Quantitative Analyst

2 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Armstrong Appointments Full time

Verify investment data and maintain accuracy of data on asset management system/s. This is a day-to-day responsibility (using HiPort & Stat Pro)
- Portfolio Trade Implementation (create tools and use existing trade compliance and execution to dealer)
- Implement risk management techniques relative to portfolio/s. (Bond/Equity Portfolio)
- Produce performance indicators relative to benchmark
- Analyse, measure and monitor performance
- Perform detailed analysis of returns
- Perform attribution analysis and determine causes for under performance.
- Operate within the ethical, professional, and legal limits of the SA and International legislation and codes of practice regulating the financial markets.
- Produce performance reports as required and in an appropriate format.
- Build and maintain financial models.
- Attribution analysis and presentation
- Run /build quantitative models for analysis example, cluster analysis, Principal component analysis, Factor Analysis,
- Run regression models for risk factors, economic factors, and style factors
- Build a quantitative portfolio model, based on factors, also build a mean reversion portfolio
- Present on these portfolios
- Performance measurement and management
- Portfolio implementation and management
- Strong analytical and diagnostic skills
- Monitoring and maintenance of data
- Presentation skills
- Outstanding math, communication and financial literacy
- Ethical, pro-active, positive, confident and driven to excel.
- Persuasive and able to negotiate

Qualifications:

- Post Grad degree in either Maths or Stats or, BBusSc Econometrics or Actuarial Science
- SAS / JMP / R / Python, would be an advantage

**Experience**:

- Minimum 3 years’ experience - Experience in an asset management environment would be an advantage.
- SAS / JMP / R / Python, would be an advantage
- Proven knowledge in an asset management environment
- Technically literate in VBA; SQL Query and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of the Pension Funds Act and other relevant legislation

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