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Our client, a leading global Fund of Funds-focused Investment firm headquartered in Cape Town, is seeking a Investment Analyst to join their growing Investments division.
Reporting directly into the Chief Investment Officer, the hiring team is seeking a candidate with excellent potential and qualifications that demonstrate a genuine interest in building their career centred around investments. A candidate with a good technical or Quant Finance-based degree would be ideal, and a Computer Science finance background could also be well suited.
This highly quantitative role will be suitable for a candidate with some post-graduate working experience, either in a relevant, financial services field, or in a separate field (but in a separate field, must evidence personal interest in investments). Making up part of an Investment Team of +/-5 people, you will gain broad exposure to Manager Research, Quantitative and Qualitative analysis, and different asset classes/fund types, and will be central to making data-driven recommendations for the investments that the company makes. In this way, you will see the impact of your work, in a professionally satisfying environment.
Key qualifications:
Any of following:
Degree
Degree + Honours
Degree + Honours + Masters
In a relevant subject (Actuarial, Maths, Stats, CompSci, Engineering, Finance, Investments, etc.)
CFA, or any level of CFA already passed advantageous
5 years experience in an Investment Analyst related role
Indepth understanding of the Investment Lifecycle, from research onwards and including a grasp of what is required from a regulatory compliance monitoring perspective
Understanding of Financial markets (including, but not limited to; CIS’s ETFs, Equities, and Benchmarks)
Quantitative experience/mindset (central to the Investment process)
Quantitative/systems experience:
Advanced Excel
BI tools
Any of the following; SQL, Python, Java, C#, R
Data Analysis (large data sets)
Fund performance attribution analysis
Fund performance calculations
Market data sourcing (Refinitiv, Bloomberg, Morningstar, FE Analytics)
Key duties:
Performing Manager Researcher (i.e. research of the funds held by Asset Managers) on both local and offshore funds
Act as a central contributor and team player as an Investment Analyst within the Research Division
Quantitative Analysis & Analytics
Process improvement across the Investment function
Financial modelling
Preparation and presentation of investment reports (both internally, and to external clients)
Key personal skills:
A person with strong moral & ethical values
Able to have open and honest discussions
Committed
High quality of work
Someone with interests and passions outside of work, a full life that they can use to enrich their Investment personal opinions and Investment recommendations
Good personality; engaging and persuasive
If you are interested in furthering your career within Investments at this well-established Boutique firm, then please get in touch to learn more about a role where you will gain broad exposure to the entire Investment lifecycle, and work as part of a really collegiate team. This is an office-based role, with no work-from-home.
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