Chief Economist

The Chief Economist will lead a team of analysts to serve as the agency's leader on all economic policies and analyses. This position will build on the foundation of various agency initiatives and integrate the following into the NYSIF's operational matrix: lessons learned and identified benchmarks from the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity, ESG (Environment, Science and Governance), and net-zero 2040.

• **Serve as an Internal Consultant**: Develop policies/procedures and a strategic roadmap related to market-based economic principles, empirical analyses, and advise with detailed plans how the agency continues to progress forward to meet its expanding statutory mandates/obligations.
• **Manage Agency Operational Strategies**: Develop and/or update econometric/statistical data, criterion, and creation of operational plans including identification of resources (personal and non-personal), technologies, impacts, costs, and risks.
• **Evaluate Current and Future Agency Initiatives**: Identify business opportunities, coordinate systems to ensure high ethical standards, assess information and records, track internal and external issues that affect significant agency operations and recommend risk-mitigation measures, and identify and prioritize needed training needs for agency personnel.
• **Develop Mechanisms for Agency Relevance and Competitiveness**: Ensure the agency evolves and adapts to federal/state directives and the needs/expectations of all policyholders, related to all economic market factors and trends.
• **Identify and Implement National and State-Wide Best Practices**: Develop, review, analyze, implement, monitor, and report on nation-wide legislative, budgetary and/or insurance initiatives which affect the agency's economic viability.
• **Build and Establish Relationships**: Develop and implement uniform policies and procedures where entities have the same jurisdiction, and conduct and perform duties/activities related to all economic activities which leverage the agency and the state to continue to lead the private sector insurance industry in policy areas and the provision of certain products/services.
• **Perform Supervisory Functions**: Handle all other related/germane matters consistent with agency operations, including business process re-engineering, as assigned.

The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) was established in 1914 as part of the original enactment of the New York State Workers' Compensation Law. NYSIF's mission is to guarantee the availability of workers' compensation insurance at the lowest possible cost to New York employers and to provide timely, appropriate indemnity and medical payments to injured workers, while maintaining a solvent fund.

NYSIF prioritizes and champions diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) throughout our agency. We provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state, and local law.