[Remote] Financial Sector Economist \- SD Modelling Collaboration (Project, Remote)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. WITTIGONIA is seeking a Financial Sector Economist to collaborate on an applied System Dynamics modelling project with a public-sector financial authority. The role involves bringing regulatory and banking expertise to develop a simulation model that reflects real-world supervisory logic and enhances risk assessment capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate the model's representation of banking sector behaviour - lending dynamics, capital management, credit risk, and liquidity - ensuring assumptions reflect supervisory reality
• Contribute to the literature review and benchmarking of comparable international modelling approaches in financial stability and institutional risk
• Help frame the conceptual model: identifying the key feedback loops, behavioural mechanisms, and macro-financial linkages that matter most in a regulatory context
• Participate in periodic remote working sessions with the project team and, where relevant, with the client's technical staff
• Review and strengthen technical reports and documentation, translating model outputs into language that resonates with supervisory stakeholders
• Support knowledge transfer activities, helping the client's team internalise the model's logic and assumptions

Skills

• Postgraduate degree (Masters or higher) in economics, finance, risk management, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in financial sector analysis, banking supervision, financial institution risk, or regulatory and supervisory advisory roles
• Direct experience working with or advising financial regulatory or supervisory institutions - central banks, financial sector authorities, or multilateral development institutions such as the IMF, World Bank, or regional equivalents
• Solid grounding in how banking institutions behave under stress: capital adequacy frameworks, liquidity management, credit risk dynamics, and the feedback between macroeconomic conditions and institutional risk profiles
• Ability to work across disciplines - translating regulatory and supervisory logic into structured analytical frameworks that can be operationalised in a simulation model
• Excellent written and spoken English; able to communicate complex financial concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a small, agile, internationally distributed team with a remote-first culture
• Familiarity with stock-and-flow consistent models, System Dynamics, agent-based modelling, or other simulation approaches
• Experience in financial sector technical assistance, capacity-building, or IFI-funded consulting projects
• Knowledge of Basel III frameworks, macroprudential tools, or financial stability analytical methodologies

Benefits

• Work with cutting-edge simulations from top-tier institutions and bespoke WITTIGONIA insights models
• Opportunity to travel and lead sessions across diverse audiences and industries
• Remote-first collaboration paired with in-person engagements where needed
• Continuous professional development in systems thinking, group model building, and workshop design
• Be part of a growing facilitator pool with opportunities to deliver across Europe and globally

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