317 Risk Analyst jobs in South Africa
Market Risk Analyst
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Recruitment Leader - Network Finance AfricaBecome a pivotal member of driving success at an influential market leader.
As a Market Risk Analyst , you’ll be at the forefront of safeguarding the company’s portfolio and ensuring it aligns with the strategic risk appetite. Your expertise will directly impact decision-making and shape the future of the business.
What You'll Do
You’ll dive into an exciting mix of responsibilities, including:
- Identifying, assessing, and monitoring risks across designated portfolios.
- Designing insightful risk reports to highlight key findings.
- Collaborating closely with traders to decode positioning and market trends.
- Creating bespoke stress tests and predictive scenarios to stay ahead of market shifts.
- Coding in Python and leveraging cutting-edge visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI to present dynamic dashboards.
- Analyzing a diverse range of transactions with sharp modeling and analytical skills.
- Delivering actionable insights to traders and senior management with clarity and precision.
Requirements
- 3-5 years’ market risk experience
- Strong Python coding skills are a must!
- Experience with data visualization tools is a plus.
Why Apply?
Be part of a market-dominating force that’s shaping 2025 and beyond. Your contributions will make waves in the industry, and you’ll grow alongside the best in the business.
Seniority level- Seniority level Associate
- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Other
- Industries Mining and Investment Management
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Credit Risk Analyst
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Credit Risk Analyst
Johannesburg, South Africa – Full-time
At Sourcefin, we make purchase order funding and invoice discounting easy for South Africa’s forgotten SMMEs. As a Credit Risk Analyst, you’ll play a critical role in protecting the business by identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk. From vetting clients and end buyers to reviewing tender documents, your work will ensure every deal is sound, compliant, and aligned to our growth ambitions.
What you’ll doConduct credit checks on prospective and existing clients.
Review and vet client documentation, including
Credit Risk Analyst
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About the Role:
This is a dynamic opportunity for a Senior Consultant or Assistant Manager to play a pivotal role within a specialist Credit Risk team. You will collaborate with experienced Actuaries, Quantitative Analysts, Statisticians, and risk experts to deliver cutting-edge solutions to banks, corporates, and institutions across diverse sectors.
What Youll Be Doing:
- Develop and calibrate credit risk models, including PD, LGD, and EAD
- Validate and monitor IFRS 9 impairment and regulatory models
- Deliver portfolio credit analytics, benchmarking and peer analysis
- Create scorecards, behavioural pricing frameworks, and risk strategy models
- Contribute to audit support, regulatory compliance, and advisory engagements
- Present findings and solutions to clients in well-structured reports
- Mentor Junior Analysts and contribute to a high-performing team culture
What You Need:
- Undergraduate Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Actuarial Science, Economics, Engineering, or a related field
- 35 years of relevant experience in credit risk modelling or financial services consulting
- Strong understanding of the credit lifecycle, model development processes, and IFRS 9 and Basel regulations
- Coding proficiency in SAS, R, or Python (SAS Enterprise Guide an advantage)
- Proficient in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving mindset, and business acumen
You'll Thrive If You Have:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- The ability to work with cross-functional teams and build client relationships
- Experience mentoring or guiding junior team members
- Comfort working in a hybrid model, balancing autonomy with collaboration
- A passion for quality, innovation, and continuous learning
Why Join Us?:
- Be part of a team delivering real impact in financial services and treasury operations
- Work on challenging, high-profile projects across Africa and global markets
- Enjoy a hybrid working environment with a strong focus on flexibility and team culture
- Access career-defining learning, development, and leadership pathways
- Be part of a diverse and inclusive team that values transformation and progress
Credit Risk Analyst | Centurion
Posted 20 days ago
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Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for managing credit risk? Join a dynamic team as a Credit Risk Analyst, where you’ll play a vital role in assessing, managing, and monitoring credit exposures within shareholders’ portfolios.
Key Responsibilities:- Analyze new credit requests to identify potential risks and opportunities.
- Conduct annual reviews of existing credit exposures and ensure they remain within acceptable thresholds.
- Prepare ratings and Loss Given Default (LGD) assessments for credit counterparties.
- Present findings and recommendations to the credit committee for approval.
- Monitor ongoing risks and take action to mitigate potential issues.
- Calculate and report on impairments quarterly as part of the watchlist process.
- Draft and present quarterly memoranda to the Financial Market Risk Forum.
- Prepare other reports or recommendations for the Financial Market Risk Forum, including policy decisions and project updates.
- Attend client meetings to foster strong relationships and deliver exceptional service.
- Collaborate effectively with stakeholders and maintain professional communication.
- Education: BCom (Hons) with a major in Finance or a related field.
- Advantageous: CA (SA), CFA, or equivalent qualification.
- 1–3 years of experience in credit risk analysis, with exposure to corporate and public sector credit risk. Experience in workouts and project finance is a plus.
- Strong business acumen and commitment to client and stakeholder success.
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, and Murex systems.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively and influence decisions.
- Self-awareness, adaptability, and a willingness to learn.
- Appreciation for diversity and inclusiveness.
If you’re eager to grow your career and contribute to a high-performing team, we want to hear from you!
#J-18808-LjbffrSenior Credit Risk Analyst
Posted 26 days ago
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Leading Financial Services Client requires a Senior Risk Analyst to manage and shape the creation of score cards and how to optimise origination strategies and collections.
Responsibilities- Creation of score cards
- Collection strategies
- Managing credit risk
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- Degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Maths or equivalent
- 6 Years experience as a Risk Analyst within Financial Services
- Good understanding of score card provisioning & collection strategies
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Junior Credit Risk Analyst Market related
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You will be involved in various parts of the business, including creating campaign files, optimising and automating processes, building scorecards, and data mining.
Requirements
- Ǫualification : Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science or BMI.
- Experience: 3-5 years of experience in a Credit Analyst or Data Analyst role.
- Computer Languages : SAS (required); Advanced Excel (required).
- Problem solving.
- Self-learner: ability to take on a problem and come up with a solution creatively.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Key Responsibilities
- Transforming raw transactional data into a final campaign file which will be used for lending.
- Data mining in SAS in order to increase the lending opportunity size.
- Enhance and rebuild existing models used for application scoring and revenue forecasting.
- Define the customer experience golden thread and ensure delivery through the sales team and Marketing division’s digital team.
- Build performance monitoring reports for the various products offered by Client.
- Analysing new sets of data for potential lending opportunities.
Please Note : Should you not be contacted within 3 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.
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