Chief Economist
Are you interested in working in the interface between macroeconomic research and a client-facing organization?
Swedbank’s Norwegian branch serves larger corporates and institutional clients with loans and financial instruments. We are now looking for an experienced economist to join the Nordic macro team.
In Swedbank you have the opportunity to:
- Act as a central part of the organization with high visibility and impact both internally and externally
- Have end-to-end responsibility for producing and communicating regular macroeconomic updates and insights to both internal stakeholders and our corporate and institutional clients
- Work close with senior leadership, client teams and external stakeholders
- Join a highly professional cross-Nordic macro team with senior economists and analysts
- Shape the Chief Economist role according to your expertise and strengths
- Work at the intersection of business and economics
What is needed in this role:
- Deep understanding of global macroeconomic policy, central banking and financial markets
- Experience in engaging in media, forums or panels
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in teams
- Master’s degree in economics, finance, business or similar
- 8+ years’ experience within the banking industry, investment management or in similar fields
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex economic concepts
- Fluency in Norwegian and English
With us, you can experience:
- Personal and professional growth through self-leadership and continuous development.
- Meaningful work that positively impacts our workplace, our customers, and society.
- An open and collaborative culture that encourages cross-functional teamwork and provides networking opportunities.
- A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes a balanced and sustainable work-life, with flexible working conditions when suitable for the role.
- Benefits such as our share based reward program Eken, company pension plan, employee offer for banking products, health insurance.
"Join our team and...
become part of an international team of professional colleagues in a leading Nordic Bank. As part of a highly competent and collaborative Nordic team, you will contribute to our broad economic view and play a key role in positioning the bank as a trusted advisor in the market. Turn macroeconomic insights into competitive advantage, strengthening Swedbank’s customer promise." Mattis Lund, your future manager.
We look forward to receiving your application by 15.08.2025.
Location: Oslo, Norway
Recruiting manager: Mattis Lund, General Manager, mattis.lund@swedbank.no, +47 932 07 734
We want to inform you that the selection process may begin after the summer holidays.
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- Job area
- Finance and analysis
- Locations
- Oslo
About Swedbank
We serve local communities, where we are proud to play an important role as being a key part of the financial system.
We are dedicated to developing close relationships with about 7.3 million private and 553 000 corporate customers.
Our passion is to help people to save for a better future. We work every day to support people, businesses and society to grow by promoting a healthy and sustainable economy.