Senior Analyst and Analyst

Location: Auckland or Wellington, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia

Do you want to apply your economics, financial analysis, policy and modelling 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 Auckland, Sydney and Wellington Offices for Senior Analyst and Analyst candidates with economic and financial expertise who share our passion: Thinking for a better world.

Who we’re looking for

• A degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Engineering Science, Law or Applied Mathematics
• At least one year of relevant experience
• Able to pick up concepts and frameworks and apply them in a creative way
• Able to innovate, think laterally, and solve complex problems
• Quantitative skills in Excel or other similar software
• Knowledge, or demonstrated ability to pick up knowledge, in microeconomics and/or finance
• Native-level fluency in English, including the ability to synthesize complex issues clearly and concisely in written and spoken English.
• Proficient skills in the Microsoft suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Willing to travel internationally, subject to COVID restrictions
• Work authorization in New Zealand or Australia.

Senior Analyst Position only

• At least two to three years of relevant work experience and demonstrated ability to build microeconomic or financial models (financial planning and simulation models which report all three financial statements – Income and Expenditure, Balance sheet and Cash Flow Statement)
• Knowledge of at least one of the Energy, Transportation, Telecommunications, Water and Sanitation, and Natural Resources sectors.

We’d love if you have

Analyst and Senior Analyst Position

• Knowledge of corporate finance or project finance
• Demonstrated progress toward a CFA qualification
• Additional degree in a related field
• Strong grasp of microeconomics
• Previous professional experience in the private sector (consulting, engineering, or investment firm), or the public sector (regulators, Ministries, or agencies that cover economic policy, finance, energy, planning, environment and climate change)
• Proficiency in other languages, in particular, Bahasa Indonesia, Māori, Mongolian, Russian, Samoan, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tongan, and Vietnamese.

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.

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