South Africa Job Openings

RisCura

Portfolio Analyst (Risk & Performance)

Cape Town

September 19, 2024

Applications Close 30 September 2024

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Reports To

Manager of Seniors

Application Criteria

Bachelor’s or Honours degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Finance or a related field
Inclination to complete the CIPM, FRM or CAIA charter

Experience

Graduate position to 1-2 years relevant experience

Purpose of Job

Providing portfolio investment analysis and reporting services in relation to asset owners, asset managers and service providers.

Key Competencies, Skills and Attributes

Pays attention to detail.
Safeguards integrity of sensitive client data.
Deals with large quantities of portfolio and market data.
Understanding of portfolio and instrument level information.
Strong analytical skills.
Proficienct in Excel, SQL and MS Power BI advantageous.
Good time management, and able to manage deadlines.
Able to work under pressure.
Understands industry trends.
Communicates clearly and politely, both verbally and in writing to clients.
Able to work independently but also be a team player.
Uses initiative, is pro-active and possesses problem solving skills.
Willing to put in long hours when needed to meet deadlines.

Monthly/Daily Tasks

Work with the team to:

Agree and plan work deliverables and priorities
Deal with large quantities of portfolio and market data on a daily basis
Retrieve, validate, reconcile, analyse and prepare data for daily, monthly and quarterly deliverables
Interrogate and analyse data to produce client reports
Interpret and analyse report results as input to the advisory services to the client
Safeguard the integrity of sensitive client data
Manually recalculate and verify statistics
Check reports generated by fellow analysts
Provide ad hoc analyses and supporting output
Respond to report queries when required
Work with the team to improve work practises:
Suggesting and generating ideas for improvement of current or development of future technical solutions, tools and platforms
Identifying shortcomings in current work methods and processes
Contributing to the establishment of in quality management processes

Manage their own performance and career by:

Developing career objectives and goals and pursuing it
Setting annual work goals and regularly meeting with their line manager to discuss their performance
Contributing to knowledge sharing and participation in special projects
Acting as a corporate citizen and participating in organisational discussions, events and innovation

Other Key Relationships

Assist fellow team members within the immediate team.
Collaborate with Ris Cura teams.
Interact with clients.
Assist analysts responsible for data processing.
Assist analysts responsible for data management.

Renumeration

Market related. EE disclaimer: Ris Cura complies with the Employment Equity Act and will fill all roles in accordance with our Employment Equity strategy and to the specification of the business area. Applicants who have not heard back from Human Resources within one month of the closing date should consider their application unsuccessful.

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