Valuations Analyst

To provide subject matter expertise and experience, assist and guide valuations team members to resolve valuation discrepancies arising from systems, models and inputs. To provide independent valuations, across a wide array of complex assets, either for profit and loss, or to inform business decisions. To drive team enhancements, through strengthening the control fabric, operational efficiencies and the delivery of daily operations.

• Investigate and resolve valuation discrepancies arising from systems, models and inputs.
• Check the validity, consistency, accuracy and reliability of valuations, based on the models, data sources and data used.
• Produce independent valuations across a wide array of complex assets, either for profit and loss or to inform business decisions.
• Determine reserves where models or inputs are deficient, and review and enhance the underlying reserving methodologies.
• Maintain and develop the team’s Python tools and architecture for reserve and valuation adjustment quantification and proactive controls checking, and drive the IT transformation for the team in partnership with management and technology.
• Ensure valuation-relevant compliance with statutory, legislative, policy and governance requirements in the area of accountability.
• Engage with committees, forums and key stakeholders in the provision of subject matter expertise and opinion, and support the CFO or CRO on technical valuations issues.
• Guide and mentor junior team members, delegating work and reviewing the quality of completed tasks.

• An Honours degree or postgraduate qualification in mathematical finance, financial engineering or a related quantitative field.
• A minimum of 4 to 5 years’ experience in a Corporate and Investment Banking environment, with meaningful exposure to valuations, product control, market risk or a quantitative function.
• A broad-based and in-depth understanding of the asset classes traded in Global Markets, including derivative products and the models used to value them.
• Strong analytical ability, attention to detail and the resilience to work on unstructured problems, independently and as part of a team.
• Practical experience with Python, with exposure to Murex or PowerBI as an advantage.

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Opportunities to learn from richly experienced and technically astute people
• Challenging work in a collaborative and supportive environment

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
• Love putting our stakeholders at the forefront of what you do

19/08/26

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First Rand provides a comprehensive range of financial services in South Africa and certain markets in broader Africa. The group also offers certain niche products and services in the UK and India. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX), First Rand Limited is the largest financial institution by market capitalisation in Africa. The group follows a multi-branding approach.

Its portfolio of financial services businesses includes FNB, RMB, Wes Bank, Ashburton Investments, Aldermore, Moto Novo and Direct Axis. Many are leaders in their respective segments and markets, offering transactional, lending, investment and insurance products and services The First Rand Corporate Centre houses many of the critical functions required by a large and complex financial services group. The group’s track record of delivering superior returns to shareholders has been achieved through a combination of organic growth, acquisitions, innovation and the creation of completely new businesses.

The group’s purpose of delivering Shared Prosperity provides many opportunities for employees to innovate to address social and environmental challenges in our markets. All of our businesses have successful Volunteering programmes which also allow employees to adopt and support causes close to their hearts.