Gauteng: Quantitative Business Analyst posted by Psybergate

What you will be doing:

• Design, specify, configure, test, and support solutions that enable business capabilities and enhance client-centric outcomes
• Devise pricing and risk management solutions, including related IT processes, maintenance, testing, and production support
• Construct, analyse, and validate financial models, including product pricing, curve stripping, and scenario analysis
• Perform process design, analysis, testing, and troubleshooting within pricing and risk management environments
• Analyse system capabilities and assess suitability for pricing and risk-related business requirements
• Analyse complex data and business situations to identify problems, develop solutions, and provide logical recommendations
• Analyse, design, and implement purchased and in-house software applications
• Test and validate implemented logic, calculations, and business processes
• Investigate and resolve recurring production incidents in collaboration with multiple stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, systems, and operational efficiencies
• Develop recommendations for process improvements and system enhancements
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, vendors, and technical teams to understand requirements and drive solution delivery
• Review business demand items and assess impacts on systems, processes, and technology environments
• Partner with process owners to develop roadmaps for future system and process enhancements
• Identify potential service gaps and assess the impact of new technologies or process changes
• Translate business requirements into clear functional and technical specifications
• Coordinate integration activities across internal and external service providers
• Monitor business benefits against approved business cases and track value realisation

What we are looking for:

• Honours Degree in Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Economics, or a related field
• 5+ years’ experience as a Quantitative Business Analyst, Quantitative Analyst, Risk Analyst, or Financial Markets Business Analyst
• Strong understanding of pricing, valuation, risk management, and financial modelling concepts
• Experience constructing and analysing pricing models, risk models, curve stripping, and scenario analysis
• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into technical specifications
• Strong business analysis and process analysis capabilities
• Experience working with financial systems, risk platforms, or pricing applications
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
• Experience testing, validating, and supporting business and technology solutions
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively across business, quantitative, and technology teams

Advantageous:

• CFA, FRM, CQF, or related financial markets qualification
• Experience within Capital Markets, Global Markets, Treasury, Risk, or Trading environments
• Knowledge of derivatives, fixed income, foreign exchange, or structured products
• Experience with SQL, Python, R, MATLAB, or similar analytical tools
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments
• Exposure to production support, incident management, and system integration

Please note if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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