Oxera

An economics and finance consultancy founded in Oxford with a London office, hiring graduate economics analysts.

About Oxera

Oxera is an economics and finance consultancy. It helps regulators, competition authorities, courts, governments and companies make decisions where money and fairness are involved, for example how much water or energy companies should be allowed to charge, whether a merger would harm competition, or how to value a business. Clients include regulators and investors in regulated industries such as water, energy and transport.

Oxera's UK page says it started in Oxford in 1982; the founders are not named in the pages we read. Its early clients were government bodies and companies working on the privatisation of state-owned utilities, and it says it has been involved in all the major UK water, energy, communications and transport price reviews over the decades. Its Oxford office is at Park End Street and its London office is at Broadgate Tower. The firm has eight European offices, including Berlin, Brussels, Milan, Paris and Rome.

Its tagline is "Inspiring better decisions through economics and finance", and it describes its aim as delivering the economics and finance insight that helps businesses and policymakers make better decisions. It says it has spent almost 40 years building a reputation for solving challenges in financial economics and valuation, and that links with leading academics have earned it the trust of policymakers, regulators, competition authorities and courts.

Oxera's core skills are finance, regulation and competition, with further work in litigation, financial services and digital markets. Sectors include digital, energy, financial services, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, retail and consumer, postal and logistics, telecoms/media/technology, transport and water. Its Finance and Valuation team covers valuation, behavioural finance, corporate finance, capital markets and corporate governance. The UK key contacts named on its page are partners Dr Helen Jenkins and Dr Min Shi.

Graduate analysts work with colleagues and clients on economic and financial questions in regulation, valuation and damages assessment (working out how much a wronged party lost). They do quantitative analysis in Excel, Stata, R or Python and write reports, presentations and articles. The firm promises hands-on learning, structured training, a defined career path, a competitive salary and bonus, and "client exposure from day one" in a collaborative, multinational team where people can move between offices. These are its own claims. The listing asked for an undergraduate degree (a postgraduate degree in economics or finance preferred), some microeconomics and programming in Stata or R, and listed Berlin, Brussels, London, Milan, Oxford, Paris or Rome as bases. Applications go through the Oxera careers portal. That listing carried 2022 start dates (dated evidence), so check Oxera's careers page for the current intake.

What they do

• {'desc': 'Analysis for regulators, authorities and companies.', 'title': 'Regulation and competition economics'}
• {'desc': 'Valuation, corporate finance and financial economics.', 'title': 'Finance and valuation'}
• {'desc': 'Economic evidence and damages work in legal cases.', 'title': 'Litigation support'}

Key facts

• Started in Oxford in 1982 (Oxera UK page)
• Offices in Oxford (Park End Street) and London (Broadgate Tower); eight European offices
• Tagline: "Inspiring better decisions through economics and finance"
• Graduate analysts use Excel, Stata, R or Python
• Undergraduate degree required, postgraduate preferred (2022 listing)

Website: www.oxera.com