Quantitative Analyst Role at Capitec – Apply now!

Job Details

🏢 Company: Capitec Bank Ltd
💼 Job Title: Join Our Quant Talent Community (All Levels)
📍 Location: South Africa
📄 Job Type: Talent Pool / Future Opportunities
🎯 Career Levels: Quantitative Analysts | Senior Quants | Team Leads & Managers

Company Overview

Capitec Bank is one of South Africa’s leading retail banks, driven by simplicity, innovation, and data-led decision-making. The bank continuously invests in advanced analytics and quantitative talent to support growth across Finance, Credit Risk, and Actuarial/Insurance functions.

Job Overview

Capitec Bank is building a Quantitative Talent Community to connect with high-calibre quantitative professionals across all career levels. This talent pool supports current and future opportunities where advanced modelling, analytics, and data-driven insights shape pricing, risk, capital, and client growth decisions. A single application allows candidates to be considered for multiple roles as they become available.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, validate, and monitor predictive and statistical models

• Support pricing, risk management, capital optimisation, and growth strategies

• Design experiments and measurement frameworks to distinguish causation from correlation

• Translate model outputs into actionable commercial decisions

• Collaborate with product, finance, and risk stakeholders

• For senior and leadership roles: oversee model governance and stakeholder alignment

• For lead and manager roles: coach, mentor, and develop high-performing quant teams

Qualifications

Education

• BSc, BEng, Honours, or Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Quantitative Risk Management, Actuarial Science, or related fields

Experience

• Junior / Early-career: Strong academic foundation in quantitative disciplines

• Mid to Senior level: 2–8+ years’ experience in finance, credit, or actuarial environments with hands-on model development and monitoring

• Team Lead / Manager: Proven people leadership, roadmap ownership, and experience with model risk management and cross-functional delivery

Skills

• Statistical and predictive modelling

• Feature engineering and model monitoring

• Experimental design and analytical thinking

• Business partnering and stakeholder communication

• Leadership and team development (for senior roles)

CV Tips

• Clearly indicate your quantitative specialisation (finance, credit risk, actuarial, insurance)

• Highlight specific models, tools, and methodologies you have worked with

• Include measurable business impact from your analytical work

• For senior roles, showcase leadership, governance, and stakeholder experience

• Tailor your CV to reflect your preferred level and career pathway

Benefits of Joining the Capitec Bank

• Opportunity to work on models that directly impact real business outcomes

• Clear career pathways from Analyst to Senior, Lead, and Manager

• Exposure to complex, meaningful problem spaces

• Collaborative, modern ways of working across multidisciplinary teams

• Access to mentorship and continuous learning

Company Policy

Capitec Bank is committed to diversity and employment equity. All applications will be considered in line with the bank’s Employment Equity objectives. Appointments are subject to relevant background checks and business requirements.