Senior Economist, Regional Economic Surveillance | BNM Office Kota Kinabalu (BNMRO KK)

• The Senior Economist will lead the role as a subject matter expert at the regional level
• The Senior Economist in the BNM Regional Office is responsible to provide independent assessment to meet the surveillance and forecasting needs of line departments in both economics and financial sector.
• The Senior Economist is responsible to develop strategies for advocacy and strategic communications in the area of economics and to support Regional Head in driving the Bank’s strategic agenda at the regional level

Responsibilities

• Review and recommend independent assessment on economic surveillance and output from both the Bank’s BNM Offices and Headquarters to ensure that deliverables are in line with the forecasting and surveillance needs of the Economics Department and other Line Departments.
• Continuously lead strategic engagements between the Bank and key industry players as well as relevant Government agencies in the region to obtain timely and in-depth economic and financial insights.
• Undertake in-depth research, leveraging on insights from industrial engagements to help the Bank monitor cyclical and structural developments, identify emerging risks to the economy and design industry policy proposals.
• Lead internal and external stakeholders' collaborations with state agencies, multilateral agencies to identify and review emerging trends in the region to improve regional economic surveillance.
• Support JLPB and Regional Head in driving the Bank’s strategic agenda at the regional level and provide strategic direction at the BNM Regional Office on areas such as performance, training, research and others when needed.

Note: The RES position is an attachment with BNM Regional Offices, with expectation of returning to the line department in
HQ thereafter

Qualifications

Academic Qualifications:

• Degree or professional qualifications with an economics, banking or finance background

Experience 

• Preferably at least 5 years of working experience in the Economics and Financial Sector

About Us

Bank Negara Malaysia (the Central Bank of Malaysia), is a statutory body which started operations on 26 January 1959. Bank Negara Malaysia is governed by the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009. The role of Bank Negara Malaysia is to promote monetary and financial stability. This is aimed at providing a conducive environment for the sustainable growth of the Malaysian economy.

Bank Negara Malaysia’s monetary policy stance is to maintain price stability while remaining supportive of growth. Bank Negara Malaysia is also responsible for financial system stability. This is achieved by developing a sound, resilient, progressive and diversified financial sector which serves to support the sectors of the real economy. It also plays an important function in implementing initiatives to deepen and strengthen the financial markets, including the foreign exchange market.

Bank Negara Malaysia has played a significant developmental role in developing the financial system infrastructure in advancing the financial inclusion agenda. This is to ensure all economic sectors and segments of the society have access to financial services. In addition, Bank Negara Malaysia also oversees the nation’s payment systems infrastructure which emphasize on the efficiency and security of the financial systems.

As the banker and adviser to the Government, Bank Negara Malaysia provides advice on macroeconomic policies and the management of public debt. Bank Negara Malaysia is also the sole authority in issuing the national currency and in managing the country's international reserves.