Report to the Product and Growth Exec
R HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE PLUS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUS
Our client is a corporate debt marketplace that uses a digital platform to revolutionise how corporate debt instruments are issued and traded in South Africa. They are a dynamic digital marketplace where issuers, arrangers and investors meet to set up debt market transactions.
They now seek a quantitative analytics lead to join their team You will report to the product and growth executive. This is a challenging and important role for the business.
JOB DESCRIPTION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
- You will be required to be a senior technical authority and analytics product innovator, combining statistical rigour, discovery-led thinking and commercial judgement;
- You will be required to be hands-on and have no formal people-management mandate, with scope to build and lead the analytics capability as the company grows;
- You will be required to own the discovery, development and evolution of the company’s analytics capabilities, transforming complex datasets, market information and client requirements into predictive models, decision-support tools and scalable analytics products;
- You will be required to act as the company’s quantitative subject-matter expert, combining statistical rigour, commercial awareness and technical innovation to create new sources of value for clients and the business;
- You will be required to. provide technical mentorship across the organisation and help establish a high-performance analytics capability that can scale over time;
- You will be required to sit at the intersection of analytics, technology, product development and client engagement;
- You will be required to identify opportunities where data, modelling, forecasting and advanced analytics can solve meaningful client problems, improve decision-making and create commercially differentiated offerings;
- You will be required to work closely with the commercial team to understand client challenges and unmet needs and with the technical development team to design, build and deploy scalable analytics solutions. You must be equally comfortable discussing modelling approaches with developers, commercial opportunities with clients and strategic implications with executives;
- You will be required to mentor colleagues, shape analytical best practice and help build the foundations of a future analytics team;
- You will be required to transform raw information into actionable intelligence. It helps clients make better decisions, strengthens the company’s competitive advantage and creates new opportunities for product innovation and commercial growth;
- Analytics strategy and innovation:
- You will be required to identify opportunities for new analytics products, services and capabilities;
- You will be required to translate ambiguous client challenges into structured analytical problems;
- You will be required to lead exploratory and discovery-based analytical initiatives;
- You will be required to evaluate emerging methodologies, technologies and techniques for potential application within the company;
- You will be required to contribute to product strategy through data-driven insight and innovation;
- Quantitative modelling and advanced analytics:
- You will be required to design, develop and maintain statistical, predictive and optimisation models;
- You will be required to apply advanced analytical techniques including forecasting, classification, clustering, simulation and machine learning where appropriate;
- You will be required to develop methodologies that improve decision-making, transparency and market intelligence;
- You will be required to establish robust validation, testing and documentation standards;
- You will be required to ensure analytical outputs remain accurate, reliable and explainable;
- Product development and commercial collaboration:
- You will be required to partner with the commercial team to understand client requirements and market opportunities;
- You will be required to collaborate with the product and technical development teams to translate analytical concepts into scalable solutions;
- You will be required to support client engagements requiring quantitative expertise;
- You will be required to contribute to product design, business cases and commercial propositions;
- You will be required to shape analytics capabilities into repeatable, monetisable products;
- Data and technical excellence:
- You will be required to define and promote best practice for analytics, modelling and data science;
- You will be required to support data architecture decisions required for advanced analytics;
- You will be required to ensure analytical work follows appropriate governance and quality standards;
- You will be required to improve automation, reproducibility and efficiency of analytical processes;
- You will be required to contribute to the long-term scalability of the company’s analytics ecosystem.;
- Capability building and mentorship:
- You will be required to provide technical mentorship to analysts, developers and other colleagues;
- You will be required to raise quantitative and analytical capability across the organisation;
- You will be required to promote a culture of curiosity, experimentation and evidence-based decision-making;
- You will be required to assist in hiring and developing future analytics talent;
- You will be required to contribute to establishing a scalable analytics function.
CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
- You are naturally curious and intellectually restless;
- You are innovative and creative in problem solving;
- You are comfortable with experimentation and uncertainty;
- You are highly self-directed and accountable;
- You are commercially minded without compromising analytical rigour;
- You are collaborative and have a low ego;
- You are resilient and persistent in solving difficult problems;
- You are passionate about learning and continuous improvement;
- You have excellent communication (verbal and written) skills in English.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- You have a minimum of 5 – 7 years’ current, relevant experience in quantitative analytics, statistics, data science, predictive modelling, econometrics, operations research or a related field; coupled with the appropriate qualification at honours level;
- You have demonstrated experience building and deploying analytical models in real-world environments;
- You have experience translating business or client requirements into analytical solutions;
- You have proven ability to work across technical and commercial stakeholder groups;
- You have experience working in environments characterised by ambiguity, innovation and discovery;
- You have demonstrated ability to influence decisions through analytical insight rather than formal authority;
- You have experience mentoring or developing less experienced analytical professionals;
- You have experience within financial services, fintech, capital markets, treasury, risk, investments or market-infrastructure environments;
- You have experience developing production-grade analytics products;
- You have exposure to machine learning, AI-enabled analytics and advanced forecasting techniques;
- You have experience working in cloud-based analytical environments;
- You have experience contributing to product innovation and commercial strategy;
- You have strong foundation in statistics, probability theory and quantitative modelling.;
- You have advanced analytical and problem-solving capability;
- You have proficiency in Python and modern analytical tooling;
- You have experience with machine learning and predictive analytics frameworks;
- You have strong understanding of model validation, governance and performance monitoring;
- You have the ability to communicate complex analytical concepts in clear, practical language;
- You have commercial curiosity and strong client orientation;
- You have comfort working through ambiguity and incomplete information;
- You have the ability to balance analytical rigour with pragmatic commercial outcomes.
Great opportunity – wonderful team – huge visibility to the commercial side of the business and rewards are impressive for top talent!