{"id":4026,"date":"2026-08-09T13:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/chief-economist\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:49:33","slug":"chief-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/jobs\/lagos\/chief-economist\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Chief Economist\", \"description\": \"Coronation Merchant Bank is seeking an accomplished Chief Economist to lead our economic research and market intelligence function, providing strategic insight that informs the Bank's investment, lending, and advisory decisions.\\nWhat you'll own\\nMacroeconomic research, forecasting, and analysis Nigerian and global markets\\nProducing economic reports, market commentary, and thought leadership publications\\nAdvising Executive Management and the Board on macroeconomic trends and their business implications\\nMonitoring fiscal and monetary policy developments and assessing impact on the Bank's strategy\\nSupporting Treasury, Investment Banking, and other business teams with economic insight for decision-making\\nRepresenting the Bank at industry forums, media engagements, and investor briefings\\nBuilding and leading the research team.\\nWhat we're looking for\\nAdvanced degree in Economics, Finance, or a related field Master's or PhD preferred\\n8+ years' experience in economic research, ideally within banking, asset management, or a multilateral\/policy institution\\nDeep knowledge of the Nigerian economy, fiscal\/monetary policy, and financial markets\\nStrong track record of published research, market commentary, or public economic analysis\\nExcellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including media\/public engagement experience\\nStrong leadership and stakeholder management capability.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-08-07\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Coronation Merchant Bank\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Lagos\", \"addressCountry\": \"NG\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-21T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Coronation Merchant Bank<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Lagos<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-21<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Coronation Merchant Bank is seeking an accomplished Chief Economist to lead our economic research and market intelligence function, providing strategic insight that informs the Bank&#8217;s investment, lending, and advisory decisions.<br \/>What you&#8217;ll own<br \/>Macroeconomic research, forecasting, and analysis Nigerian and global markets<br \/>Producing economic reports, market commentary, and thought leadership publications<br \/>Advising Executive Management and the Board on macroeconomic trends and their business implications<br \/>Monitoring fiscal and monetary policy developments and assessing impact on the Bank&#8217;s strategy<br \/>Supporting Treasury, Investment Banking, and other business teams with economic insight for decision-making<br \/>Representing the Bank at industry forums, media engagements, and investor briefings<br \/>Building and leading the research team.<br \/>What we&#8217;re looking for<br \/>Advanced degree in Economics, Finance, or a related field Master&#8217;s or PhD preferred<br \/>8+ years&#8217; experience in economic research, ideally within banking, asset management, or a multilateral\/policy institution<br \/>Deep knowledge of the Nigerian economy, fiscal\/monetary policy, and financial markets<br \/>Strong track record of published research, market commentary, or public economic analysis<br \/>Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including media\/public engagement experience<br \/>Strong leadership and stakeholder management capability.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Send your CV to: careers@coronationmb.com<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:careers@coronationmb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-21 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Coronation Merchant Bank Location: Lagos Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-08-21 Job Description Coronation Merchant Bank is seeking an accomplished Chief Economist to lead our economic research and market intelligence function, providing strategic insight that informs the Bank&#8217;s investment, lending, and advisory decisions.What you&#8217;ll ownMacroeconomic research, forecasting, and analysis Nigerian and global marketsProducing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,21],"tags":[1159,51,18,17],"class_list":["post-4026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-lagos","tag-coronation-merchant-bank","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}