Quantitative Analyst
Job Location:
Stellenbosch - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
8 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Ready to take your quantitative modelling career to the next level
An exciting opportunity is available for a highly analytical professional to join a specialist team responsible for challenging validating and enhancing critical risk and predictive models that support strategic business decision-making.
An exciting opportunity is available for a highly analytical professional to join a specialist team responsible for challenging validating and enhancing critical risk and predictive models that support strategic business decision-making.
What youll be doing:
- Conduct end-to-end model validations across multiple risk and business domains
- Build challenger models to assess model performance robustness and accuracy
- Evaluate model governance assumptions methodologies and implementation
- Analyse large datasets to identify trends risks and opportunities
- Perform predictive modelling and statistical analysis
- Validate credit risk financial fraud and behavioural models
- Collaborate with model developers and business stakeholders to ensure models remain fit-for-purpose
- Contribute to strong risk management practices and regulatory compliance
What were looking for:
- Minimum 36 years of experience in credit risk modelling and scorecard development
- Strong exposure to application and behavioural scorecards
- Experience in scorecard validation monitoring and performance tracking
- Proven predictive modelling and data mining capability
- Solid understanding of the end-to-end credit lifecycle
- Strong statistical and analytical problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate complex findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Qualifications:
- Degree in Mathematics Statistics Actuarial Science Data Science Quantitative Finance or a related quantitative field
- Honours degree or postgraduate qualification highly advantageous
Youll thrive in this role if you are:
- Passionate about analytics and modelling
- Naturally curious and detail-oriented
- Comfortable with challenging assumptions and methodologies
- Skilled at translating data into meaningful insights
- Able to balance technical rigour with commercial understanding
- Motivated by solving complex business problems
This is an outstanding opportunity for a quantitative professional looking to work on high-impact modelling initiatives while expanding their exposure across risk predictive analytics and model governance.
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