Research Analyst Position at Swedish House of Finance
mar. 05, 2021
The Swedish House of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics (SHoF) is accepting applications for one or two full-time pre-doctoral research analyst positions in the field of household finance. Candidates would ideally be able to start working from July 2021 and would work for approximately two years before applying to graduate school in Finance, Economics, or another social science.
Deadline 20.March.2021. Submissions are no longer accepted because the deadline has passed.
SHoF is Sweden’s national research center in financial economics and is an internationally top-ranked academic department. For more information about SHoF, please visit our website https://www.hhs.se/en/houseoffinance/.
As a research analyst, you will be working on cutting-edge research projects and in close contact with the researchers at SHoF and the SSE Finance Department. The program serves as an ideal bridge between university and Ph.D. program for students interested in empirical finance research. Our previous research analysts are either enrolled in top Ph.D. programs in Europe and the US or working in the industry as data scientists and financial analysts.
Applicants should be completing (or have recently completed) a Master’s degree and have strong quantitative skills. As a candidate, you need not to have Economics/Finance degree, but you should have a strong interest in financial research and some experience with finance. Ideally, you should be familiar with Stata, Matlab, R, or other statistical software. Excellent spoken and written English is a requirement, Swedish language is a plus.
SHoF is committed to a balanced gender distribution and values a variety of backgrounds and experiences among our employees. We therefore welcome all applicants regardless of their country of origin, gender, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, disability, sexual orientation, age, or religion or other beliefs.
| Type of employment | Temporary position longer than 6 months |
|---|---|
| Contract type | Full time |
| First day of employment | July, 2021 |
| Salary | According to agreement |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Working hours | 100% |
| City | Stockholm |
| County | Stockholms län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | 2021/22 |
| Contact | |
| Published | 04.Mar.2021 |
| Last application date | 20.Mar.2021 11:59 PM CET |