Job: Graduate Risk Analyst

Company : Skill Farm; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Skill Farm in Johannesburg, Gauteng, is seeking a Graduate Data Analyst with AI and analytics focus. The role requires an Honours degree in Mathematics, Physics, or Quantitative Finance, programming ability, and relevant qualifications (FRM/CFA/CQF). Experience in market risk or quantitative analysis within finance is valued.

The position emphasizes risk identification, timely reporting, and driving process improvements across systems and platforms within a compliant framework.

Qualifications

• Honours degree in Mathematics, Physics, or Quantitative Finance.
• Programming ability is required.
• FRM qualification, CFA, or CQF are considered relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Identify and escalate risks, and provide timely reports on operations, performance and audit findings.
• Investigate opportunities to optimize processes and flag migration opportunities to platforms.
• Support technology efforts in process and system improvements.

Skills

Programming ability

Education

Honours Degree in Mathematics, Physics, or Quantitative Finance

FRM qualification

CFA

CQF

Job description

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Date: 19-8-2024

Graduate Data Analyst (Ai And Analytics)

Skill Farm members are invited to apply for a role that involves adhering to service level agreements, organizational values, and service standards, ensuring first-time resolution of customer queries, meeting turnaround times, proposing improvements on internal processes, ensuring product knowledge and guidance is technically accurate, and executing work in accordance with organizational values and code of ethics. The minimum qualifications for this role include a minimum Honours Degree in Mathematics, Physics, or Quantitative Finance, programming ability, a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) qualification, CFA, or Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF), and at least 2 years of experience in market risk, model validation, quantitative analysis, or related areas within a financial institution. The role also involves identifying and escalating risks, providing timely reports on operations, performance, and audit findings, investigating new ways to optimize processes, and flagging opportunities for migration to platforms and supporting technology in process and system improvements.