The Clearing House Association

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The Clearing House Association L.L.C invites applications for the position of Economist/Senior Economist in its Research Department. We welcome applications from recent PhDs as well as from candidates with several years of professional experience.

The Clearing House (TCH) is a banking association and payments company that is owned by the largest commercial banks and dates back to 1853. The Clearing House Association L.L.C is a nonpartisan organization that engages in research, analysis, advocacy and litigation focused on financial regulation.

The research department is a dynamic team that produces top quality research on issues relating to banking regulation and supervision, financial markets, and monetary policy. The research is communicated through publications in peer-reviewed journals, presentations at conferences, as well as research notes and blog posts published in TCH's website intended for a non-academic but well informed audience.

The Economist/Senior Economist position would provide substantial research time, and successful candidates would be expected to present at top academic conferences and publish in top-tier journals. They are also expected to contribute to the Department's higher frequency communications on related matters intended for a broader audience. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in the juncture between regulations and financial market liquidity and functioning.

Basic qualifications and requirements are a PhD in economics or finance, a strong interest in policy-oriented research and analysis; drive to deliver high-quality, cutting-edge research relevant to the supervision and regulation of banks in an environment of informed and thoughtful public debate; excellent technical and communication skills.

More information about the research at TCH can be found at:
https://www.theclearinghouse.org/research

The Clearing House is an equal opportunity employer.

Please apply with a cover letter, your CV, at least one recent research paper and three letters of reference to the link below by December 1, 2017. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed at the ASSA meetings in Philadelphia from 5-7 January 2018.