Job Openings at Public Investment Corporation

Purpose of the role:

• To carry out in-house equity research, supply the Head of Equities and Portfolio Manager: Resources with equity investment recommendations to enable PIC to meet its investment targets. To also assist with the forecast of key commodities as well as maintenance of the house view insofar as it relates to the Resources sector for the PIC.

Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• B Degree in Commerce, Finance or Science
• At least 3 to 5 years’ experience in financial markets
• FAIS RE5, RE1 and RE3

Preferred Qualifications and experience:

• A Postgraduate degree in Science, Commerce and Finance, MBA, CFA or CA
• B.Sc (Eng) and B.Sc (Geology) or similar
• Work experience in the mining/oil and gas sector

Minimum Technical/Core Skill Requirement

• Understanding of the resources sector (Commodities, cost drivers and changing macro impact)
• Investment banking, private equity or equity research experience
• Maintain, develop, and update fundamental equity models

Duties:

• Highlighting key macro-economic events to the team
• Formulation of house commodity view, together with the Resources team
• Stock recommendation with a detailed investment thesis
• Detailed presentation of these recommendations to both the sector-head and the Internal
• Listed Equities team
• Complete and customise valuation models
• Awareness of portfolio and stock exposures
• Timely maintenance of valuation models to factor in new market information
• Provision of investment thesis, valuations, industry and company information
• Provision of timely commentary – dissemination of real-time news-flow

Competencies and skills:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Good interpersonal skills
• Presentation skills
• Be able to handle pressure
• Time management skills
• Analysis and attention to details
• Business and financial acumen
• Judgement and problem-solving
• Drives consistent results

Closing Date: 20 March 2026

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Purpose of the role:

• To manage market risk by identifying, quantifying and on an ongoing basis, monitoring the exposure of the
• PIC portfolios to various forms of market risk (e.g. price/position risk, investment risk, interest rate risk, and equity risk). To formulate tactics and implement systems to manage market risk. To stress test portfolios under various market conditions to determine the impact on the profit and loss on the portfolio. Work is highly complex and can be abstract, makes recommendations that are considered authoritative.

Requirements:
Minimum qualifications and experience:

• B Com, BSc or any related quantitative degree
• 2 – 4 years relevant experience
• FAIS RE 05 certification or must be obtained within 6 months of employment
• Post graduate degrees and/or CFA, FRM will be advantageous

Minimum Technical/Core Skill Requirement

• Strong analytical skills
• Strong quantitative skills
• Advanced Excel, MS Access and VBA skills
• Knowledge of Matlab, SAS and/or R
• Knowledge of risk management principles and practices
• Asset management and/or financial services knowledge and experience
• Valuation capabilities (listed and unlisted instruments) and knowledge of valuation techniques
• Financial modelling capabilities (build, maintain and validate models)
• Ability to work in a highly pressurized environment
• Compliance management
• Financial analysis skills
• Pro-active thinking
• Inter-personal relations
• Creativity/innovation
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written

Duties:

• To identify, analyse, measure, evaluate, monitor and regular reporting of market risk (daily, monthly, quarterly, annual reporting requirements)
• Periodic valuation of financial instruments, derivatives, and other structured investment products
• Adherence to market risk policies and guidelines to ensure that risk management controls remains robust within market risk
• Compilation of risk reports for internal and external stakeholders (e.g. management and clients)
• Presentation of risk reports to internal and external stakeholders
• Periodic portfolio analysis (e.g. stress-testing) (daily, monthly, as required)
• Regular review of pricing models used
• Maintain market and instrument pricing

Closing Date: 13 March 2026

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Purpose of the role:

• The purpose of this position is to provide administrative support to the Human Capital Team. This support covers the full spectrum of the Human Capital Value Chain, ensuring that processes from on-boarding new employees through to termination are handled efficiently and accurately.

Requirements:

• Degree or National Diploma in HR or equivalent relevant qualification.
• 2 – 4 years in an HR Administration role within the Asset Management and Investment
• Industry.
• Data/Information Management experience.
• Basic knowledge of BCEA, OHSA, Skills Development Act, Labour Relations Act and
• Employment Equity Act required.

Duties:

• The role includes a range of responsibilities focused on ensuring the integrity and accuracy of Human Capital Data, as well as supporting the Human Capital team and Business Partners in various
• administrative and recruitment functions.

Data Management and Integrity

• Verify all Human Capital data to confirm accuracy and consistency across records.
• Take responsibility for identifying and correcting data that is incorrect, incomplete, or duplicated, including removing unnecessary records.
• Review duplicate records and merge them to maintain a single, comprehensive database.
• Interrogate data and make amendments as needed to ensure ongoing data quality.
• Proactively contact employees to confirm that their contact information is current and accurate.
• Liaise with other internal stakeholders to verify the accuracy of data, ensuring that updates are validated and supported.

HR System Maintenance

• Maintain comprehensive records and upload relevant information onto the HR system.
• Ensure records are consistently maintained on the HR system, reflecting any updates or changes made.
• Keep an audit trail of all information updated, providing a clear history of data changes for compliance and review purposes.

Support Functions

• Provide support to Human Capital Business Partnering throughout the recruitment and selection process, assisting with administrative requirements and documentation.
• Provide support to the Learning and Development Team with the administration of bursaries, employee training and related aspects.
• Assist with ad-hoc administrative tasks as required, supporting the Human Capital team in daily operations and project-based activities.
• Support internal and external audit requests with reliable data and documentation.

Competencies and skills:

• Communication skills, both verbal and written
• Customer Service Orientation/Client Focus (Internal and External)
• Organisational Awareness
• Teamwork
• Ability to work with confidential information
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent report writing skills
• Performance and result-oriented
• Problem-solving
• Analytical skills
• Knowledge of MS Office, i.e. Word, PowerPoint, MS Projects, Excel 

Closing Date: 11 March 2026

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Purpose of the role:

• Responsible to execute an all-inclusive Client Relations Strategy aligned to the PIC Corporate, Investment Strategies and client mandates. The incumbent shall be responsible for enhancing and implementing Policies and Procedures required to deliver exceptional Client Services.
• To ensure Client Relations services are offered accurately, timeously and in accordance with Client requirements. To drive and facilitate the compilation of quarterly and ad-hoc Client Reports and responses to Client requests/concerns.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Investment.
• 2 - 5 years of relevant experience.
• Investment / Finance experience.
• In - depth knowledge of investments is an advantage.
• RE 5 for Representatives preferable.
• FAIS/ FICA knowledge.

Duties:

• Building and maintaining a sound relationship with clients;
• Managing a portfolio of PIC clients nationally;
• Ensure accurate investment/portfolio reporting to clients (monthly and quarterly);
• Ensure client queries are resolved within the client Service Level Agreements;
• Preparing client presentations (PowerPoint, Excel, Word);
• Continuous involvement with existing & new clients to expand business;
• Ensuring client queries are resolved within the client Service Level Agreements;
• Ensuring that all client data and information is 100% correct before the submissions (Reconciliation process completed within SLA’s);
• Conducting Client satisfaction surveys;
• Preparation of reports on all client matters to the various board sub-committees; and
• Managing and maintaining of Client information (Including regulatory requirements, e.g. FICA).

Competencies and skills:

• Inter-personal relations.
• Communication skills (oral and written).
• Planning and managing resources.
• Customer focus.
• Presentation skills.
• Business Acumen.
• Proactive thinking.
• Attention to detail.

Closing Date: 11 March 2026

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Purpose of the role:

• To carry out security measures to protect the company’s information assets, as well as perform operational tasks across security capabilities, providing review and oversight to a number of security controls.

Requirements:

• BSC Computer Science Degree / BTech (Information Technology) / Information Security or related degree with at least 3 - 6 years’ experience in the Information Security Field.
• At least two of these Security+, Certified Network Defender (CND), CEH, CISSP, CCNA or similar network security professional certifications.
• Good understanding of complex IT systems and staying up to date with the latest security standards, systems and protocols, as well as best practice security products.
• Advanced enterprise network security.
• Excellent knowledge of cloud technologies, information security technologies such as firewalls,
• intrusion detection systems (IDS), data leakage protection (DLP), access management, antimalware, and SIEM technologies.
• Knowledge of various Information security domains.
• Hands-on experience with security workloads in public cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP), including identity federation and network segmentation. Encryption and logging.
• Familiarity with CSPM and Zero Trust implementation patterns.
• Working knowledge of South African data protection legislation (POPIA) and financial sector cybersecurity regulations; ability to translate compliance requirements into technical controls.
• Experience embedding security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of container security, API gateway protection, and IaC security validation tool.
• Knowledge of the current cybersecurity threat landscape, risks and protocols.

Duties:

• Deploy, Support, Maintain and monitor various cloud-based and on-prem information security solutions.
• Organise and Conduct vulnerability assessments on the PIC network and systems.
• Integrate information security throughout the solutions or system life cycle.
• Support the successful completion of internal/external security audits with zero major findings.
• Analyse existing security systems and make recommendations for changes or improvements.
• Monitor PIC ICT network and systems to identify potential vulnerabilities and provide early warning of abnormalities or problems.
• Communicate the system status and keep users informed of downtime or changes to the system.
• Troubleshoot and resolve information security-related incidents.
• Prepare relevant information security reports and documentation.
• Ability to articulate security risks and investment rationale to non-technical stakeholders.

Competencies and skills:

• Analytical problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to work after-hours when necessary.
• Ability to work independently.
• Experience contributing to security strategy documentation and executive reporting.
• Communication and interpersonal skills.
• Planning and organising.

Closing Date: 10 March 2026
 

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Purpose of the role:

• Responsible for ensuring that the PIC cloud journey is secure, compliant, and resilient.

Requirements:

• BSC Computer Science Degree / BTech (Information Technology) / Information Security or related degree with at least seven (7) years’ experience in IT Security of which three (3) must be in cyber security.
• At least two of CISSP, CCSP, Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), CCNP,
• CEH, or similar technical cloud security certification.
• Member of a security professional body in good standing.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting in cloud environments using telemetry from Cloud SIEM and threat intelligence feeds; develop and test cloud-specific incident response playbooks.
• Knowledge of the IT Industry and security trends that impact the asset management industry

Duties:

• Practical experience designing and implementing Zero Trust principles in cloud environments: micro-segmentation, identity-aware proxies, continuous verification, and least-privilege access models.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native security tools: SIEM, Antivirus, IPS/IDS and Web content gateways.
• Experience with incident management tools and threat intelligence platforms, and service providers.
• Understanding of the current vulnerabilities, response and mitigating strategies as well as tactics, techniques, procedures (TTP), indicators and observables.
• Technical expert in one or more specific Cyber sub-offering area.
• Understands technical complexity at Network, Application, Database, Infrastructure and Cloud level.
• Understand and interpret complex security-related business challenges and have the ability to respond by conceiving innovative information security/cyber solutions for clients.
• Knowledge and appreciation of the wider Cyber Security issues and opportunities beyond the specific domain specialisation.
• Able to scope Cyber engagements effectively and assign and manage an appropriate team to deliver against the engagement requirements.
• Applying Cloud Security Reference Architecture to deliver consistent, standardised solutions for Identity & Access Management, Data Protection, Secure DevOps, Security Operations, and other security domains.
• Delivering solutions for integration between Cloud and on-premises security solutions.
• Solutions Architect experience for cloud systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage engagements that encompass the wider RA services and collaborating and coordinating solution design work with other Cyber sub–solution Architects in Infrastructure, Service Delivery, etc.
• Utilising and applying knowledge of Cloud solutions across IaaS, PaaS & SaaS into projects, such as, Azure, Microsoft Office 365.
• Utilising and applying knowledge of enterprise security and Cloud security specific solutions into projects such as: IAM/IDaaS, CASB, Identity Governance Integration, Cloud SOC/SIEM,
• Key Management & Encryption.
• Laws and regulations related to Information Security, Cyber Security, cloud Data Protection and/or Privacy, especially where relevant to the Cloud.
• Ability to map cloud architectures to compliance evidence requirements.

Competencies and skills:

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal abilities.
• Effective collaboration skills.
• Ability to conduct research and tracking on cyber threats and malware.
• Good report writing skills.

Closing Date: 10 March 2026