Quantitative Analyst
- Employer
- Tradam Transformation Solutions
- Location
- North Johannesburg JHB - Northern Suburbs Johannesburg, South Africa
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Jul 2, 2022
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*Reference: JHB000054-Njay-1*
*An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Quant Analyst exists for our client, a South African-based asset management business. That offers a range of carefully designed investment products and tailor-made solutions, staying focused on our core competencies.*
The Quant Analyst works under the overall supervision of the Fund Manager and CIO with a view to becoming an assistant Fund Manager.
The main responsibility will be analysing market data, generating and reporting strategic views of various industries and assets within the sphere of investments of the Fixed income funds. Idea generation is backed up by both technical and fundamental reasoning.
*Key Responsibilities/Duties:*
* Analyse incoming research material and identify items of greatest value to the fund managers
* Do independent Macro research
* Contribute to portfolio management process through insights/arguments for risk positioning and generation of investable themes
* Assist the fund manager with investment implementation and related administration
* Provide product and investment information to our internal clients (sales and marketing) via written materials, conference calls, presentations, and internal meetings
* Responsible for assisting the fund managers to ensure portfolios adhere to relevant regulation and fund mandates through the effective implementation of operational controls
* Maintain desk procedures, how-to guides, and risk registers, ensuring the processes and controls are captured and adhered to by those involved in the investment process
* Assist in the collation of material and output of regular client and ad hoc client and business reports
* To produce/maintain appropriate spreadsheets to support the investment process
* *
*Education Work Experience / Skills*
* Postgraduate: Mathematics, Statistics or Engineering
* Minimum 3 years experience as a fixed income/credit analyst
* Strong programming skills; Excel, Python, C or R
* Knowledge of portfolio risk management
* High level of self-motivation
* Ability to work independently as well as a member of a high performing team
Compensation commensurate with position and experience
R 450 000 - 600 000
*An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Quant Analyst exists for our client, a South African-based asset management business. That offers a range of carefully designed investment products and tailor-made solutions, staying focused on our core competencies.*
The Quant Analyst works under the overall supervision of the Fund Manager and CIO with a view to becoming an assistant Fund Manager.
The main responsibility will be analysing market data, generating and reporting strategic views of various industries and assets within the sphere of investments of the Fixed income funds. Idea generation is backed up by both technical and fundamental reasoning.
*Key Responsibilities/Duties:*
* Analyse incoming research material and identify items of greatest value to the fund managers
* Do independent Macro research
* Contribute to portfolio management process through insights/arguments for risk positioning and generation of investable themes
* Assist the fund manager with investment implementation and related administration
* Provide product and investment information to our internal clients (sales and marketing) via written materials, conference calls, presentations, and internal meetings
* Responsible for assisting the fund managers to ensure portfolios adhere to relevant regulation and fund mandates through the effective implementation of operational controls
* Maintain desk procedures, how-to guides, and risk registers, ensuring the processes and controls are captured and adhered to by those involved in the investment process
* Assist in the collation of material and output of regular client and ad hoc client and business reports
* To produce/maintain appropriate spreadsheets to support the investment process
* *
*Education Work Experience / Skills*
* Postgraduate: Mathematics, Statistics or Engineering
* Minimum 3 years experience as a fixed income/credit analyst
* Strong programming skills; Excel, Python, C or R
* Knowledge of portfolio risk management
* High level of self-motivation
* Ability to work independently as well as a member of a high performing team
Compensation commensurate with position and experience
R 450 000 - 600 000
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