Website Old Mutual
Old Mutual Limited (OML) is a premium African financial services group that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions to retail and corporate customers.
📊 Economic Capital Analyst – Pinelands
Location: Pinelands
Job Type: Full-time
Posted: 2 Days Ago
Job ID: JR-71293
Closing Date: 13 October 2025, 23:59
đź’Ľ About Old Mutual
Let’s write Africa’s story together!
Old Mutual firmly believes in the African opportunity, and our diverse talent reflects that belief. We’re looking for an analytically strong and detail-oriented Economic Capital Analyst to join our team — someone who can turn complex data into actionable financial insights.
🌟 The Opportunity
This role focuses on the management, maintenance, analysis, and interpretation of portfolio data within a diversified credit investment portfolio. The portfolio includes South African corporates, municipalities, state-owned entities, leveraged buyouts, project finance, property, securitisation transactions, and developed market credit.
You’ll play a key role in credit and financial data analysis, economic capital modelling, and risk metric development, providing essential input to inform high-level investment decisions across the organisation.
🧠Key Responsibilities
- Conduct quantitative credit investment analysis using Excel-based tools and Moody’s RiskFrontier to evaluate capital requirements and returns.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance internal rating scorecards.
- Build, validate, and recalibrate internal models to generate Probability of Default (PD), Loss Given Default (LGD), and Economic Capital metrics.
- Perform detailed portfolio analysis to generate meaningful insights for management and key stakeholders.
- Apply deep financial modelling expertise to structured loans, derivatives, and other credit instruments.
🎓 Qualifications & Experience
Required Education:
- B.Sc. (preferably Honours) majoring in one or more of the following:
Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or other Pure/Applied Science fields; OR - B.Com / B.Bus.Sci. (preferably Honours) majoring in Actuarial Science, Operations Research, Finance, Economics, or Econometrics.
Experience & Skills:
- Strong proficiency in quantitative analysis and data modelling.
- Experience with credit risk and capital models.
- Familiarity with tools like Moody’s RiskFrontier or equivalent analytics software.
- Advanced Excel and statistical capabilities.
🧠Key Skills
Accounting | Action Planning | Analytics Software | Budget Management | Client Management | Data Classification | Data Compilation | Evaluating Information | Numerical Aptitude | Oral Communications | Policies & Procedures | Professional Presentation
đź’Ş Core Competencies
- Business Insight
- Collaborates
- Communicates Effectively
- Decision Quality
- Ensures Accountability
- Financial Acumen
- Instills Trust
- Manages Complexity
🏅 Education Level
NQF Level 7 – Degree, Advanced Diploma, or Postgraduate Certificate (or equivalent).
🤝 Employment Equity
Appointments will be made in accordance with Old Mutual South Africa’s Employment Equity Plan and the specific requirements of the business unit.
✨ Why Join Old Mutual?
At Old Mutual, you’ll work at the intersection of finance, analytics, and strategy — turning data into direction. This is your opportunity to make a measurable impact on how investment decisions are made while developing deep expertise in economic capital and risk management.
🔗 Apply Now – Use your analytical edge to shape smarter, data-driven financial decisions at Old Mutual.
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