Sr. Quantitative Finance Analyst

Job Description:

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Job Description:
This job is responsible for conducting quantitative analytics and complex modeling projects for specific business units or risk types. Key responsibilities include leading the development of new models, analytic processes, or system approaches, creating technical documentation for related activities, and working with Technology staff in the design of systems to run models developed. Job expectations may include the ability to influence strategic direction, as well as develop tactical plans.

Responsibilities:

• Performs end-to-end market risk stress testing including scenario design, scenario implementation, results consolidation, internal and external reporting, and analyzes stress scenario results to better understand key drivers

• Leads the planning related to setting quantitative work priorities in line with the bank’s overall strategy and prioritization

• Identifies continuous improvements through reviews of approval decisions on relevant model development or model validation tasks, critical feedback on technical documentation, and effective challenges on model development/validation

• Maintains and provides oversight of model development and model risk management in respective focus areas to support business requirements and the enterprise's risk appetite

• Leads and provides methodological, analytical, and technical guidance to effectively challenge and influence the strategic direction and tactical approaches of development/validation projects and identify areas of potential risk

• Works closely with model stakeholders and senior management with regard to communication of submission and validation outcomes

• Performs statistical analysis on large datasets and interprets results using both qualitative and quantitative approaches

Bank of America’s Global Risk Analytics (GRA) organization has a high impact opportunity for a Senior Quantitative Financial Analyst within its Consumer Loss Forecasting (CLF) team.
GRA is a quantitative organization which delivers models, tools, and analysis needed to effectively manage risk and capital. The CLF team provides insights via credit loss forecasts and related portfolio, model and forecast analytics for Bank’s $500 billion consumer loan portfolio – which includes Mortgage, Credit Card, Auto loan, and Consumer Banking Overdraft products. This position will primarily focus on the Consumer Credit Card product and portfolio. 

Forecast Administration plays a critical role in the Bank’s allowance and financial planning, enterprise stress testing, and overall risk management activities. It requires combining knowledge of operational management, impacts of product and financial strategies, with analytical skills to enhance risk assessment and loss forecasting capabilities, adding insights to help improve business decision-making.

The Senior Quantitative Financial Analyst interacts with a wide variety of stakeholders including other loss forecast associates, model operations, model developers, Allowance, Finance, Enterprise Stress Testing, Risk and the Front Line Unit. The Analyst should be able to effectively conduct sophisticated analysis and communicate results of such analysis to stakeholders.