Quantitative Analyst

4 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

Job Description

To provide a quantitative service to Global Markets Trading and Structuring by valuing and providing a risk management service for exotic trades, performing ongoing research and development and developing quantitative solutions for a variety of Global Markets issues
- Analyse and research specific products. Initiate and implement mathematical modelling of the trade in line with given requirements
- Provide Traders and Structurers with functionality so that they can use the model, depending on urgency, liaise directly with Traders
- Provide ongoing checking for relevance and alignment if prices differ vastly
- Support any trade or business approved by the DCF
- Model the pricing and run standard and VAR stresses on the model and its output prices
- Provide information to Market Risk as well as base validations of trades to the accounting systems and downstream feeds to various other internal systems
- Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue listen advise influence and negotiate to achieve win win outcomes
- Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress manage expectations and ensure stakeholders requirements are delivered
- Preserve relationships despite airing conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts
- Anticipate consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback
- Act speedily to resolve problems queries and complaints
- Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
- Demonstrate pride in the organisations brand services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise
- Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
- Stay relevant and up to date with legislations and new developments
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
- Plan and manage own workflow anticipating obstacles juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time frames and according to quality standards
- Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities
- Read situations and organisational realities
- Set aside personal agenda for the greater good
- Act in an ethical transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices
- Share debate and communicate learnings
- Flag and debate issues constructively
- Promote a friendly cooperative climate

Job Details

Application Closing Date

07/02/24

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