Quantitative Analyst I

Recruiter:

wePlace

Job Ref:

JHB000929/SNDV

Date posted:

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Our client is looking for a Quantitative Analyst to join their collaborative and fast-growing team.

POSITION INFO:
Quantitative Analyst About the Team \/ Role The Model Validation team provides assurance on the accuracy, robustness, and governance of models. The unit plays a central role in supporting sound risk management, financial decision-making, and regulatory compliance. Our client's work spans a variety of domains, including credit risk, finance, capital modelling, and fraud detection. The team collaborates closely with modelling and business units, offering technical challenge and validation expertise to ensure models remain fit-for-purpose in an evolving environment. We are seeking a skilled professional to join our client's team as a Quantitative Analyst. In this role, you'll work on end-to-end model validations across different domains, take ownership of key deliverables, and build challenger models to ensure accuracy, reliability, and compliance of the bank's models. Requirements: Proven 3-6 years' experience in credit scorecard building, including developing, validating, and monitoring scorecards for credit risk application\/behaviour models or marketing purposes. Experience with data mining used for analyses and predictive modelling. Full understanding of the credit lifecycle . Strong analytical ability, with attention to detail and the ability to work across multiple model types. A collaborative mindset with the ability to engage effectively across technical and business teams. Qualifications Minimum: Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science or Data Science. Ideal or Preferred: Honours Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics or Acturial Science. Conditions of Employment Clear criminal and credit record Should you not receive a response from us within one week of your application, your application has unfortunately not been successful. You can visit our website for more vacancies: \/

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