Quantitative Investment Analyst - Pretoria

Recruiter:

Six Sense Consulting

Job Ref:

SSC000001/MS

Date posted:

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

JOB SUMMARY:
The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) invites applications for Quantitative Investment Analyst opportunities.
To enhance the GEPF’s investment monitoring processes and analyse investment performance.
This includes attribution analysis, investment reporting, investment administration, quantitative modelling, and performance database management.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Qualification and experience:

Education:

A relevant Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics, Actuarial Science,
Mathematics or Finance is required.
A relevant Post-Graduate qualification or further study towards an industry qualification e.g. CFA,
CIPM or FRM will be advantageous.

Experience:

3 to 6 years’ experience in investment performance and risk, investment quantitative or another investment related field.
Experience in institutional investing
Experience in portfolio monitoring and reporting
Exposure to financial modelling and database maintenance
Programming proficiency in SQL, proficiency in R, Python and VBA advantageous
User experience of at least one of the following systems: Bloomberg, Statpro, Fitch solutions,
MSCI Barra; HiPort and other investment –related systems and software.
Exposure to Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), and GIPS-compliant performance calculation methodologies.
Exposure to investment accounting processes and/or compliance.

Knowledge:

Demonstrate a good understanding of the underlying accounting data utilized in performance calculations.
Institutional investing, investment analysis and portfolio monitoring.
Knowledge of investment risk and performance metrics and analytics.
Ability to analyse financial information.
Understanding of the Government Employee Pension Fund and the pension fund industry in general.
Understanding of the investment management industry.

Skills:

Advanced excel skills
Strong analytical and numerical skills.
Computer literacy – MS Office application
Financial modelling skills.
Ability to interpret investment performance
Business report writing skills.
Computer proficiency (specialised computer software).
Meticulous attention to detail.
Strong organization, project and time management skills.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Please note if you have not been contacted within 2 weeks after the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
However, please keep a lookout on our website, for available positions which may be inline with your career aspirations.

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Quantitative Investment Analyst - Pretoria

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