Senior Quantitative Analyst - Portfolio Risk & Growth

Nedbank; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nedbank is seeking a senior quantitative analyst to translate advanced portfolio insights into practical business strategies across Home Loans and Motor Finance. You will combine hands-on analysis with stakeholder influence and team leadership to drive profitable growth, healthy credit outcomes and customer loyalty in the secured lending portfolio.

The role requires strong modelling, programming skills, and experience in credit analytics, with the ability to deliver reproducible analyses and

Qualifications

• Strong background in statistical modelling and forecasting.
• Experience with quantitative analysis for risk and portfolios.
• Exposure to credit/portfolio management and risk analytics.
• Proficient in SAS, Python or SQL.

Responsibilities

• Analyse secured lending portfolio profitability and credit outcomes to identify risks and opportunities.
• Translate analyses into practical recommendations for senior leadership.
• Develop and evaluate portfolio strategies for growth and risk-adjusted returns.
• Assess campaigns, pricing, policy changes, and portfolio optimization opportunities.

Skills

Statistical modelling

Forecasting

Quantitative analysis

Python

SQL

SAS

R

Stakeholder management

Programming

VBA

Education

Honours Degree

Postgraduate degree in Statistics/Mathematics/Actuarial Science/Economics

Tools

SAS

Python

SQL

R

Excel

VBA

MATLAB

Job description

Nedbank is seeking a senior quantitative analyst to translate advanced portfolio insights into practical business strategies across Home Loans and Motor Finance. You will combine hands-on analysis with stakeholder influence and team leadership to drive profitable growth, healthy credit outcomes and customer loyalty in the secured lending portfolio.

The role requires strong modelling, programming skills, and experience in credit analytics, with the ability to deliver reproducible analyses and