Quantitative Investment Analyst

2 weeks ago


Pretoria, South Africa Six Sense Full time

Gauteng, Tshwane (Pretoria)
Annually Cost To Company (Market related)

To enhance the GEPF’s investment monitoring processes and analyze investment performance. This includes attribution analysis, investment reporting, investment administration, quantitative modelling, and performance database management.
**Qualification and experience**:
**Education**:

- A relevant bachelor’s degree in Financial Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics, Actuarial Science,
- Mathematics or Finance is required.
- A relevant post-Graduate qualification or further study towards an industry qualification e.g., CFA, CIPM or FRM will be advantageous.

**Experience**:

- 3 to 6 years’ experience in investment performance and risk, investment quantitative or another investment related field.
- Experience in institutional investing
- Experience in portfolio monitoring and reporting
- Exposure to financial modelling and database maintenance
- Programming proficiency in SQL, proficiency in R, Python and VBA advantageous
- User experience of at least one of the following systems: Bloomberg, Statpro, Fitch solutions,
- MSCI Barra; HiPort and other investment -related systems and software.
- Exposure to Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), and GIPS-compliant performance
- calculation methodologies.
- Exposure to investment accounting processes and/or compliance.

**Knowledge**:

- Demonstrate a good understanding of the underlying accounting data utilized in performance calculations.
- Institutional investing, investment analysis and portfolio monitoring.
- Knowledge of investment risk and performance metrics and analytics.
- Ability to analyze financial information.
- Understanding of the Government Employee Pension Fund and the pension fund industry in general.
- Understanding of the investment management industry.

**Skills**:

- Advanced excel skills
- Strong analytical and numerical skills.
- Financial modelling skills.
- Ability to interpret investment performance
- Business report writing skills.
- Computer proficiency (specialized computer software).
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Strong organization, project and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

For more information please contact:
Mandy Scullard

**Job Type**: Permanent



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