Junior Industry Analyst

The National Credit Regulator (NCR) was established as the regulator under the National Credit
Act 34 of 2005 (the Act) and is responsible for the regulation of the South African credit industry.
It is tasked with carrying out education, research, policy development, registration of industry
participants, i.e. credit providers, credit bureaux, alternative dispute resolution agents, payment
distribution agents and debt counsellors, investigation of complaints, and enforcement of the Act.
The Act requires the NCR to promote the development of an accessible credit market, particularly
to address the needs of historically disadvantaged persons, low income persons, and remote,
isolated or low density communities. The NCR invites applications from suitable candidates for
the following position:

Position: Junior Industry Analyst
Paterson Grade: C-Lower
Salary ranges from R159 100 R302 300
Ref: JIA

Requirements:
The successful candidate must hold a Degree, majoring in Statistics, Economics or
Finance or an equivalent qualification with a minimum of 2 relevant experience.

Duties:
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
Gather/ Capture data from internal databases.
Ensure data integrity and accuracy.
Identify and correct errors, inconsistencies and missing values.
Transform raw data for analysis
Assist in developing reports
Assisting in conducting economic analysis of the consumer credit market by analyzing statistics
returns from registrants that includes registered credit providers, credit insurers, credit bureaus and
debt counselors.
Assist in monitoring of trends relating to the key drivers of credit, credit consumption cycles, price,
competition and different types of credit products.
Assisting in analyzing of credit life insurance, asset insurance.
Engagement with relevant stakeholders.
Assist with research(desktop) where necessary

Knowledge of:
Good knowledge of the National Credit Act (NCA).
Statistics and economics.
Analysis of financial statements. Knowledge of short and long terms insurance act.
Knowledge of various credit life and asset insurance policies
Knowledge of personal insurance market.
MS Excel and power point presentation

Skills:
Excellent written and verbal communication
The candidate must be computer literate and possess good financial analysis skills.
Basic research skills.
Organizational skills and relationship building/management skills.
Analytical and problem-solving skills

Closing Date: 10 March 2026

The National Credit Regulator is an equal opportunity organisation which offers competitive market related packages. Suitable persons should send a detailed CV quoting the relevant reference number to: EST-recruitment@ncr.org.za

Ref: JIA/3/26

Correspondence will only be entered into with short listed candidates. The National Credit Regulator reserves the right not to make an appointment.

We wish you all the best with your applications