Junior Credit Strategist - Sandton at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Description

• Assist in conducting credit risk analysis on all issuers that are traded by the desk including potential issuers
• Maintenance of credit opinion on names
• Give regular updates to the trading team on issuers financial and operational performance
• Write credit reviews and pre-auction reviews to be distributed internally and externally
• Create sector dashboards to give an overview picture of the sector and update that on a regular basis
• Rank issuers by relative value based on credit metrics and other key fundamentals relevant to the industry
• Monitor financial results and keep track of results releases
• Be able to flag risks when you see them
• Have client engagements where you can discuss and give educated views on issuers
• Work closely with sales team in client engagements
• Write credit notes to be distributed to external clients on a regular basis
• Contribute to monthly trading reports distributed by traders
• Provide internal traders and external clients with trade ideas where you see opportunities
• Actively manage the proprietary book and track its performance.
• Effectively communicate the role of Credit Trading and the Credit Strategist to all relevant internal and external stakeholders .
• Develop and maintain good working relationships and a professional profile with internal and external business partners
• Maintenance of credit opinion on names

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)