Associate Fellow, Fintech – Observer Research Foundation

Set up in 1990, ORF seeks to lead and aid policy thinking towards building a strong and prosperous India in a fair and equitable world. It helps discover and inform India’s choices, and carries Indian voices and ideas to forums shaping global debates. ORF provides non-partisan, independent analyses and inputs on matters of security, strategy, economy, development, energy, resources and global governance to diverse decision-makers (governments, business communities, academia, civil society). ORF’s mandate is to conduct in-depth research, provide inclusive platforms and invest in tomorrow’s thought leaders today.

Salary: As per industry standards

Reports To: Director, ORF Mumbai

Expertise: The Associate Fellow is expected to author, manage and curate industry-leading research on trends in technology, regulation, and innovation in fintech and related sectors.

Responsibilities & Expectations:

• Identify contemporary issues, including regulatory, related to the fintech ecosystem and author policy briefs and research papers
• Analyse and comment on the key trends and growth engines within the financial services ecosystem including insurance, banking, payments, credit, etc
• Actively engage in proposing suitable regulatory principles, taking account of international efforts and the Indian context
• Liase with all the key stakeholders in the fintech space and build a network to support ORF convenings and outreach.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• Academic work that combines economics, finance, and business with technology
• Superior English verbal and communication skills
• 2-5 years of work experience preferred
• Excellent research, quantitative, reporting and writing skills.
• Good knowledge of emerging technologies
• Sound understanding of law and economics of regulation
• Experience in research writing or project reports
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as individually

Send in your application — CV and cover letter — to akshay.mathur@orfonline.org