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Job Details

🕘 Employment Type: Temporary Internship
🏢 Job Category: Quantitative Finance / Capital Management
📊 Career Level: Graduate / Entry-Level
🏢 Company Address: Momentum Metropolitan Holdings
📅 Closing Date: 14 January 2026
📍 Job Location: Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

Company Overview

Momentum Metropolitan Holdings is a leading financial services group operating across insurance, investments, and asset management. The organisation places strong emphasis on capital efficiency, financial resilience, and regulatory compliance while investing in the development of high-calibre analytical talent.

The Balance Sheet Management function plays a strategic role in optimising capital structures, supporting regulatory alignment, and enhancing long-term shareholder value.

Job Overview

The Quantitative Analyst Intern will support the Capital Management team within Balance Sheet Management by contributing to capital planning, modelling, and analytical activities. This internship offers hands-on exposure to regulatory capital frameworks, capital optimisation, and quantitative analysis in a complex financial services environment.

This role is ideal for graduates with strong quantitative skills who are interested in capital management, financial optimisation, and risk-adjusted performance analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Group Capital Plan

• Assist with capital projections, modelling, and quantification of regulatory impacts

• Analyse capital strength, attribution, and returns to support efficient capital allocation

• Identify opportunities to optimise the Group’s capital structure in line with Prudential Authority requirements

• Monitor and report on financial hurdle rates, capital performance measures, and targets

• Prepare analytical inputs for capital management reporting, including annual reports and presentations

• Engage with internal stakeholders to share insights and support informed capital decisions

• Contribute to ongoing refinement of capital management frameworks and methodologies

Qualifications

Education

• BSc (Honours) in Actuarial Science, Mathematical Statistics, or Financial Engineering

Experience

• No prior work experience required

Skills

• Strong quantitative, analytical, and critical-thinking capability

• Understanding of capital regimes for financial institutions and insurers

• Knowledge of insurance business, capital requirements, and risk management principles

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

• High attention to detail and data accuracy

• Clear verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment

Internship Tips

• Highlight quantitative coursework, modelling projects, and analytical research

• Demonstrate understanding of capital management or financial regulation concepts

• Showcase strong problem-solving ability and numerical accuracy

• Keep your CV structured, concise, and evidence-based

Benefits

• Exposure to strategic capital management and balance sheet optimisation

• Practical experience within a regulated financial services environment

• Development of advanced quantitative and analytical skills

• Mentorship from experienced capital management professionals

• Enhanced career readiness for actuarial, quantitative, and finance roles

Company Policy

Momentum Metropolitan Holdings is committed to Employment Equity, diversity, and inclusion. All appointments are made in alignment with Employment Equity objectives, and applications from people with disabilities are encouraged. Personal information is processed in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy legislation.

Applicants are advised to verify the legitimacy of this opportunity on the official company careers page prior to applying.