Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Financial Analyst - Research & Statistics (Finance)
The primary responsibility of the Financial Markets Analyst is to support the economic analysis of financial markets. This work includes monitoring and communicating developments in domestic equity, corporate bond, and/or municipal bond markets and contributing to key policy reports; identifying and assessing the value of new or alternative data sources and outside analysis for monitoring these markets; using data management and coding skills to develop timely indicators of market functioning and credit quality; and acting as support for the various data services provided by the section when necessary. In all tasks, the Analyst will be working closely with other section members to properly analyze the data for policy documents and for research on financial markets that informs the conduct of monetary policy and the assessment of financial stability risks and vulnerabilities. In some projects, the Analyst may be expected to contribute to designing, drafting, and presenting some of the analysis or coordinating the work of different job families.
Because coverage of financial markets is at the core of the mission for the section, the Analyst will work with various financial databases, economic concepts, and data-driven indicators to monitor, assess, and interpret developments in domestic capital markets. As such, subject matter experience or training in financial markets, corporate finance, or asset pricing is particularly useful. Because data is at the core of the analytical approach of the section, the Analyst will work with various computing and statistical languages and tools to achieve these goals. This includes use of R and Matlab, among others, for analysis and management of data. Because we are a highly collaborative group, team spirit and good communication skills are highly valued as well as the ability to conduct independent work.