JSE: Junior Risk Analyst Opportunity

Qualification

•  Degree in Investments,
•  Risk Management,
•  Mathematics or other relevant discipline from an accredited school is required

Requirements

•  Solid mathematical understanding of basic financial instruments
•  Very good understanding of MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)
•  Experience with VBA and SQL tools will be an advantage
•  Strong analytical experience and or background

Responsibilities

•  Collection and capturing of trade data from various service providers.
•  Processing of market and trade data
•  Perform routine data management, such as data clean-up and data integrity checks.
•  Understanding the risk process and risk analysis for the Nautilus Business. Including mandate limits and the application of mandate limits to trading portfolios.
•  Producing daily reports for all funds on the platform and distributing reports to clients and stakeholders.
•  Escalating mandate breaches to the Risk Manager.
•  Respond to basic level queries received from clients or service providers, escalating queries when applicable.
•  Liaise with IT and 3rd party service providers with regards to business requirements and risk systems.
•  Assist with testing and implementation of systems and valuation models.
•  Foster a broad understanding of business and technologies relevant to the Nautilus business and business strategies
•  Understand the regulatory environment in which Nautilus operates. Keep up to date with changes and new regulations.

Competencies

•  A strong understanding and application of mathematics.
•  All risk processes and calculations requires working with numbers, interest rates, time value of money, data skews and curves, corporate actions and assumptions.
•  A good understanding of financial Instruments.
•  The risk process will require constant pricing and modelling of various financial instruments.
•  The financial markets are ever evolving and updates, changes or new products is part of day to day business.
•  Demonstrate ability to think in terms of business outcomes / results
•  Demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills
•  Demonstrate ability to remain calm and focused under pressure
•  Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, external business and vendors
•  Flexibility to work in a changing, fast-paced environment
•  Strong affinity for numeracy and calculations
•  Possess a strong work ethic and sense of urgency
•  Possess a high level of energy and enthusiasm
•  Ability to function in a very complex and often highly charged environment
•  Self-starter
•  Flexibility

How To Apply

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Closing date: Unspecified