Quantitative Credit Analyst

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Job Description


Key Responsibilities:

  • Credit Risk Aggregation: Lead the implementation of tools like economic capital and earnings at risk models to deliver a holistic view of credit risk exposures.
  • Model Maintenance & Validation: Ensure accuracy and compliance by maintaining, updating, and validating credit risk models in line with annual requirements.
  • Risk Exposure Analysis: Deliver monthly and quarterly insights into portfolio changes and aggregate risk exposures across all business units.
  • Risk Appetite & Strategy: Collaborate with the Head of Credit to set and cascade credit risk limits, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives.
  • Portfolio Optimization: Partner with business units to refine portfolios, leveraging credit tools to enhance alignment with risk strategies.
  • Model Enhancement: Support business units by refining models for probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD), and other critical metrics.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Build strong relationships with credit quants, boosting their capabilities and model performance.
  • Governance: Play a key role in the technical credit risk model approval process, ensuring compliance with group-wide standards.
Experience & Qualifications:
  • Minimum Honors Degree in Finance, Financial Engineering, Quantitative Analytics, Actuarial Science, or a related field (postgraduate qualification is an advantage).
  • 5+ years of banking experience with hands-on expertise in developing and maintaining credit risk models (PD, LGD, etc.) for retail and investment portfolios.
  • Moodys Risk Frontier experience is essential for aggregating and analyzing credit exposures across portfolios.
  • Expertise in Economic Capital Modeling and tools for aggregating credit risk exposures across multiple dimensions.
  • Strong technical analysis, problem-solving, critical thinking, and data analytics skills.
Take the lead in driving innovative credit risk solutions and apply today!
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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1356548
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  • Education
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