Quantitative Analyst

Job Requisition Details

REQ: 138178

Closing Date: 13 March 2025

Talent Acquisition: Precious Motlhako 

Cluster and Location

Retail and Business Banking 

Johannesburg, Sandton

Hybrid

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

Job Purpose

To develop and maintain best practice qualitative and quantitative analytics and data assets that informs risk management strategies and processes in line with regulations and Nedbank standards

Job Responsibilities

•    Build and formally present reports by monitoring business performance and operations within the set risk appetite and through analysis, as and when required.
•    Increase efficiencies through programming and automating processes.
•    Participate in analytics-based projects that cover different aspects of credit risk management, including Credit Risk RWA, IFRS9 ECL adequacy, scorecards, and models. 
•    Drive process improvements across the credit risk reporting landscape.
•    Provide trend analysis and assurance on portfolio movements, with relevant investigation and interpretation.
•    Contribute to a high-performance team culture and continuous improvement via collaboration, knowledge sharing, mentoring, sprint planning and retrospectives, daily scrums, and project participation.
•    Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc).
•    Seek opportunities to improve business processes; models and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
•    Ensure continuity and record keeping through formal sign-off at forums and by creating documentation.
•    Ensure data accuracy through data and front-end analysis; pre and post testing of system/strategy changes.
•    Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers.
•    Enable skilling and required corrective action to take place by sharing knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

• 3-year qualification in a Mathematical related BSc, Engineering, CFA, FRM, CQF

Minimum Experience Level

• 1 - 3 years relevant experience in an analytical environment
• Preferred experience in understanding Basel Capital and IFRS 9 Impairments 
• Preferred experience in modelling

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies