Quantitative Business Analyst at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description

To design, specify, build, configure, and test solutions for delivering the necessary capability to business that enables quality solutions and a client centric orientation.

• Devise pricing and risk management solutions along with related IT processes and maintenance, testing and production support.
• Construct and/or critically analyse financial models i.e., product pricing, curve stripping, scenario analysis etc.
• Engage in process design, analysis, testing and troubleshooting in the area of pricing/risk-analysis.
• Analyse systems capability/fit in the area of pricing or risk-analysis.
• Analyse data and situation, identify and solve problems, reason logically and drive valid conclusions.
• Analyse, design and implement purchased or in-house software applications.
• Test and validate logic and processes implemented.
• Take ownership of recurring production incidents by working with multiple stakeholders to resolve system issues.
• Engage with the macro-environment to look for new opportunities, capabilities, and trends that would add value to the required analysis work.
• Suggest changes in executing work processes to better drive value and benefits for the business.
• Prepare and share recommendations for process and systems improvements in relevant area of accountability.
• Participate in team, cross-discipline and vendor-driven collaboration sessions or forums to increase understanding of the working environment.
• Engage with key stakeholders to gather information with regards to changes and developments in the respective business area that would impact demand for allocated technologies.
• Review demand items in partnership with business to better understand impacts on the relevant system, processes, and systems environment.
• Partner with process owners to create suitable roadmaps for business development and in anticipation of system and process enhancements.
• Test and identify where service gaps would exist should different technologies be applied to the same process or where business process changes would not be accommodated by existing technology.
• Analyse business requests to clearly understand business requirements and translate this into clear technical terms and specifications to best solve business problems.
• Coordinate the integration activities of service providers
• Monitor benefits against what was detailed in the business case.
• Control specific measures and mechanisms to measure benefits.