Senior Quantitative Analyst (Retail Credit Risk)

Recruiter:

Strategic Personnel

Job Ref:

JHB000825/AC

Date posted:

Friday, March 13, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

1100000 Annually

SUMMARY:
Established and high profile Financial Services company seeks an experienced Quantitative Analyst in Retail Credit Risk.

POSITION INFO:
Completed BSc Honours / BCom Honours (Maths/Statistics/BMI) + minimum 8-10 years relevant working experience in Credit Risk Analysis preferably from within retail financial services or retail banking. The role requires an overall understanding of credit, credit risk, credit data, originations, scorecards, collections etc.

The candidate needs to have significant business acumen to link the various aspects between originations, recoveries, defaults, bad debts, write offs etc.

Extensive SAS experience is essential.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard back from us by end of March 2026, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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