Research Assistant in Finance, Accounting and Economics

UCL AI Centre; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The UCL School of Management seeks a Research Assistant to support projects in Finance, Accounting, and Economics. This role offers the opportunity to engage in data analysis and economic modeling, gaining exposure to the finance field. With a contract starting in September 2025 for 12 months, the position may extend based on performance.

Benefits

41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, and 6 closure days)

Defined benefit pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Hold an MSc in relevant discipline (social science, economics, etc.)
• Strong mathematical training and ability to verify proofs
• Clear motivation for pursuing a PhD or academic career

Responsibilities

• Assist with data analysis, economic modeling, and presentation preparation
• Work alongside another predoctoral assistant on various projects

Skills

Programming skills

Mathematical proficiency

Education

MSc in relevant discipline

Tools

MATLAB

STATA

Job description

Ref Number B04-06189 Professional Expertise Research and Research Support Department UCL BEAMS (B04) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £35,930-£41,255 Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 02-Jul-2025

About Us

The UCL School of Management is home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes. The School has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching in the areas of innovation management, the creation and growth of technology-intensive organisations, business analytics, and entrepreneurship.

The research undertaken at the UCL School of Management has been rated as ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF), placing us 2nd in the UK for Business and Management.

The School is home to over 2,000 students, with more than 55% from outside the UK. The School’s faculty members also come from all over the world, with PhDs from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, UCLA, North-Western, Cornell, Duke, Cambridge, and London Business School among others.

The UCL School of Management takes full advantage of being part of a world-leading university through its interdisciplinary outlook and builds on close collaborations in both research and education with other UCL departments, including computer science, engineering, economics, psychology, public policy, statistics and medical sciences.

Further information about the School can be found here.

About The Role

The UCL School of Management is hiring a research assistant to support Finance, Accounting, and Economics projects. Working alongside another predoctoral assistant, the postholder will assist academics with data analysis, economic modelling, experiments, and presentation preparation, gaining broad exposure to the field of finance.

The post will initially be offered for 12 months starting from September 2025 until August 2026, with the intent to extend this for a further 12 months thereafter if the postholder has successfully met the requirements of the role.

Salary Details: UCL Grade 6 £35,930 to £41,255 per annum (including London Allowance)

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document. When completing your supporting statement, please tell us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description.

If you have any queries about the role or need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible online format to apply for this job, please contact [e-mail].

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About You

The successful candidate will hold an MSc in a relevant discipline such as social science, economics, engineering, statistics, or computer science. They will possess programming skills in at least one language, with experience in MATLAB and STATA considered desirable but not essential. Strong mathematical training is essential, particularly the ability to understand and verify mathematical proofs. A clear motivation to pursue a PhD or an academic career in finance or economics is also required.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits, some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days)
• An additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance
  
  

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion here.

Available documents

Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.

• download: Research Assistant FAE - JD Final.pdf
• download: TalentLink Candidate Guidance.pdf