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Specialist: Primary Markets
Listing reference: jse_000737
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 3 November 2026
Position summary
Industry: Financial Services
Job category: Banking, Finance, Insurance. Stockbroking
Location: Sandton
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
About our company
WHY JOIN THE JSE? The JSE recognises that its success and strength depend on the quality of its employees. We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and high standards of performance. Our employee wellness programme is designed to encourage work-life balance for employees. We naturally seek to empower staff and encourage diversity and opportunities for all.
Introduction
To provide research, data analysis, market intelligence and client-intelligence support to the Primary Markets asset-class heads. The role’s primary day-to-day focus is to support the Equity Origination Manager and Head of Origination and Deals, while also providing support to Fixed Income and Specialist Securities asset-class heads. The role assists with the development and execution of the broader Primary Markets client engagement strategy by preparing client intelligence, identifying engagement themes, supporting target-client prioritisation, developing meeting preparation materials and tracking agreed origination actions across asset classes. The asset-class heads lead their respective businesses and retain accountability for strategy, budgets, revenue, forecasts, client relationships, product priorities, pipelines and commercial decisions. The role supports these accountabilities by gathering and validating data, analysing business and market drivers, preparing research and decision-support material, maintaining reporting, and providing client and market insights. The role is accountable for the quality, accuracy and timely delivery of assigned support outputs. It does not independently set asset-class strategy, own clients, commit the JSE commercially, approve forecasts or determine product and pipeline priorities.
Job description
Support sustained, high-quality earnings through research, data analysis and decision support
· Deliver recurring and ad hoc research, data analysis and market-intelligence outputs based on priorities set by the Equity Origination Manager and relevant Primary Markets asset-class heads.
· Assist with input into the analysis of internal and external data relating to revenue drivers, issuance activity, pipeline movement, client trends, market conditions and performance variances.
· Prepare decision-support dashboards, reports, fact sheets, presentations and briefing notes for review by the accountable manager or asset-class head.
· Assist and support PM asset class heads with benchmark relevant exchanges, markets, products and issuer trends and highlight evidence-based observations for management consideration.
· Maintain clear data definitions, source records and quality checks for assigned reporting outputs.
Protect and grow core business by supporting Primary Markets client engagement, origination activity and cross-team deliverables
· Provide research, client-intelligence, coordination and meeting-preparation support to the Equity Origination Manager and broader Primary Markets team.
· Assist with Primary Markets client engagement and origination activities by preparing target-client lists, engagement plans, client profiles, sector insights, market updates and proposed discussion themes for review by the relevant relationship owner.
· Prepare client briefs, presentations, meeting packs, management information, initiative trackers and approved follow-up material to support engagements and strategic initiatives led by the relevant asset-class head or relationship owner.
· Support cross-asset origination and delivery by identifying potential opportunities, consolidating inputs, tracking agreed actions and preparing information for review and decision-making.
· Support meetings, events and cross-functional initiatives through preparation, coordination, records, action tracking and follow-up support, without assuming ownership of the client relationship or commercial outcome.
Transform the business through improved Primary Markets reporting and business support
· Prepare and coordinate assigned Primary Markets reporting, including fact sheets, newsletters, management packs, dashboards and action registers.
· Support budget, revenue and forecast reviews by gathering data, reconciling inputs, analysing movements and preparing supporting commentary for approval by the relevant head.
· Manage assigned delivery plans, dependencies, version control and deadlines; escalate data gaps or risks early.
· Apply JSE policies, approval requirements, confidentiality standards and data controls.
JSE values, collaboration and continuous improvement
· Live the JSE values and demonstrate integrity, accountability, respect and professional conduct.
· Work collaboratively with asset-class heads and enabling teams while respecting decision rights and relationship ownership.
· Improve assigned research, reporting and client-intelligence processes through practical automation, templates and data-quality controls.
· Maintain relevant technical knowledge and address agreed development needs.
· Exercise judgement within delegated authority and escalate material, novel or high-risk matters.
Minimum requirements
Minimum Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance, Economics, Business Science, Data Analytics or a related discipline.
Minimum Experience
- Approximately 2 years’ relevant experience in financial markets, capital markets, research, business analysis, management information, client intelligence or a related support environment.
Knowledge and Skills required
· Financial and capital markets, including equity listings, debt capital markets and sustainable finance.
· Specialist Securities including ETFs, ETNs, AMETFs, AMCs, warrants and structured products.
· Research methods, market and competitor analysis, business-performance reporting and client intelligence.
· Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; data analysis and visualisation; trend, variance and driver analysis.
· CRM or pipeline reporting, presentation development, briefing-note preparation and action tracking.
· Stakeholder support, data governance, confidentiality, professional communication and collaboration.
· Analytical thinking, commercial awareness, accuracy, planning and prioritisation, initiative, judgement within defined authority and continuous improvement.
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Senior Manager Risk
Listing reference: jse_000736
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 3 November 2026
Position summary
Industry: Financial Services
Job category: Banking, Finance, Insurance. Stockbroking
Location: Sandton
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
About our company
WHY JOIN THE JSE? The JSE recognises that its success and strength depend on the quality of its employees. We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and high standards of performance. Our employee wellness programme is designed to encourage work-life balance for employees. We naturally seek to empower staff and encourage diversity and opportunities for all.
Introduction
To lead a team of risk management professionals in defining and executing risk management practices, methodologies and governance arrangements that ensure that JSE Clear, the JSE, its subsidiaries and their clients are adequately protected against counterparty credit risk, investment risk and liquidity risk in order to create a robust framework of market integrity and enable the JSE’s markets and products
Job description
Business and Financial Results Delivery
· Apply cost effectiveness principles in planning and delivery to contribute to achievement of divisional financial targets
· Provide relevant input into the formalisation for the divisional budget (expenses forecasts, training needs)
· Provide strategic thinking and contributions to crafting of departmental business plan to ensure delivery of focus areas for the year in support of strategy
· Provide professional advice and guidance with regards to the implementation of risk management practices, methodologies and policy framework
· Responsible for the risk identification, measurement, monitoring and reporting of financial risks across the JSE Clear business lines
· Coach team in order to ensure that tasks are completed in line with expected quality requirements and a culture of risk awareness is embedded across the post-trade area
· Establish and drive approval process for governance arrangements of the Central Counterparty
· Ensure systems, products or projects delivered contribute to improving JSE Clear service by providing input on budgets, resources required and process based on the understanding of costs, business objectives and relationship with external suppliers and stakeholders
Stakeholder Relationship Management
· Build strategic JSE Clear/Industry/Global network of thought leaders and relationships utilising social media, attending and presenting at conferences and training interventions
· Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders (in particular clearing members of JSE Clear and members of JSE cash equity market) through structured processes in order to understand their requirements on risk advisory services and respond appropriately.
Process Management
· Manage delivery against agreed delivery plan and set timelines, identify obstacles to delivery and take appropriate action where required
· Define, implement and maintain a margining and counterparty credit and liquidity stress testing framework for JSE Clear by considering international best practice, regulatory minimum standards and consulting with the clearing members in order to ensure that JSE Clear has sufficient financial resources to withstand a stressed market event
· Define, recommend for approval and implement a sound risk management framework for the JSE cash equities market by quantifying the exposure faced by the JSE and market participants, quantifying stressed exposures and quantifying any risk mitigants needed to ensure that the JSE is adequately prepared to facilitate settlements in the cash equity market
· Define, recommend for approval and implement a sound risk management framework for the Bond ETP market by quantifying the exposure faced by the market participants, quantifying stressed exposures and quantifying any risk mitigants needed to ensure that risk is appropriately managed in the Bond ETP market
· Provide specialist support to all internal stakeholders by responding to complex quantitative queries in order to ensure overall business compliance with the JSE Clear and JSE risk management guidelines
· Define and quantify the JSE’s and JSE Clear’s economic and regulatory capital requirements by considering all the risks each entity could face, defining methodologies to quantify these risks, agreeing with senior management and the board how much risk the JSE should be taking and assessing the funds available to provide protection against these risks
· Advise the various risk committees on the risk tolerance levels of the JSE and JSE Clear
· Draft and submit recommended risk policies to the JSE Clear’s various governance committees (JSE executive risk committee, JSE Clear Board Risk Committee and JSE Clear Board) to be used to define risk management
· Influence and persuade governance committee members with regard to policy and risk management decisions by presenting arguments effectively to strengthen the clearing house’s risk management
· Set a priority list of tasks to be executed by the team on an on-going basis (considering guidance given by various risk committees) and allocate them in line with skill sets and resources available in order to meet business requirements
· Coordinate, review and oversee any regulatory submissions and queries, peer interaction and client information request regarding the JSE and JSE Clear risk management by allocating submitted queries to relevant personnel and reviewing their submissions prior to getting back to stakeholders in order to ensure quality query resolution
· Provide feedback on progress with regard to key responsible areas by preparing reports and presenting them with insight and recommendations to various structures (JSE Board, JSE Equities Clearing and Settlements Advisory Committee, JSE Clear Risk Committee etc) in order to enable decision making· Update documents relating to International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) qualifying Central Counter Party (CCP) risk management standards to continue to provide capital relief to JSE Clear’s banking clearing members.
Team Management
· Ensure all team members understand and support JSE/JSE Clear vision and strategy
· Participate in recruitment processes to ensure selection contributing to success of team
· Utilise talent management practices to identify and develop future leaders and retain current talent to ensure a pipeline of future leaders and ensure business sustainability
· Ensure self and team members have required skill and professional/ technical expertise by assessing gaps and development areas and creating development plans
· Take accountability for making others successful by removing obstacles to team performance and success
· Ensure each direct report has a job profile that profiles job with a view of full performance in the job
· Ensure on boarding process is followed for all new hires and transfers to embed the JSE/JSE Clear values and cultures
· Up skill team and other professionals by sharing knowledge and research results
· Engage and empower direct reports and hold them accountable for their performance and meeting agreed goals and objectives
· Create performance agreements for direct reports with measurable goals and objectives so that they understand how their performance will be viewed, recognised and rewarded
· Conduct performance review sessions with team members to review performance and progress against targets and agree on appropriate action required to meet targets or standards
· Engage with reports in such a way that they feel motivated to achieve better performance and respect for diversity in their teams
· Epitomise living the corporate values and keep managers accountable for displaying the values in their behaviour and in their teams
· Energise organisation through effective communication, involvement, engagement, learning and best practice sharing
· Ensure self and team members keep abreast of changes in legislation or standards by conducting research and utilising networks
· Ensure self and team members keep abreast of regulatory developments impacting financial market infrastructures
· Ensure self and team members keep abreast of improvements and developments in risk management practices globally.
Transformation and Innovation Contribution
· Analyse, research, develop and implement innovative ideas and value adding solutions contributing to divisional and JSE results.
Minimum requirements
Minimum Qualification
- Honours Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science or related
Minimum Experience
- At least 5 – 10 years in a risk manager role in a financial markets environment.
Knowledge and Skills required
- Basic software applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, Internet, Email)
- Divisional service offerings
- Business principles
- Zero arbitrage pricing
- Change management
- Capacity planning
- Data analysis
- Decision-making process
- Industry trends
- Relevant JSE product knowledge
- Relevant regulatory knowledge
- Governance, risk and controls
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Junior Financial Risk Analyst
Listing reference: jse_000735
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 3 November 2026
Position summary
Industry: Financial Services
Job category: Banking, Finance, Insurance. Stockbroking
Location: Sandton
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
About our company
WHY JOIN THE JSE? The JSE recognises that its success and strength depend on the quality of its employees. We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and high standards of performance. Our employee wellness programme is designed to encourage work-life balance for employees. We naturally seek to empower staff and encourage diversity and opportunities for all.
Introduction
To develop, implement and execute credit, liquidity, counterparty credit and market risk management processes and perform quantitative analyses and reporting in support of robust and resilient cash and derivatives markets
Job description
Business and Financial Results Delivery
· Apply cost effectiveness principles in planning and delivery to contribute to achievement of divisional financial targets
· Provide input with regards to the implementation of risk management practices, methodologies and policy framework
· Responsible for the risk identification, measurement, monitoring and reporting of financial risks across JSE/JSE Clear clearing and risk operations
· Develop and apply methodologies to measure and mitigate risks
· Propose solutions and enhance the risk management framework by analysing risks and applying industry best practices, past experience and mathematical skills
Stakeholder Relationship Management
· Manage stakeholder relationships through engagement on new products, assessment of risks and advising on best solutions to meet client’s needs
· Build and maintain relationships across the JSE and the financial market industry through engagement on risk matters, client queries and exposures, products and trends
Process Management
· Manage own delivery against agreed delivery plan and set timelines, identify obstacles to delivery and take appropriate action where required
· Identify, monitor, measure and manage market, credit, counterparty credit and liquidity risks in the cash and derivative markets,
· identify potential future scenarios and quantify the impact of those scenarios on JSE Clear, its clearing members and clients
· Apply the risk management framework and process in day-to day management of risk in the markets cleared by JSE Clear as the central counterparty (CCP).
· Apply the risk management framework for the JSE cash equity market to quantify the exposure faced by the JSE and market participants, including stressed exposures
· Implement risk mitigants in support of effective clearing and settlement in the cash equity market
· Apply the risk management framework for the Bond ETP market to quantify and manage the exposure faced by the market participants, including stressed exposures
· Implement risk mitigants needed to ensure that risks are appropriately managed in the Bond ETP market
· Establish and monitor key risk indicators, and propose and implement corrective action plans to mitigate risks
· Conduct research to keep abreast of industry best practices and regulatory changes and ensure effectiveness and compliance of the JSE/JSE Clear risk management frameworks
· Provide clients with information to support analysis and understanding of margin requirements and methodologies
· Assist with client queries in relation to valuation and margining of cash and derivative instruments and exposures
· Assess the clear-ability of new products and develop appropriate margining/other models to manage the associated risks
· Assist with regulatory reporting and responding to regulator queries
· Monitor and assess changes in clearing members’ portfolios and the implications of such changes on margin requirements and default fund exposures
Market insights
· Assist with deep-dive analyses into cases of elevated default fund exposures, uncovering root causes and patterns that inform strategic risk decisions.
· Provide forward-looking perspectives on market trends and volatility, translating these dynamics into potential effects on margin levels, notional positions and default fund exposures to ensure proactive risk mitigation while providing leadership with a clear, data-informed picture of evolving market risks.
· Provide additional business intelligence reporting and market insights in relation to trading, exposure and price
Transformation and Innovation Contribution
· Analyse, research, develop and implement innovative ideas and value adding solutions contributing to divisional and JSE results.
· Apply software development/scripting skills to automate and streamline operational and reporting processes
· Apply AI, ML and other developing technologies to transform and enhance risk operations, reporting and support market insights and intelligence.
Minimum requirements
Minimum Qualification
• Degree in Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science or related. Honours/Masters degree preferred.
Minimum Experience
• 1-3 years in a financial risk analyst role preferably in a capital markets environment
Knowledge and Skills required
• Basic software applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, Internet, Email)
• Divisional service offerings
• Business principles
• Credit risk, Counterparty credit risk, Investment risk and Liquidity risk
• Securities and derivatives instruments and valuation
• Capital requirements (e.g. Basel III/IV)
• Operations in a financial services environment
• Data analysis
• Python/R/VBA/SQL programming experience
• Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning skills
• Decision-making process
• Relevant JSE product knowledge
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Governance, risk and controls
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Johannesburg Stock Exchange Bursary – 2027
Listing reference: jse_000734
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 31 October 2026
Position summary
Industry: Financial Services
Job category: Other: Banking, Finance, Insurance, Stockbroking
Location: Sandton
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
About our company
WHY JOIN THE JSE? The JSE recognises that its success and strength depend on the quality of its employees. We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and high standards of performance. Our employee wellness programme is designed to encourage work-life balance for employees. We naturally seek to empower staff and encourage diversity and opportunities for all.
Introduction
The JSE is committed to upskilling and developing future leaders of SA. As the great Nelson Mandela said, “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” In this spirit, the JSE Empowerment Fund (JEF) was established to support students as they strive to reach their academic goals. The JEF offers bursaries to previously disadvantaged students in their 2nd and 3rd year or post-graduate (Honours) level of studies.
Job description
1.You must be a top performer who is studying (full time) towards a degree in:
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Actuarial Science
- Information Technology
- Informatics
- Data Analytics
- Economics
- Finance
- Accounting
2.Only applications from the following Universities will be considered:
- University of Pretoria
- University of Johannesburg
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Nelson Mandela University
- University of Cape Town
- University of Limpopo
- North-West University
- Fort-Hare University
- University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
- University of the Free State
3.The following supporting documents must be attached to your application:
- Certified ID Copy
- Proof of registration
- Academic Record
- Proof of household income
- Proof of residence
N.B! Please note that all applications must include an affidavit confirming the information provided.
Minimum requirements
- Applications are restricted to students who are South African citizens within the designated group.
- The joint income of the students’ parents/caregivers should not exceed a joint income of R650 000 per annum.
- Only applications for 2nd year, 3rd year, or Honors level of studies will be considered.
- Applicants must have achieved a minimum aggregate of 70%.
Benefits
Bursary covers the following:
- Tuition fees
- Accomodation
- Textbooks
- Meals
- Laptop
- Living allowance
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We wish you all the best with your applications
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