Quantitative Analyst

Job Requisition Details

REQ: 146850

Closing Date: 21 July 2026

Talent Acquisition: Precious Motlhako

Cluster and Location

Personal and Private Banking

Johannesburg, Sandton

Hybrid

Career Stream Quantitative Leadership Pipeline Manage Self: ProfessionalJob Purpose

To develop and maintain best practice qualitative and quantitative analytics and data assets that informs risk management strategies and processes in line with regulations and Nedbank standards

The role will be focused on maintaining, monitoring and refining the IFRS9 impairment models, general credit risk analytics and reporting analyses within the Retail and Business Banking Credit Provisions team. This is a balanced role, focusing on technical expertise as well as behavioural competencies.Job Responsibilities

Build and formally present reports by monitoring business performance and operations within the set risk appetite and through analysis, as and when required.

• Execute and manage the accurate and timeous completion of key credit risk analytics as well as continually developing analytics to aide accuracy of reporting.

• Maintain, monitor and refine IFRS 9 ECL credit impairment models in SAS and the Nedbank Model Implementation Platform.

• Increase efficiencies through programming and automating processes.

• Participate in analytics-based projects that cover different aspects of credit risk management, including Credit Risk RWA, IFRS9 ECL adequacy, scorecards, and models.

• Drive process improvements across the credit risk reporting landscape.

• Provide trend analysis and assurance on portfolio movements, with relevant investigation and interpretation.

• Contribute to a high-performance team culture and continuous improvement via collaboration, knowledge sharing, mentoring, sprint planning and retrospectives, daily scrums, and project participation.

• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc).

• Seek opportunities to improve business processes; models and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.

• Ensure continuity and record keeping through formal sign-off at forums and by creating documentation.

• Ensure data accuracy through data and front-end analysis; pre and post testing of system/strategy changes.

• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers.

• Enable skilling and required corrective action to take place by sharing knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees Preferred Qualification

3-year qualification in a Mathematical related BSc, Engineering, CFA, FRM, CQF Minimum Experience Level

• 1 - 3 years relevant experience in an analytical environment
• Preferred experience in understanding Basel Capital and IFRS 9 Impairments
• Preferred experience in modelling Technical / Professional Knowledge
• Business Acumen
• Industry trends
• Microsoft Office
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Risk management process and frameworks
• Business writing skills
• Microsoft Excel
• Quantitative Skills Behavioural Competencies
• Adaptability
• Applied Learning
• Earning Trust
• Communication
• Stress Tolerance
• Driving for results
• Continuous Improvement
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

- Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566