Quantitative Analyst: Bonds

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Prescient Full time

**Purpose of role**:
Join our **Bonds team** and gain exposure to every aspect of **interest-bearing research and portfolio management**. This is a high-impact analytical role where you will take ownership of **research, modelling, and strategic insights** on fixed income markets using both **quantitative and fundamental techniques**.

You will contribute to research on **economic trends, market flows, duration positioning, yield enhancement, and derivatives**, helping to define fair value across money and bond markets. Alongside research, you will play an active role in **portfolio construction, risk management, and implementation**, ensuring ideas are translated into performance.

**Duties and responsibilities**: Interest-Bearing Research**

Objective: Push the boundaries of research quality and innovation to generate alpha.
- Build and expand quantitative strategies and models to deepen market coverage.
- Research and test derivatives, yield enhancement, and duration strategies.
- Document and publish research, models, and processes for scalability.
- Contribute content to the Bond Portal and internal knowledge sharing.
- Be proactive in generating new research ideas and challenging conventional thinking.

**Interest-Bearing Portfolio Management & Implementation**

Objective: Turn research into results by maintaining and optimising bond portfolios.
- Oversee and maintain bond model portfolios with disciplined execution.
- Manage cashflow implementation and bond dealing.
- Ensure compliance with mandates and risk parameters.
- Contribute to portfolio strategy, including:
- Asset allocation decisions
- Duration positioning
- Yield enhancement opportunities
- Currency insights
- Risk management using derivatives

**Team Interaction**

Objective: Work collaboratively in a high-performance, idea-driven environment.
- Embrace a team culture that values debate, innovation, and shared success.
- Contribute actively in discussions and bring fresh perspectives from your academic background.
- Suggest and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency.
- Share insights that can add value to client engagement and thought leadership.

**Required Skills and Experience**:

- Actuarial Science, Financial Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields (Honours or MSc level).
- 0-2 years’ experience in a financial markets or asset management environment or graduates with outstanding academic achievements who are eager to begin their careers.
- Coding ability in Python, R, Matlab, C++, C# or similar; **essential**:
**Required Qualifications**:

- Minimum: Honours degree in a quantitative discipline (Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, or similar). Must include at least 2 years of Mathematics and Statistics at undergraduate level.
- Additional professional qualifications (CFA, CQF, or in progress) would be an advantage.

**Key competencies**:

- Exceptional quantitative and analytical ability.
- Ability to generate and test new ideas with logical rigour.
- Strong programming and modelling skills.
- High accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills and intellectual curiosity.
- Organised, structured, and able to perform under pressure.
- Ambitious, motivated, and driven to achieve results.

**Why this role**:

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