Job Description

LOCATION: Northern Suburbs, Cape Town

R HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE PLUS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUS

Our client provides institutional investors with implemented consulting services across a range of asset classes. They offer investment solutions to institutional investors and family offices. Their solutions range from real estate funds, impact investing funds, multi managed funds and implemented investment consulting across a range of asset classes.

They now seek a manager research: quantitative analyst to join their team. You will report to the chief investment officer and be part of a bigger team.

This role is suitable for appropriately qualified affirmative action candidates.

JOB DESCRIPTION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

• You will be responsible for conducting quantitative investment analysis, financial modelling, risk analysis, investment merits and portfolio optimisation on local and global fund managers;
• You will be responsible for authoring investment manager due diligence reports;
• You will be responsible for making presentations to the rest of the investment management team;
• You will be responsible for maintaining frequent contact with current as well as prospective fund managers;
• You will be responsible for supporting the investment team with requests related to investment solutions;
• You will be required to have detailed understanding of asset manager strategies locally and globally;
• You will be responsible for regular quantitative assessments on potential manager strategies and funds;
• You will be responsible for thorough deep-dive due diligences on relevant manager strategies;
• You will be required to build strong relationships with underlying asset managers, and insightful and regular assessments of existing buy-list managers;
• You will be required to produce ad hoc quantitative research reports that will require innovative thinking;
• You will be required to inspire confidence in manager and fund research process;
• You will be responsible for optimisation of asset classes and managers;
• You will be responsible for research on global markets to give input into asset and fund allocations.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• You are an Actuarial Science Graduate (Studying towards an ASSA Fellowship or CFA);
• You have a minimum of 1 year's investment experience - quantitative and / or manager research;
• You have experience within the multi-manager, fund of funds or asset consulting environment;
• You have experience in alternative asset classes - this would be a distinct advantage.

Great team - huge exposure - friendly and successful and supportive. You will learn and grow and be valued in this work space.

Claire Bourquin Recruitment Consultants