CAREERS
Economic and Financial Analyst
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Do you want to apply your economics, financial analysis, policy and modeling skills to solve the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges?
- Influence the Australian and New Zealand debates on policy, competition, strategy and regulation
- Help reduce emissions in developing countries by:
- Assessing the financial and economic viability of low-carbon technologies
- Developing roll-out plans and funding strategies to bring solar-powered mini-grids to remote communities
- Develop and implement funding strategies to help rebuild infrastructure in war-affected countries like Ukraine
- Design tariff structures that enable timely crucial investment by water and energy utilities, while ensuring affordability and simplicity for customers
Would you like to test your skills in a variety of project settings?
- Projects in Australia and New Zealand, but also in developed and developing countries in Asia-Pacific and beyond
- Large-scale international projects involving multiple economies, as well as small-scale projects that help specific communities or organizations
- Getting direct exposure to present and discuss your insights with clients.
Can you communicate results in clear, compelling language? Do you share Castalia’s core values of Competence, Creativity, Consistency, Conscientiousness, Commitment, and Collaboration? If so, Castalia wants you on our team. We have exciting opportunities based in our Wellington Office for Analyst candidates with economic and financial expertise who share our passion: Thinking for a better world.
About Castalia
At Castalia, we use our knowledge, skills, and experience to question and redefine how the world’s infrastructure challenges are solved. Thinking for a better world is more than our tagline – it is our driving philosophy. Founded in 1980, Castalia has over 40 years of global experience advising private sector investors, governments and international donor organizations on infrastructure. Castalia has undertaken assignments in 144 countries globally. Our Australian and New Zealand offices run as one integrated team, which splits its time between trans-Tasman projects and work in the Pacific Islands, as well as Southeast and Central Asia.
Who we’re looking for
- A degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Engineering Science, Law or Applied Mathematics
- Relevant work experience (not required for graduate applicants)
- The desire and ability to learn new things fast
- Native-level fluency in English. Fluency in other languages is a plus
- Work authorization in New Zealand.
Benefits
Castalia offers a competitive benefits package that includes additional paid holiday leave in between Christmas and New Year public holidays, highly flexible working arrangements, a travel policy that enables staff to combine work and personal travel, and rapid ongoing professional training, coaching and development.
How to apply
If you’re interested in this position, please click the button below to fill out and submit your application form to us.
Only fully completed applications can be submitted. You will need the following information and documents ready.
- Cover letter and Resume/CV
- Two professional references
- Writing sample
- Academic Transcripts