Water Practice: Economic and Financial Senior Analyst

Castalia; Bogotá ciudad; On-site; COP 80,000,000 - 120,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extra holiday leave and flexible work

Travel policy for work/personal travel

Phone allowance

Ongoing professional training and dev

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Castalia seeks Economic and Financial Senior Analysts to join our Water Practice in Bogotá, Colombia, to apply rigorous economic and financial analysis to water sector challenges and help governments, utilities, and investors craft financing plans.

Fluent English and Spanish are required; 3+ years of experience, a degree in a related field, and Excel-based modeling skills are essential; consulting or infrastructure finance background is a plus, along with Colombia work authorization.

Qualifications

• Degree in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• At least three years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with Excel modeling.
• Experience with governments, utilities, regulators, DFIs, or infrastructure investors is desirable.
• Consulting or infrastructure finance experience is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in Spanish and professional English; French/Portuguese a plus.
• Authorization to work in Colombia.

Skills

Analytical skills

Quantitative skills

Excel proficiency

Structured problem solving

English fluency

Spanish fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, Engineering, Business or related field

Job description

Do you want to apply your economic and financial analysis skills to solve the world’s most complex water sector challenges? Challenges such as:

• Turning around underperforming water utilities so they can afford to expand access
• Ensuring cities don’t run out of water as a result of climate change, by developing appropriate plans, regulations and financing mechanisms
• Managing transactions to bring private capital and technical expertise into municipal water and sanitation services.

Can you communicate results in clear, compelling language? Do you share Castalia’s core values of Competence, Creativity, Consistency, Conscientiousness, Commitment, and Collaboration? If so, Castalia wants you on our team.

Castalia is seeking Economic and Financial Senior Analysts to join our Water Practice in Bogotá, Colombia, to share our passion for Thinking for a Better World.

Who we’re looking for

• A degree in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, Engineering, Business, or a related field
• At least three years of relevant professional experience
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including economic and/or financial analysis and modeling, with proficiency in Excel and the ability to apply structured problem-solving to complex issues
• Experience working with governments, utilities, regulators, development finance institutions (DFIs), or infrastructure investors is highly desirable
• Consulting experience or experience in infrastructure finance is strongly preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Spanish and professional fluency in English are required; fluency in French or Portuguese is an advantage
• The desire and ability to learn new things quicklyAuthorization to work in Colombia.

About Castalia

At Castalia, we use our knowledge, skills, and experience to question and redefine how the world's infrastructure challenges are solved. Thinking for a better world is more than our tagline – it is our driving philosophy. Founded in 1980, Castalia has over 40 years of global experience advising private sector investors, governments and international donor organizations on infrastructure. Castalia has undertaken assignments in 144 countries globally.

Castalia offers a competitive benefits package that includes additional paid holiday leave between Christmas and New Year public holidays, flexible working arrangements that allow staff to balance working from home and in the office, a travel policy that enables staff to combine work and personal travel, a phone allowance, and ongoing professional training, coaching, and development to support rapid career growth.