Quantitative Finance Analyst

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for conducting quantitative analytics and modeling projects for specific business units or risk types. Key responsibilities include developing new models, analytic processes, or systems approaches, creating technical documentation for related activities, and working with Technology staff in the design of systems to run models developed. Job expectations include having a broad knowledge of financial markets and products.

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
• Supports 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
• Supports model development and model risk management in respective focus areas to support business requirements and the enterprise's risk appetite
• Supports the 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

Skills:

• Critical Thinking
• Quantitative Development
• Risk Analytics
• Risk Modeling
• Technical Documentation
• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving
• Risk Management
• Test Engineering
• Data Modeling
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Process Performance Measurement
• Research
• Written Communications

Minimum Education Requirement: Master’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience

Overview of the Role:
As a Quantitative Finance Analyst on the Enterprise Risk Analytics team, your main responsibilities will involve:

Responsible for independently conducting quantitative analytics and modeling projects. Responsible for developing new models, analytic processes or systems approaches. Creates documentation for all activities and works with Technology staff in design of any system to run models developed. Incumbents possess excellent quantitative/analytic skills and a broad knowledge of financial markets and products.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Applying quantitative methods to develop capabilities that meet line of business, risk management and regulatory requirements
• Maintaining and continuously enhancing capabilities over time to respond to the changing nature of portfolios, economic conditions and emerging risks
• Understanding and executing activities that form the end-to-end model development and use life cycle
• Clearly documenting and effectively communicating quantitative methods as part of ongoing engagement with key stakeholders, including the lines of business, risk managers, model validation, technology

Position Overview:
 Responsible for independently conducting quantitative analytics and modeling projects. Responsible for developing new models, analytic processes or systems approaches. Creates documentation for all activities and works with Technology staff in design of any system to run models developed. Incumbents possess excellent quantitative/analytic skills and a broad knowledge of financial markets and products.

Required Education, Skills, and Experience:
• Graduate degree in quantitative discipline (e.g. Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Finance,
Physics)
• 2+ years of experience in model development, statistical work, data analytics or quantitative research, or PhD
• Ability to work in a large, complex organization, and influence various stakeholders and partners
• Self-starter; Initiates work independently, before being asked
• Strong team player able to seamlessly transition between contributing individually and collaborating on team projects; Understands that individual actions may require input from manager or peers; Knows when to include others
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate quantitative topics to technical and non-technical audiences
• Effectively creates a compelling story using data; Able to make recommendations and articulate conclusions supported by data
• Effectively presents findings, data, and conclusions to influence senior leaders
• Ability to work in a highly controlled and audited environment
• Effective at prioritization, and time and project management
• Strong Programming skills e.g. R, Python, SAS, SQL, R or other languages
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Desired Skills and Experience:
 • Experience with complex data architecture, including modeling and data science tools and libraries, data warehouses, and machine learning
• Knowledge of predictive modeling, statistical sampling, optimization, machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques
• Strong technical writing, communication and presentation skills and ability to effectively communicate quantitative topics with non-technical audiences
• Effective at prioritization/time and project management
• Broad understanding of financial products
• Ability to extract, analyze, and merge data from disparate systems, and perform deep analysis
• Experience designing, developing, and applying scalable Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence solutions
• Experience with data analytics tools (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau)
• Demonstrated ability to drive action and sustain momentum to achieve results
• Demonstrated leadership skills; Ability to exert broad influence among peers
• Experience with engineering complex, multifaceted processes that span across teams; Able to document process steps, inputs, outputs, requirements, identify gaps and improve workflow
• Sees the broader picture and is able to identify new methods for doing things
• Experience with LaTeX

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