BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) is a leading global financial services group and one of the largest financial institutions in the world, with a significant presence in Spain, Mexico, South America, and Turkey. The bank is widely recognized for its pioneering digital transformation, consistently ranking as a global leader in mobile banking and fintech innovation while managing over 120,000 employees worldwide.

Headquartered in Madrid, BBVA is a major employer for international professionals, particularly within its Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) and Engineering & Data divisions. The company operates out of 'Ciudad BBVA,' a massive, modern campus designed for agile collaboration, and offers a multicultural environment where English is the primary language for many global and technical functions.

BBVA was formed in 1999 through the merger of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Argentaria, though its roots date back to 1857 with the founding of Banco de Bilbao. It has evolved from a local Spanish bank into a global financial powerhouse and a digital banking pioneer.

Research Analyst Business Execution I

BBVA

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

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BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

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BBVA Research is BBVA's economic research area. BBVA Research analyzes and makes forecasts on the main economic, financial, digital, and geopolitical trends worldwide, as well as their implications for macro and microeconomic evolution and the financial systems of the countries of interest to BBVA, especially those where it has a presence.

Likewise, BBVA Research prepares reports on these analysis topics for public dissemination and maintains a permanent dialogue with economic policy makers in line with its research work.

BBVA Research permanently seeks excellence in economic analysis, which is achieved through the use of state-of-the-art analytical tools, such as econometrics and Big Data analysis.

About the job:

The modeling group contributes to the generation and dissemination of knowledge on economic modeling and the development of new tools, mainly in projects with strong quantitative analysis requirements oriented toward economic analysis, scenario generation/evaluation, climate change analysis, and sectoral analysis, as well as the application of Machine Learning techniques to the economic field.

Within this framework, the person's responsibilities would be to participate and provide support, while simultaneously training, in all the tasks and objectives of the working group, in particular:

Improvement and extension of the department's quantitative models.
Participation in projects with strong modeling requirements (economic scenarios, real-time forecasting models with big data, sustainability and climate change, sectoral analysis, Machine Learning....).
Generation and dissemination of knowledge of quantitative analysis and techniques.
Excellence in economic modeling and the development of new tools.

We are looking for people who are starting their professional career with quantitative training in statistics, econometrics, and Machine Learning and AI techniques for economic analysis at a master's level or doctoral courses, with skills in handling databases and programming languages (Python, R, Matlab, Gauss, Rats, Stata, Codex). A minimum English level of B2-C1 is required, both written and spoken.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person, eager to train in quantitative techniques applied to economic analysis, which are especially relevant in an environment as complex and changing as the current one, and who also brings:

Analytical and synthesis capacity.
Ability to work in a team (ability to work in a global environment with constant contact with various geographies).
Oral and written communication skills in Spanish and English.
Organization and project management skills to manage different tasks with limited deadlines.
Proactivity and autonomy to develop the different lines of work.

Skills:

Client Orientation, Empathy, Ethics, Innovation, Proactive Thinking

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BBVA Research es el área de estudios económicos de BBVA. BBVA Research analiza y hace previsiones sobre las principales tendencias económicas, financieras, digitales y geopolíticas a nivel mundial, así como sus implicaciones en la evolución macro y microeconómica y en los sistemas financieros de los países de interés para BBVA, sobre todo aquellos en los que tiene presencia.

Asimismo, BBVA Research elabora informes sobre estos temas de análisis para su difusión publica, y mantiene un dialogo permanente con los responsables de política económica en línea con su labor investigadora.

BBVA Research busca permanentemente la excelencia en el análisis económico, que se logra con el empleo de herramientas analíticas de última generación, como la econometría y el análisis de Big Data.

About the job:

El grupo de modelización contribuye a la generación y difusión del conocimiento sobre modelización económica y desarrollo de nuevas herramientas, principalmente en proyectos con fuertes requerimientos de análisis cuantitativo orientado al análisis económico, generación/evaluación de escenarios, análisis del cambio climático y análisis sectorial, así como la aplicación de técnicas de Machine Learning al ámbito económico.

En este marco, las responsabilidades de la persona serían de participación y apoyo, formándose a la vez, en todas aquellas tareas y objetivos del grupo de trabajo, en particular:

Mejora y extensión de los modelos cuantitativos del departamento.
Participación en proyectos con fuertes requerimientos de modelización (escenarios económicos, modelos de previsión en tiempo real con big data, sostenibilidad y cambio climático, análisis sectorial, Machine Learning....).
Generación y difusión del conocimiento de análisis y técnicas cuantitativas.
Excelencia en la modelización económica y desarrollo de nuevas herramientas.

Estamos buscando personas que estén empezando su carrera profesional con formación cuantitativa en estadística, econometría y técnicas de Machine Learning e IA para el análisis económico a nivel máster o cursos de doctorado, con habilidades en el manejo de bases de datos y lenguajes de programación (Python, R, Matlab, Gauss, Rats, Stata, Codex). Se requiere un nivel mínimo de inglés B2-C1 tanto escrito como hablado.

Estamos buscando a una persona entusiasta, con muchas ganas de formarse en técnicas cuantitativas aplicadas al análisis económico, especialmente relevantes en un entorno tan complejo y cambiante como el actual, y que aporte, además:

Capacidad de análisis y de síntesis.
Capacidad de trabajo en equipo (habilidad para trabajar en un entorno global con contacto constante con diversas geografías).
Capacidad de comunicación oral y escrita en español e inglés.
Capacidad de organización y gestión de proyectos para gestionar diferentes tareas con plazos acotados.
Proactividad y autonomía para desarrollar las diferentes líneas de trabajo.

Skills:

Client Orientation, Empathy, Ethics, Innovation, Proactive Thinking