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About this Front Office Quantitative Analyst role at FirstRand

FirstRand · Onsite · Johannesburg

Job Description

RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact.
United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.
Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2025, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.

Are You Someone Who Can

  • Analyse and research specific products and their valuation.
  • Initiate and implement mathematical modelling of new derivatives, notes and SFTs in line with trader specifications and deal confirmations
  • Liaise with traders to ascertain requirements for pre-trade pricing
  • Support quantification of any trade or business approved by the deal committee forum
  • Ensure models provide stable risk that is well understood and capture all risk
  • Apply a pragmatic lens where needed to make decisions regarding theory and practice
  • Build proficiency in usage of pricing libraries and systems used for flow and structured/exotic trades
  • Demonstrate Murex proficiency and ability to challenge and assess Murex models
  • Support modelling across vanilla and exotic valuations and their associated XVAs, as well as understanding counterparty risk on the trading book.
  • Challenge the status quo where appropriate to ensure models align with industry best practice
  • Demonstrate familiarity with regulations relating to derivatives and SFTs e.g. FRTB, SIMM, SA-CCR, SA-CVA
  • Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue, listen, advise, influence and negotiate to achieve correct outcomes
  • Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress, manage expectations and ensure stakeholders requirements are delivered
  • Preserve relationships despite airing conflicting views and seek mutual gains when addressing conflicts
  • Anticipate consequences and adapt problem solving based on continual feedback
  • Act speedily to resolve problems, queries and complaints
  • Thrive in an unstructured environment where daily tasks are not obvious and urgent, often complex, items may arise
  • Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
  • Demonstrate pride in the organisation’s brand, services and products by consistently delivering on the brand’s promise
  • Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
  • Stay relevant and up to date with legislation and new developments in quantitative finance
  • Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
  • Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
  • Take ownership of personal career development, leveraging formal and informal opportunities
  • Read situations and organisational realities
  • Set aside personal agenda for the greater good
  • Act in an ethical, transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices
  • Share, debate and communicate learnings
  • Flag and debate issues constructively
  • Promote a friendly and cooperative climate  

 

You Will Be an Ideal Candidate If You have

  • Education: Minimum honours degree with some quant finance, Masters preferred
  • 5 to 10 years in quantitative finance (ideally investment banking)
  • Systems and Library familiarity preferred: CompatibL, Murex,
  • Coding proficiency: C#, Python
  • Industry: Investment Banking 

 

You will have access to: 

  • Opportunities to network and collaborate
  • Challenging work
  • Opportunities to innovate

 

We can be a match if you are:

  • Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough
  • Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
  • Love putting our clients at the forefront of what you do

 

Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you further. Apply now!


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Important Closing Date Note

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

10/10/26

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.

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About FirstRand

FirstRand provides a comprehensive range of financial services in South Africa and certain markets in broader Africa. The group also offers certain niche products and services in the UK and India. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX), FirstRand Limited is the largest financial institution by market capitalisation in Africa. The group follows a multi-branding approach. Its portfolio of financial services businesses includes FNB, RMB, WesBank, Ashburton Investments, Aldermore, MotoNovo and DirectAxis. Many are leaders in their respective segments and markets, offering transactional, lending, investment and insurance products and services The Fir

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