Quantitative Analyst

16 hours ago

Cape Town, South Africa Tracking Talent Full time

Exciting opportunity for a Quantitative Analyst to join the team of an investment Management company based in the beautiful Southern Suburbs of Cape Town.

This is your opportunity to be part of the Cash and Income team responsible for the architecture of the systematic investment engine, databases, research, analytics tools, and processes. A great role with excellent growth potential and exposure to all asset classes.

Duties will include ;efficiently receiving, transferring, processing, analysing and streamlining information, research and business processes, including integrating 3rd party service providers and systems and all required reporting.

The role includes extending and enhancing the functionality of PRIME, the Portfolio Research and Investment Management Engine.

If you have strong programming skills, particularly in Python and SQL and solid experience managing and analysing large amounts of data, this could be the role for you.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The key objective is the development of analytics tools and strategies, as well as the improvement and extension of PRIME for the Cash and Income Funds
- Assist in defining the PRIME framework and incorporate current analytics tools and reporting
- Assist in scoping model validation policies
- Develop data models and algorithms best suited to a team and/or process
- Assessing effectiveness of the data models
- Investment model validation
- Develop processes and analytics tools to monitor model and portfolio performance and accuracy
- Document research, processes and model validation

Research

The key objective is to advance research efforts and improve overall quality and coverage with the aim of improving alpha
- Expand strategies and market coverage (guided)
- Portfolio construction and risk management tools (guided)
- Assist in developing visualisations and relevant content for PRIME
- Collaborate and present on new strategies and enhancements to existing strategies
- Derivatives research and strategy ideas

Team Interaction

The key objective is to work on a collaborative basis, ensuring that the team remains cohesive and successful
- Follow a collaborative approach
- 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

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
- 3 or more years of experience in a comparable role, or in another quantitative finance field, having coded predictive models in various scripting languages.
- Essential to understand and implement sound econometric concepts in different scripting languages, driving efficiencies within the team and research processes. Knowledge of

various statistical techniques and data science are therefore key elements.
- Strong programming skills, particularly in Python / R required
- Solid experience managing and analysing large amounts of data is a must (ideally SQL)

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- University Post Graduate Degree (Science / Engineering / Finance) / Masters
- Strong programming skills in Python and SQL is essential

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