Macro-prudential Specialist

2 weeks ago

Pretoria, South Africa South African Reserve Bank Full time

-The main purpose of this position is to lead the development and implementation of stress-testing frameworks in order to promote stability in the financial system. This includes a quantitative analysis of potential systemic risks and advising policymakers on the soundness of financial institutions under stress scenarios.
-Detailed Description

Contribute to the development and implementation of top-down and bottom-up stress-testing frameworks (methodologies, processes, models etc.).
- Conduct stress-testing exercises and report the results to policymakers.
- Conduct research to inform the assumptions and relationships that underpin the relevant models.
- Conduct research on macroeconomic stress-testing and possible financial stability risks to enable the early detection of systemic vulnerabilities and provide thorough reports on the findings.
- Build econometric models to stress-test the resilience of financial institutions.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of monitoring frameworks for systemic risk in domestic financial institutions.
- Prepare briefings and presentations on stress-test results, research findings and economic analysis, and present these to internal and external stakeholders.
- Deliver work independently and determine deliverables from a range of prescheduled and ad hoc team responsibilities.
Job Requirements

the minimum of an Honours degree (NQF 8) in Econometrics, Economics, Mathematics or Statistics, a partial qualification in Actuarial Science, or an equivalent qualification; and
- the minimum of five years of job-related experience with a background in stress-testing, model development and/or quantitative analysis of systemic risk in the financial sector.
The following would be an added advantage:

experience in relevant programming languages (e.g. Matlab, Python, R);
- significant progress with Actuarial Science examinations; and/or
- proven experience in insurance regulation.
Additional requirements include:

an understanding of stress-testing of the insurance/banking sectors or a similar environment;
- knowledge of the insurance and banking regulatory frameworks and international standards;
- sound knowledge of economic and financial theories as well as macroprudential policies;
- experience with macroeconomic and/or microeconomic modelling;
- proven facilitation and presentation skills;
- experience in project management;
- experience in risk management;
- the ability to manage time and work on multiple projects simultaneously;
- excellent interpersonal skills;
- excellent communication skills (verbal and written); and
- proficiency in the use of Microsoft (MS) Office products such as MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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