Fixed Income Analyst

Our client is looking for an experienced, Fixed Income Analyst. Under supervision, you will be responsible for managing fixed income portfolios, researching, and recommending various investment vehicles (with a primary emphasis on a fixed income-credit analysis) for client investment.

**Duties and responsibilities**:
Research, analysis and making recommendations
- Researches and evaluates market conditions, analyses trends to identify potential investment opportunities, and potential risks and makes appropriate investment decisions.
- Sources, filters, and analyses information in order to calculate the fair value of listed fixed income and credit securities.
- Attends investor meetings and Investment Analyst Society presentations, presenting cases for investment.
- Benchmarks company performance both domestically and globally

Maintain and update valuation models
- Develops and maintains quantitative/analytic Sovereign and credit models, conducting sensitivity analysis.
- Manages and maintains updated valuation models.
- Manages and maintains listed securities ranking model.
- Updates and build financial models.

Communicate with key stakeholders
- Keeps abreast of current affairs and listed security industry changes and opportunities to make quick and informed recommendations.
- Participates and prepares for business meetings with team and management in the listed securities space.
- Updates internal research platform/dashboard on listed security investments.
- Provides detailed feedback on the listed securities which includes performance and key results.

**REQUIRED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**
- Bachelor’s Degree (major in economics, business, or finance preferred)
- Studying towards CFA or CA(SA) will be advantageous
- At least 4 to 5 years of job-related experience
- Sound understanding of economic and investment theory and practices
- Knowledge of financial procedures and practices, financial reporting and Regulation 28 reporting, Investment accounting, standards and guidelines, Investments
- In-depth knowledge of a wide variety of valuation methodologies
- Excellent quantitative abilities.
- Financial system knowledge**Salary**: R548,726.00 - R699,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Bryanston, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)