Quantitative Analyst : Multi-Asset

10X Investments; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in Cape Town is seeking a Quantitative Analyst to refine its multi-asset investment processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong quantitative background, programming skills in Python, and over 5 years of experience in portfolio management. This role offers exciting challenges in a dynamic environment and the opportunity to contribute to systemic investing strategies.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Free breakfast

Wellness support programme

Fitness rewards app

Day off on your birthday

Qualifications

• 5+ years in quantitative portfolio management or systematic investing
• Masters degree preferred
• Experience in derivatives markets

Responsibilities

• Enhance the CMA engine and maintain valuation models
• Develop scenario libraries and ensure data integrity
• Produce decision-ready dashboards for asset class visuals

Skills

Quantitative modelling

Asset pricing theory

Portfolio optimisation

Risk modelling

Strong programming skills in Python

Education

Post-graduate degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Actuarial, Engineering, Finance

Job description

Quantitative Analyst : Multi-Asset

About 10X10X is disrupting the South African investment industry to help people get dramatically better value for their long-term savings.

Helping people get more money when they need it, is our aim.10X manages more than R65bn across our systematic strategies, over R32bn of which is invested in our flagship multi-asset fund range.

Our long-term valuation driven framework delivered at low cost, drives better investment outcomes for our clients.

We're on a mission to build a customer‑centric and tech‑enabled company, but we've only just started.

We need great people to help us achieve our dreams.

Sure, it's a big challenge but what's the point of spending your life doing easy unimportant things?

If you are a passionate, determined, smart, self‑starting, ambitious independent thinker that wants to make a positive difference in people's long-term financial well‑being, then we would love to hear from you.

Location

Cape Town

Purpose of job

Refine and continuously advance the quantitative engine that powers 10X's long-term, systematic multi-asset process and underpins the management of more than R32bn across our multi-asset mandates. Advance the capital market assumption engine, optimisation routines and stress‑testing framework, upholding rigorous data‑quality and governance standards while partnering with engineers to transform this toolkit into a scalable, user‑friendly platform. The outcome is a robust system that drives dynamic, evidence‑based asset allocation decisions and enables the Solutions team to deliver the same disciplined insights and portfolio construction capabilities to third‑party clients.

Responsibilities

• Quantitative platform and model engineering (50%)
  • Enhance the CMA engine: maintain and enhance all asset class valuation models which drive long‑term risk and return expectations
  • Develop optimisation and scenario libraries: integrate stress‑testing and scenario analysis libraries into the portfolio optimisation framework
  • Ensure data integrity and model governance
  • Productise analytics: collaborate with engineers to embed code in a scalable, user‑friendly platform
  • Drive research and innovation: stay abreast with current research and apply best practice to investment process
• Portfolio construction support (40%)
  • Produce decision‑ready dashboards: deliver concise market and asset class visuals
  • Convert asset allocation outputs into portfolio positioning recommendations
  • Analyse and attribute performance: identify drivers and feed improvements back into the process
• Thought Leadership & collaboration (10%)
  • Draft clear methodology notes
  • Translate analytics into plain English narratives: craft concise materials for Distribution support
  • Mentoring of junior analysts

Qualifications

• Post‑graduate degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Actuarial, Engineering, Finance or related quantitative field; Masters preferred
• CFA, CQF, FRM advantageous
• Experience: 5+ years in quantitative portfolio management, asset allocation or systematic investing at an asset manager, bank or consultant
• Skills:
  • Demonstrable expertise in quantitative modelling, asset pricing theory, portfolio optimisation and risk modelling
  • In‑depth knowledge of global financial markets and the macro‑economic landscape
  • Working knowledge of derivatives
  • Strong programming skills in Python
• Attributes:
  • Passionate about long‑term multi‑asset investing
  • Highly motivated self‑starter
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Structured thinker
  • Strong communicator
  • Collaborative demeanour

Why it's fun to work at 10X

• Our values guide everything we do; they are: We Own it, We Challenge, We Grow, and We Care.
• We offer great benefits including an annual bonus, free breakfast, a wellness support programme, a fitness rewards app and a day off on your birthday.
• We have a flexible approach to location.

You can choose to work in our cool offices in Bree Street, from home, or a combination of both.

We are on a drive to grow fast and to help people have more money for when they need it most.

Closing date

17 November

Next steps

• Forward your CVs to : Note : If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks after the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful.