SENIOR ASSOCIATE (Quantitative Analyst)

Job Requisition ID: 90320

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week

Location: New York, NY

Offered Wage: $151,500.18/year

Duties: Executes independent validations of models based on the company's internal model risk management policy and procedures, regulatory guidance, and leading industry practices. Plans validation work to incorporate the evaluation of conceptual soundness and modeling methodology, model assumptions and weaknesses, data relevance, completeness, and outcome analysis. Reviews and completes model validation reports ensuring they meet the Model Risk team's internal standards based on a methodological evaluation of the model, performance testing, sensitivity analysis, assumptions testing, and data reviews. Communicates findings and recommendations from model validation reports to model owners and model users. Presents findings to senior management and the Model Risk Committee. Builds benchmark and test models to be used in model validation. Monitors model validation results and evaluates remediation actions. Collaborates with Model Risk Governance to ensure that model governance and standards are observed.

Education & Experience Requirements:

Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Economics or other quantitative discipline (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus three (3) years of experience as a Quantitative Analyst (or closely related profession) performing model validation or model development in the banking, insurance or consulting industry.

Or, alternatively:

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Economics or other quantitative discipline (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Quantitative Analyst (or closely related profession) performing model validation or model development in the banking, insurance or consulting industry.

Required Skills:

Experience must include 3 years in each of the following skills:

(1) Validating asset management, financial, capital, stress testing, and machine-learning models within the finance or insurance industries;

(2) Assessing aggregate model risk and identifying potential and emerging model risks within the finance or insurance industries;

(3) Performing model testing and building challenger models during asset management, financial or machine-learning model validation leveraging one or more of the following languages: R, Python, MATLAB, and C++;

(4) Performing model calibration assessment, model performance assessment, sensitivity and stability testing, back testing, and benchmarking against challenger models during asset management, financial, capital or machine-learning models validation leveraging Cox regression modeling for debt rating and economic forecasting models; and,

(5) Reviewing model documentation relative to asset management, capital, financial or machine-learning model validation leveraging the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System's "SR 11-7: Guidance on Model Risk."

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Overtime eligible: Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible: No

Sales bonus eligible: No

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Job Requisition ID: 90320