Econometrician

We are looking for someone who wants to move into the information and technology side of the commercial real estate industry and use their expertise to solve complex business problems from a quantitative perspective. This is a role for an Econometrician to combine commercial real estate insight with leading edge econometric modelling techniques to inform key client decisions.

Toronto, ON

Altus Group

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Altus Group, we want you to realize your potential. Our employees don&rsquo;t see boundaries, they see opportunity and are recognized and rewarded for the value they create and the result they deliver.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Altus Group, we value collaboration and knowledge sharing. Your research, your ideas and your work will make a difference; but, we</span>&nbsp;are more than the amazing work we do. We have a dynamic company culture that reflects the values of our employees and what motivates them individually and as a team:</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Altus Cares - We are always seeking ways to give back to our communities, our personal highlight is our involvement with Ronald McDonald house in four different countries where we volunteer every September as a company.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Education - We support the continued learning of our employees.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Team Spirit - We host an annual hockey tournament and an annual client party.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an opportunity to in depth on multiple projects that encompass many industries, geographic reach, and high profile design.</span></p> http://www.altusgroup.com

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Mid Level

Overview: <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The opportunity</strong></p> <p>Reporting to the Executive Vice-President, Research Consulting Services, with Altus Analytics&rsquo; Data Solutions team, our new Econometrician will play a key role in elevating our data products and analytical tools for the real estate industry.</p> <p>We are looking for someone who wants to move into the information and technology side of the commercial real estate industry and use their expertise to solve complex business problems from a quantitative perspective. This is a role for an Econometrician to combine commercial real estate insight with leading edge econometric modelling techniques to inform key client decisions.</p> <p><strong>Who are you and how will your career grow here?</strong></p> <p>You are an Econometrician who asks big questions and comes up with the big answers. You have a couple of years of experience ideally in the real estate or finance industry. You are looking for the opportunity to work autonomously and move towards growing, building and leading a new team.</p> <p>This is a role for someone motivated by technology, inspired by possibility and excited by being an active part of big projects - some of which have not yet begun. This is a chance to work with large, complex data and take pride in the development of the new models and analytical tools you create. &nbsp;If you want to be able to see the fruits of your labor right away, Altus could be the place for you. There is a new challenge every day and we empower our people to do what they need to do to address those challenges rapidly and confidently.</p>
Responsibilities: <p><strong>Our new Econometrician will:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage and improve. You will manage, maintain and improve upon existing quantitative models related to the housing and commercial real estate sectors.</li> <li>Build new solutions. You will do deep dives into our unique, proprietary databases to build leading edge econometric models and analytical tools to help our clients answer key questions that are essential for their business performance.</li> <li>Collaborate. Work with our Product Team to develop proprietary models for new subscription products and online analytical tools.</li> <li>Identify and implement. You will identify new process improvement opportunities and implement current best practices.</li> <li>Responsible for overall quality of our proprietary models. This will require a holistic view of all the underlying processes, as well as the client needs for the output.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <p><strong>Our new Econometrician has:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A post-secondary degree in Econometrics, Quantitative Economics, Business or a related discipline.</li> <li>Expertise and two years field experience in/with:</li> <li>Econometric analysis and time series and cross-sectional modelling</li> <li>Very large micro databases</li> <li>The application of econometric modeling, regression analysis, seasonal adjustment and forecasting techniques (ARIMA,VAR,ECM,VECM etc.)</li> <li>Using statistical packages for analyzing large datasets (R, SAS, SPSS, MatLab, etc.).</li> <li>Microsoft Office Suite</li> <li>Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, query, analyze and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.</li> <li>Outstanding communication skills, clear and concise report writing abilities and a knack for presenting findings in a compelling fashion.</li> <li>The drive and the initiative to multi-task, solve problems and focus both on the big picture and the details.</li> <li>The knowledge and the sense of ownership to be a thought leader and to pursue best practices.</li> </ul>