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  • Posted: Sep 13, 2018
    Deadline: Sep 27, 2018
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    For 15 years we have been building and managing telecommunications towers that are the essential backbone of mobile telecommunications in Africa - the leapfrog technology driving economic development, prosperity and self-sufficiency across the continent. Right now, IHS is leading a new telecoms service sector driven by the growth of middle class business an...
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    Quantitative Analyst

    Reports To: Senior Manager - Business Planning & Intelligence

    Summary

    • This position is responsible for developing statistical and optimization models and tools to assist the Business Planning & Intelligence team within Finance to extract value from the asset portfolio pool.

    Responsibilities

    • Monitor ongoing business processes and operations and assist in implementing risk mitigation processes.
    • Produce reports on a timely basis to be used by management in assessing various business risk and return characteristic
    • Monitor asset and liability holdings and maintain spreadsheets necessary to analyze portfolios.
    • Analyze and monitor new developments in portfolio analytics and risk management space and proactively create tools and measures to enable the Financial Planning & Analysis team to leverage such expertise.
    • Work with software and system engineers to implement and support ongoing and rapid development and testing of research ideas and models as well as their deployment to end-users and stakeholders.
    • Implement methods of monitoring model risk.
    • Continuously monitor model performance and quality, and perform stress testing on various KPIs.
    • Implement models in a large framework of existing models and processes, develop methods for testing models, and document model changes and processes.
    • Build, refine and manage statistical and optimization models for macroeconomic, business, FX, and interest rate risks, and recommend mitigation options.

    Functional Competencies:

    • Must be detail-oriented, well-organized, independent, entrepreneurial, and self-motivated.
    • Possess excellent interpersonal skills.
    • Able to prioritize in fast-paced work environment
    • Strong quantitative and programming skills
    • Demonstrable proficiency in logic and programming via functional programming platforms, e.g. MatLab, Python, R, etc.
    • Strong knowledge and expertise in portfolio optimization, mathematics, and business risk measurement and management techniques.
    • Excellent understanding of model testing, validation, and development.
    • Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office (with an emphasis on Excel and Access) as well as other financial and statistical software packages.

    Education & Experience

    • A Bachelor's or advanced degree in quantitative disciplines (Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or other relevant fields)
    • 3-5 years working experience; must have experience in working with large data sets.
    • Extensive familiarity with analytics and risk management as they relate to the telecommunications sector, including trends, issues, and developments.

    Method of Application

    Applicants should send their CV's and Cover Letter to: talent@ihstowers.com indicating in the subject bar the name of the role.

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