Accelerate Your Career
At Monocle, we believe work is more than a job. It is a chance to make a difference in the world of finance. An opportunity to fulfil your potential. To make friendships with ambitious, positive, likeminded people. To gain invaluable industry experience and learn critical skills that will make you a highly sought-after management consultant.
Monocle is a people-centric, independent consulting firm, specialising in banking and insurance. We understand that our greatest asset is our people and because of this, we do things a bit differently.
Monocle's Employee Value Proposition:
Monocle embraces an ongoing and active approach to amplifying the talents of our people, empowering them to unlock their full potential and feel fulfilled in their careers. Our vibrant culture thrives through our shared growth mindset, collaboration, support, and social connection, fostering a space where everyone can flourish. We are committed to continuous learning and provide ongoing technical training, industry certification support, and personal development opportunities through mentorship and executive engagement. Ultimately, we strive to create an environment that nurtures ambition, supports well-being, embraces diversity, upholds integrity, and inspires individuals to make a positive and lasting impact on the world around us.
We're expanding our team and looking for exceptional professionals with a passion for solving real-world problems in financial services.
Who We're Hiring:
We're hiring for a range of roles within our consulting teams. If you have experience in banking or a consulting background (within banking), we want to hear from you.
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Business Analyst
You will work closely with stakeholders to gather business requirements, analyse operations, and recommend solutions that improve performance and compliance across banking functions.
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Data Analyst
Your role will be to help banking clients make data-driven decisions. You will be required to clean, analyse, and interpret large datasets to produce actionable insights, reports, and dashboards that support strategic and regulatory initiatives. The role combines technical data skills such as SQL, Python, or reporting tools, with business analysis, engaging directly with clients to understand their needs and translate them into analytical solutions.
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Data Scientist
Your role will require you to apply advanced statistical, machine learning, and computational methods to extract patterns, build predictive models, and generate actionable insights from structured and unstructured data.
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Quantitative Analyst
Your role will require you to apply mathematical, statistical, and computational techniques to model, price, and manage financial or business risks.
What We're Looking For:
- 3 - 8 years' relevant experience in banking or consulting to banking clients.
- Degree qualified (required) in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Econometrics, Statistics, or Data Sciences, with strong preference for a post graduate qualification.
- Good technical skills, including experience with tools such as SQL, SAS, Python and Business Intelligence applications.
- Subject matter knowledge in banking (RDARR, Treasury, Credit Risk, Market Risk etc)
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and client-facing abilities
- A passion for innovation, data, and digital transformation
Monocle offers:
- Unparalleled growth and exposure - Monocle is uniquely positioned in the market to undertake projects across a wide spectrum of critical and exciting areas of the financial services industry. Our consultants deliver mission critical projects at the most prestigious banks and insurers in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and Amsterdam.
- Unlimited training and development - Investment in our peoples development is at the heart of Monocles company ethos. That is why we prioritise the upskilling of every employee.
- Unique and vibrant company culture - At Monocle, we believe friends work better together than colleagues. We love nothing more than partaking in a wide variety of activities through our company sponsored clubs.
- Ultra-competitive compensation - At Monocle, we want the best talent to join our team, so we understand that those individuals need to be recognised and rewarded for their true value.
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