Jacobus A. Nel

Economic Consultant at Nova Economics
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, ZA
Languages
  • English -
  • Afrikaans -

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Experience

    • South Africa
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Economic Consultant
      • Feb 2023 - Present
    • South Africa
    • Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Mar 2022 - Feb 2023

      Assist ERSA researcher with analysis of South African Revenue Service Tax data, housed at the National Treasury of South Africa's Secure Data Facility, under the South Africa - Towards Inclusive Economic Development initiative. Part-time position (max 20hrs/week) Assist ERSA researcher with analysis of South African Revenue Service Tax data, housed at the National Treasury of South Africa's Secure Data Facility, under the South Africa - Towards Inclusive Economic Development initiative. Part-time position (max 20hrs/week)

    • South Africa
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Feb 2020 - Feb 2023

      Data cleaning and analysis of mainly time series data, using newly developed techniques to determine historical predictability, evaluating out-of-sample predictability of various measures (mostly uncertainty and risk related) on financial instruments. Writing sections of academic papers, editing and formatting latex and Word documents, and miscellaneous administrative tasks. Part-time position (20hrs/week) Data cleaning and analysis of mainly time series data, using newly developed techniques to determine historical predictability, evaluating out-of-sample predictability of various measures (mostly uncertainty and risk related) on financial instruments. Writing sections of academic papers, editing and formatting latex and Word documents, and miscellaneous administrative tasks. Part-time position (20hrs/week)

    • Junior Data Consultant
      • Jun 2020 - Jul 2021

      Assisting the South African Revenue Service (SARS) with data extractions for the data facility at the National Treasury of South Africa. This included locating the data on the SQL servers, creating scripts to extract the data, performing quality assurance before transferring the data, creating metadata documents, and assisting with SARS internal client requests. Part-time position (30hrs/week) Assisting the South African Revenue Service (SARS) with data extractions for the data facility at the National Treasury of South Africa. This included locating the data on the SQL servers, creating scripts to extract the data, performing quality assurance before transferring the data, creating metadata documents, and assisting with SARS internal client requests. Part-time position (30hrs/week)

    • Assistant Lecturer
      • Feb 2018 - Nov 2019
    • South Africa
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Tutor
      • Jul 2015 - Nov 2017

      Tuition Answering of phones Attendance taking General administrative duties Tuition Answering of phones Attendance taking General administrative duties

Education

  • University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics
    2020 - 2023
  • University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
    Master's degree, Econometrics
    2019 - 2019
  • Fordham University
    Advanced Certificate, Emerging Markets and Country Risk Analysis
    2018 - 2018
  • University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
    Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Econometrics
    2018 - 2018
  • University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
    Bachelor’s Degree, Econometrics
    2015 - 2017
  • North-West University/Noordwes-Universiteit
    Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering
    2012 - 2014
  • Hoërskool Garsfontein
    2009 - 2011

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