Quantitative Credit Analyst

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Tracking Talent: a WilsonHCG Company Full time

A growing Asset Management Company is seeking a Quantitative Analyst to be part of the Credit team responsible for the Company’s Credit funds. To utilize the company’s credit philosophy process by employing quantitative analysis in asset selection, pricing and managing of credit portfolio. The person will be responsible for credit research & credit portfolio risk analysis.

The role includes extending and enhancing the functionality of the Portfolio Research and Investment Management Software. Therefore, strong programming skills, particularly in **Python** is a distinct advantage. Solid experience managing and analyzing large amounts of data is a must. The person will need to follow a collaborative team approach that adheres to the present company value framework.

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- University Post Graduate Degree in **Science / Engineering / Finance/ Statistics**:

- 1-2 years in a similar role within the **Financial Services industry**:

- Strong programming skills in Python is essential
- Studying towards **CFA** will be advantageous

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Quantitative analysis and tool development:

- Assist in defining the software framework and incorporate current analytics tools and reporting
- Assist in scoping model validation policies
- Develop data models and assess the effectiveness of the data models
- Investment model validation
- Develop processes and analytics tools to monitor model and portfolio performance and accuracy
- Research and develop new quantitative models and techniques
- Document research, processes, and model validation
- Credit Research and analysis:

- Use sector specific financial scorecard in order to analyse the creditworthiness of companies and their sub-factor drivers of the credit score. Across all sectors, our credit analysis focuses on:

- Capital Structure
- Liquidity & Solvency
- Profitability
- Other industry specific credit indicators
- The analyst would also be required to understand market dynamics (supply/demand of credit) and company fundamentals that may influence the company’ credit investment.
- Credit Management:

- The Analyst is required to monitor the risk adjusted return of the credit universe, build, and monitor portfolio optimization model - make recommendations that improve credit portfolio performance.
- Counter-party interaction will form part of the role
- The analyst will also be required to consider opportunities (both listed and unlisted).
- The analyst will obtain exposure to assets in the Infrastructure Funds (monitoring and new opportunities).
- Team Interaction
- Follow a collaborate approach which embraces the company value system
- Be proactive in generating new research and participating in debate
- Suggest and implement process enhancement to improve/speed up processes
- Contribute positively and be solutions driven

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