Latest Recruitment at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• We are seeking to appoint a Senior Investment Analyst within the Old Mutual Customised Solutions boutique of Old Mutual Investment Group. The successful candidate will report to the Head of Investment & Quant Research and be responsible for assisting with investment research as well as the improvement of the current systemic processes. Predictive modelling, advanced algorithm design and optimisation that help the investment team to drive performance across the fund range will be part of the daily deliverables, along with any associated research activities.

Key Result Areas

The key objective is the research and development of new systematic tools and strategies, as well as the improvement of the current processes

• Assist in defining the investment and quant research framework
• Design and improve analytics tools and research engine
• Develop models for security selection across asset classes and across the risk spectrum
• Develop and test various optimisation methodologies
• Improve portfolio construction by developing tools to enhance and maximise the model transfer coefficient
• Research new risk management ideas
• Develop analytics tools and process large amounts of data
• Present on progress and results of research projects
• Document and validate all research, models and processes   
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability
• Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources
• Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipelines to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency, and other key business performance metrics
• Evaluate, benchmark, and improve the scalability, robustness, efficiency and performance of big data platform and applications

Requirements: Skills, Qualifications and Experience required

• Appropriate degree (honours preferable) with quantitative focus e.g., Maths/Stats/Computer Science/Investments/CFA
• 3-5 years relevant experience in financial services
• Meet FAIS requirements – education and experience
• Thorough understanding of the investment environment and financial markets; equity, fixed income and derivative markets both international and domestic
• Quantitative and financial modelling experience
• A good understanding of operational processes, various market settlement windows, benchmarks, mandates, tracking error, compliance and order management systems
• Advanced knowledge of Python and SQL is a prerequisite
• Experience with version control and relational database solutions

Competencies

• Enthusiasm and a passion for investments
• Sound Relationship management
• Decision making
• Ability to process large volumes of data
• Initiating Action
• Ownership
• Team Orientation
• Technical Knowledge and Modelling skills
• Risk Analysis
• Thinking skills
• Communication skills
• Presentation skills
• Ability to perform well under pressure
• Excellent attention to detail

Education

• Honours Degree  (Hons): Computer and Information Science (Required), Honours Degree  (Hons): Investment Management (Required), Honours Degree  (Hons): Mathematics (Required)