored and actionable insights on economic issues for customers, partners and policymakers
- The Institute is composed of a team of economists and data scientists that utilize & synthesize the anonymized and aggregated data from the Mastercard network together with public data to bring powerful insights to life, in the form of 1:1 presentation, global thought leadership, media participation, and commercial work through the company’s product suites
We are looking for an economic analyst to engage in on-soil data analytics and economic research for the European region. This individual will report to the Manager, Economist, U.S., and will have the following responsibilities:
- Support client and stakeholder engagements for MEI across U.S.
- Support collaboration with external clients, academic institutions, and industry partners.
- Develop and test hypotheses at the intersection of economics and retail and commerce. Assist in structuring work at the stream or small project level.
- Identify creative analyses and develop proprietary diagnostic indices by analyzing large and complex datasets, including big data and macroeconomic data
- Generate initial insights to help create effective, impactful, and quality-assured storylines and visuals at the stream or small project level.
- Synthesize analyses into clear, sound recommendations. Outline and help write reports and draft client presentations at the work stream or project level.
- Enhance existing products and partner with internal stakeholders to create new solutions.
- Proactively seek new knowledge and structure project work to facilitate the capture of intellectual capital with minimal oversight
- Actively participate in new solution development and support thought leadership activities by building knowledge, know-how, and best practices related to R&C economic research; share and leverage to continuously improve quality and productivity.
- Bachelor's degree in Economics (preferred), Statistics, or Mathematics.
- Proficiency in SQL and data visualizations
- Ability to think critically and problem solve, willingness to learn
- Excellent communication
- Expertise in R, Python, or other major programming language is essential
- Experience using data visualization tools like Tableau / Power BI.
- Knowledge of JavaScript for visualization is a plus.
- Proficiency in key econometric and statistical techniques such as predictive modeling, logistic regression, survival analysis, time series modeling, design of experiments, decision trees, and data mining methods desirable