Riskworx Graduate Programme 2025
Job Highlights
Are you ready to be a Maverick of 2025? Applications arel open for the Riskworx Graduate Programme 2025.
Closing date: 30 August 2024
Riskworx is a boutique consultancy that specialises in Financial Engineering.
We have over 25 years of experience delivering value to clients across the globe, ensuring they navigate compliance and leverage technological developments to create strategic advantage.
About the Graduate Programme
The Riskworx Academy runs an exciting 3-month Bootcamp where we carefully select graduates from quantitative disciplines for our Mavericks Programme.
During the Bootcamp, we will provide you with the unique opportunity to use computer science, statistics, economics, applied mathematical tools and the knowledge to address modern financial risk management problems.
Upon successful completion, you will then become a Graduate Financial Engineer and ready to start your consultant career with Riskworx.
***Please note that only South African citizens and permanent residents may apply
Qualifications and Experience
- Currently completing (or recently completed) Honours/Masters degree, specialising in any of the following disciplines:
- Financial Engineering
- Quantitative Risk Management
- Actuarial Science
- Econometrics
- Mathematical Statistics
- Applied/Financial Mathematics
- Computer/Data Science
- Mathematical Sciences
- Intention to pursue one of the below professional qualifications is advantageous:
- CFA
- FRM
- PRM
- CQF
Responsibilities
- Implement and enhance the Riskworx quantitative pricing library.
- Engage in research, and new developing areas of interest, elevate the firm’s profile while simultaneously raising your own, through channels such as webinars, research papers and blogs.
- Work with the team to provide consulting and advisory services for clients, especially in the following areas: full lifecycle management of models both regulatory and economic, including but not limited to Valuations, Credit Risk (direct and counterparty), Market Risk, Balance Sheet Management and ESG.
- Implementation, validation, specification and benchmarking of valuation and risk models across a broad range of asset classes.
- Solicit, capture, understand, and solve key client pain points, including requirements captured via business requirement documents (BRDs) and product specifications.
Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent written & presentation skills.
- Strong mathematical and analytical skills including stochastic calculus and time series analysis.
- Strong data analysis skills.
- Strong financial modelling skills are advantageous.
- Software Engineering skills are advantageous.
- Knowledge of Derivative Pricing and Risk Management are advantageous
Kindly note that this role in based in Johannesburg, with an early January 2025 start date
How to Apply
If you believe that you have what it takes and that Riskworx is the perfect place for you, we encourage you to VIEW MORE DETAIL AND APPLY HERE before the deadline.
Deadline: Applications close on 30 August 2024
