Job Description

LOCATION: Cape Town.R HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE PLUS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUSOur client is a leading fixed-income asset manager and specialist investment company which manages the full range of interest bearing and developmental investments in an ethical and sustainable way. The company is dedicated to the development and empowerment of South Africa and its people, with many of their investment offerings geared towards a meaningful difference to their world.They now seek a fixed income quantitative analyst to join their fixed income team. You are a quants graduate at honours level and have strong programming skills and a working knowledge of the investments market and instruments and now want to work in the trading area and assist the team to ensure they have the best most tech savvy systems and trading platforms. Work closely with the traders and this is a front office role - but needs the technical quants savvy. Market knowledge and trading knowledge the team have but they need your unique maths/ programming skills to 'round off' the team and ensure the best possible function in the trading space. Primarily FI and Derivatives.JOB DESCRIPTION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

• You will be responsible for performing fundamental quantitative market data research, with emphasis on the local market;
• You will be responsible for making recommendations on investment opportunities to the relevant team members in the investment team for portfolio construction;
• You will be responsible for developing and maintaining econometric models and databases using Excel, R, Python, etc.

CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• You are an energised team player;
• You are diligent, hard-working self-starter;
• You have strong planning and organisational skills;
• You have sound problem-solving skills;
• You have excellent communication (verbal or written) skills in English;
• You have high stress tolerance;
• You have a keen eye for detail;
• You are adaptable;
• You have curiosity and a willingness to learn.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• You have a, post graduate degree in statistics / mathematics or similar - this is required;
• You have CFA 1 / FRM or similar - this would be a distinct advantage;
• You have a strong quantitative skillset (econometrics, statistics, etc.),
• You have coding proficiency in at least one programming language (R/Python, etc.);
• You have a minimum of 3 years' current, relevant work experience.

Great team - hugely opportunity - they are so keen to welcome you and have you support their already highly successful high energy team with your specialist skills.

Claire Bourquin Recruitment Consultants