Quantitative Analyst
Reporting to: Head of Pricing
Role Overview: Nimble Group is a specialist financial services firm that provides credit management solutions to established credit grantors across the banking, retailer, and service-providing industries.
Our success is largely driven by the precision, agility, and accuracy of our investment team. This team has built state-of-the-art pricing models and has developed the skills to balance commercial instincts with statistical models.
We’re looking for someone who will contribute to our nimble nature, fast-paced solution engineering mind-set, and continuous exploring of new ideas and concepts. We’re a team of self-starters who enjoy pushing the boundaries of what it takes to stay ahead of the game.
If you get excited about building and refining models, applying the latest analytical tools, chasing deadlines, and working with a team that drives continuous improvement - Nimble is the company for you!
Location: Woodstock, Cape Town
Minimum Requirements:
- Honours degree or equivalent experience in a quantitative field (Actuarial Science, Financial Risk Management, Investments, Statistics, Mathematics or similar)
- 2 + years of relevant work experience.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel.
- Working knowledge of SQL programming language
- Python knowledge will be advantageous.
Key responsibilities:
- Work with a wide range of data to accurately price various credit portfolios ranging across different products, sectors and jurisdictions.
- Present proposed pricing and associated risks to the senior team of executives for various governance approvals (EXCO, Investment Committee and Board of Directors).
- Set required benchmarks for acquired assets.
- Monitor and report on investment performance.
- Back-test pricing models.
- Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to enhance and refine existing pricing models and build new pricing models for different asset classes and new markets.
Competencies / skills
- Knowledge of forecasting and various predictive-analytics techniques (eg. machine learning).
- Analysing large datasets.
- Attention to detail.
- Strong inter-personnel and communication skills.
- Self-motivated, analytically minded and inquisitive.
- Able to work in a high-performance deadline driven team.
Working Hours:
You will be required to work a maximum of 45 hours per week.
Monday to Friday
How do I Apply?
External applications: Register a careers profile and apply for the vacancy on https://nimble-group.breezy.hr/
This appointment will be made in line with the Nimble Group Employment Equity plan.