Senior Specialist: Structuring Analyst

About the role

Absa is expanding its Active Portfolio Management team and seeks a Senior Specialist to drive portfolio optimisation and support structured finance transactions such as portfolio sales and securitisations. The role blends quantitative analysis, sophisticated financial modelling and hands‑on transaction execution.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance financial, transaction and portfolio models to support structuring and execution of complex deals.
• Perform quantitative analysis of portfolio risk, return, capital and funding performance to identify optimisation opportunities.
• Support the full transaction lifecycle, from initial structuring through monitoring, post‑execution reporting and stress‑testing.
• Prepare clear analytical outputs, recommendations and management reports for internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of structuring methodologies and analytical toolsets.

Required profile

• Degree in Actuarial Science, Engineering, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or a related quantitative discipline.
• Minimum five years of experience in financial services, preferably in financial modelling, pricing, analytics, structuring or risk management.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving abilities and meticulous attention to detail.
• Commercially astute with the ability to translate quantitative findings into actionable business recommendations.

Required skills

• Financial modelling
• Quantitative analysis
• Portfolio analytics
• Credit risk analysis
• Stress testing
• Scenario analysis
• Portfolio forecasting