Regulatory Economist - London, United Kingdom - Vodafone

Vodafone

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Role purpose:

The Regulatory Economist is part of a small specialist team in Vodafone's Group External Affairs function that develops economic analysis, insights and arguments to help drive policy advocacy and change within the telecom and digital sector across Vodafone's footprint in Europe and Africa.

Policy and regulation impacts our ability to invest and compete effectively and profitably in mobile and fixed telecom across our markets.

The role therefore requires an understanding of the economics of capital-intensive network industries, including cost structures and economies of scale, competition, and return on investment, supported by a general understanding of financial accounts, and how this is impacted by policy and regulatory choices.

The individual will also develop and refine our broader assessment of the state of the sector - tracking, interpreting and clearly summarising trends on financial and economic health of the European telecom sector, to support and provide evidence for high level advocacy.

With us you will:

Develops and maintains the Group methodologies for carrying out quantitative and economic assessments of our fixed and mobile telecom markets, to support regulatory decision making and external engagement
Manages the sourcing, organising and processing of cost and market data to carry out specific analysis across our markets
Supports the Principal Economist and the wider team in identifying and defining our policy priorities and relevant supporting analysis
Monitors and reports on the state / health of the sector, based on financial / sectoral data trend analysis.

Who you are:

Experience in reliably managing complex economic / quantitative / commercial analysis using Excel
A good understanding of regulated network industries, with a clear appreciation of the interplay between competition, traffic, network dimensioning, pricing, costs and margins
Able to make a clear and compelling link between detailed analysis and convincing policy positions and arguments aimed at senior policymakers and regulators
Able to work effectively and knowledgeable with the Group Policy and Public Affairs team, opco teams and wider Group specialists across finance, technology and strategy, as well as using these interactions to familiarise themselves over time with the specifics of modern telecom network economics and architectures.

What's in it for you:

Yearly bonus: 10%
Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
Charity days: 5 days/year
Maternity leave: 52 weeks: the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay
Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

GroupTA