Job Details

💼 Job Title: Regulatory and Financial Risk – Valuations Infinity X Graduate (2027)
🏢 Company: Deloitte
📄 Employment Type: Graduate Programme / Contract
🏢 Work Mode: Hybrid
📍 Location: Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
🏭 Business Unit: Regulatory and Financial Risk (RFR)
📑 Programme: Infinity X Graduate Programme 2027

Company Overview

Deloitte is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, providing services in consulting, audit & assurance, tax, legal, and risk advisory.

With more than 450,000 professionals across over 150 countries, Deloitte helps organisations solve complex business challenges and drive innovation across industries. The company is committed to its purpose of making an impact that matters for clients, employees, and communities.

Deloitte offers career opportunities across several divisions including Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Consulting, and Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, providing graduates with the opportunity to develop their skills while working on impactful projects.

Job Overview

The Regulatory and Financial Risk – Valuations Infinity X Graduate Programme is designed for graduates with strong quantitative and analytical backgrounds who want to build careers in financial risk modelling, valuations, and regulatory advisory.

Graduates will join Deloitte’s Regulatory and Financial Risk (RFR) team, which provides advisory services to financial institutions and corporate treasury operations across Africa.

As part of the Financial Instrument Valuations team, graduates will work on complex financial modelling projects involving derivatives valuations, risk modelling, hedge accounting, and credit risk analytics.

Key Responsibilities

Graduates in this role will support the team with a range of specialist financial modelling and valuation activities, including:

Assisting in the development, automation, and validation of financial and risk models
Performing statistical analysis, including clustering and segmentation techniques
Conducting numerical valuation techniques, including derivatives and exotic financial structures
Constructing and analysing yield curves and financial pricing models
Supporting derivative instrument valuations
Assisting with hedge accounting advisory
Supporting IFRS 2 share options and BEE valuations
Contributing to tool and model development and validation
Performing counterparty credit risk (xVA) valuations
Assisting in building market-leading financial risk solutions and thought leadership
Supporting client engagements and maintaining strong client relationships
Providing analytical support for risk management and strategic projects
Reporting to team managers and supporting various project teams

Qualifications

Education

Applicants must hold a Master’s degree (MSc / MCom) or Honours degree in one of the following fields:

Financial Engineering
Quantitative Risk Management
Risk Analysis
Actuarial and Financial Mathematics
Financial Engineering
Advanced Mathematics of Finance
Applied Economics / Econometrics
Mathematical Sciences / Statistics
Applied or Financial Mathematics
Physics
Applied Statistics
Other relevant mathematical or statistical degrees

Experience

Recent graduates or candidates with strong academic backgrounds in quantitative disciplines.

Skills

Strong quantitative and analytical abilities
Financial modelling and valuation skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
Ability to work in a team-based consulting environment
Problem-solving and innovative thinking skills
Ability to manage multiple deliverables in a dynamic environment
Adaptability and flexibility in changing project environments

Technical Skills

Experience in the following tools or programming languages is advantageous:

Python
R
C#
Matlab
SAS
VBA

Required Application Documents

Applicants must submit the following documents with their application:

Updated CV
Copy of South African ID
Copy of Matric Certificate
University Academic Transcripts

If uploading multiple files is difficult, applicants may combine all documents into one PDF file before submitting.

Internship / Graduate Application Tips

Highlight experience in financial modelling, derivatives pricing, or quantitative analysis.
Include programming experience in Python, R, Matlab, or VBA.
Showcase projects involving statistics, econometrics, or risk modelling.
Demonstrate your ability to apply quantitative methods to real financial problems.
Emphasise teamwork and communication skills, as consulting roles involve client interaction and collaboration.

Benefits

Working at Deloitte offers graduates:

Exposure to complex financial risk and valuation projects
Access to Deloitte’s global professional network
Opportunities to work with industry experts and leaders
Continuous learning and professional development
Experience across a wide range of financial risk management projects
Career development in quantitative finance and consulting

Company Policy

Deloitte is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. The company actively supports employment equity, diversity, and the inclusion of people with disabilities and neurodiverse individuals.

Deloitte follows the principles of the Employment Equity Act and may give preference to candidates from designated groups in line with its transformation objectives.

Applicants are advised to remain vigilant of recruitment scams, as Deloitte will never request upfront payments or unnecessary personal information during the recruitment process.

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