In order to support preparations for government, the Shadow Treasury Team are looking for a financial and economic analyst. The successful candidate will report jointly to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Essential skills and qualifications
• Strong blend of financial understanding, research skills, quantitative techniques, attention to detail and focus on accuracy. Able to identify insights from the work.
• Ability to specify and build financial models. Including strong analysis of the current fiscal and economic situation and examination of the impact of policy choices.
• Accuracy and rigour. Capable of creating analyses and financial models that give the required certainty, have an appropriate level of detail and are created in a tight timeframe.
• Proficiency with the appropriate analysis and modelling software including some familiarity with manipulating data sets in Python (e.g. Pandas) or similar (e.g. R/Stata).
• Appropriate use of AI techniques, models and software.
• High integrity and an understanding of the need for strict confidentiality at all times.
Your experience
• A track record of financial modelling.
• Demonstrated logical and critical thinking to resolve complex issues.
• Likely to have at least 12 months’ experience in a professional or academic work environment.
• You have demonstrated the ability to work as part of a team as well as conducting self-directed research and analysis.
• Available to commence work quickly.
What you will do
• Analyse the Government’s plans as set out in the Treasury ‘Red Book’ and in the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook and other official statements and disclosures.
• Build an internal, dynamic Economic and Fiscal Outlook to quantify official opposition plans and timelines for government against the constantly shifting macroeconomic challenges Britain faces.
• Work with the opposition policy team to ensure that proposals for tax and spend are fully costed, modelled, and supported by evidence.
• Use Parliament’s accountability mechanisms to reveal additional information about the public finances by extracting data through written questions and FOIs.
Upon appointment you will be required to comply with the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, undertaken by the Members’ Staff Verification Office (MSVO). See Members’ Staff Verification Office (MSVO) page for further info. MPs generally pay staff in accordance with IPSA guidelines.
This is a rolling recruitment process with applications being considered as they are received.
Please submit your CV, a 300-word statement on why this role would be the right next step for you, and the date you would be available to start to [philip.brenninkmeyer@parliament.uk] with the subject line “Shadow HMT Analyst” (do not include anything else in the subject line).