Manager - Market Risk

EY; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking experienced professionals to join their Quantitative Advisory Services team. This role involves providing critical insights in credit risk, market risk, and data science to a diverse range of clients, including banking and insurance sectors. You will lead client engagements, develop innovative solutions, and mentor junior staff, all while enjoying a collaborative and inclusive work environment. With a strong emphasis on personal development and career progression, this opportunity promises to be both challenging and rewarding, allowing you to make a significant impact in a dynamic field.

Benefits

Support and coaching from colleagues

Opportunities to develop new skills

Flexible working conditions

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in quantitative advisory.
• Proficiency in VBA, R, or Python is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements and manage delivery of solutions.
• Develop and mentor junior staff while managing accounts.

Skills

VBA

R

Python

Quantitative Analysis

Client Engagement

Education

Honours or Masters degree (MCom / MSc / MPhil)

Professional qualification (CFA / FRM / PRM / FIA / FASSA)

Job description

Pay Competitive

Location Johannesburg/Gauteng

Employment type Full-Time

Job Description

Req#: 1430906

The opportunity

We are looking to expand our Quantitative Advisory Services (QAS) team by recruiting suitably qualified and experienced individuals. QAS focusses on providing credit risk, market risk and data science solutions to banking, insurance and other corporate clients. Our services cover statutory, regulatory and other quantitative areas from both a consulting and an assurance perspective.

Your key technical responsibilities

The successful applicant will work within a team which offers our clients advice and hands-on assistance with issues such as:

• IFRS 13 fair value measurement focussing on the valuation of exotic derivatives across a range of underlying asset classes and the valuation of fixed income and money market instruments
• IFRS 2 share-based payment and BEE deal valuation
• xVA modelling (credit and debit valuation adjustment, funding valuation adjustment, etc.)
• IRRBB and FRTB regulatory compliance
• Alternative reference rate transition

Your client and business responsibilities

• Participate in and lead client engagements
• Manage the build and delivery of client solutions, based on knowledge of clients’ agendas
• Develop informed views for clients on the implications of current and anticipated industry issues
• Assist with new business sales through proactively managing accounts, identifying new client opportunities and playing a role in developing and driving sales campaigns
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop your own personal skills
• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring all junior levels of staff
• Provide learning and growth opportunities to staff and encourage the potential within all staff to take on challenging opportunities
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for junior levels of staff
• Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training QAS professionals

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Qualifications: Relevant Honours or Masters (MCom / MSc /MPhil) level degree
• Professional qualification (CFA / FRM / PRM / FIA / FASSA) a plus
• A minimum of 5 years relevant working experience
• Proficiency in VBA, R or Python

What working at EY offers

As one of our valued employees in EY, you get to work on inspiring, meaningful and challenging projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. At EY we value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. In addition to these, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that encourages high quality and knowledge exchange. Furthermore, we offer excellent working conditions, in a stimulating, inclusive and enjoyable environment. We offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, consulting, strategy and transaction services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world. Apply now.

About the company

EY provides consulting, assurance, tax and transaction services that help solve our client’s toughest challenges and build a better working world for all.