Business Director, Economic Forecasting

Capital One • McLean, VA

13h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Business Director at Capital One, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to major company challenges. You’ll team with world-class professionals to develop and test strategies that ultimately impact the bottom line. And you will do it all in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation. As the head of the Economic Forecast team you will be responsible for producing quarterly economic forecasts used for business planning, loss forecasting and credit allowance. You will share your quarterly economic forecasts to senior management of Capital One. You will be responsible for designing economic scenarios for stress testing, including annual CCAR exams. You will collaborate with a cross-functional team of Business Analysts, Data Analysts, Tech Engineers and Project Managers to transform the Economic Forecasting infrastructure and to develop new analytical capabilities. You will guide teams across the company on best practices for using macroeconomic variables in models. You will be the owner of models and analytical tools used for economic forecasting and scenario design, working closely with vendors supporting these models and tools, such as S&P/IHS and Moody’s.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 4 years of experience performing quantitative analysis
• At least 4 years of experience performing qualitative analysis
• At least 2 years of experience performing people management
• At least 2 years of experience performing project management

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree
• 2+ years of experience in financial services
• 1+ year of experience in consulting
• Previous consulting experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of analysts, coaching and mentoring them with a goal of developing and retaining talent at Capital One
• Manage timely delivery and flawless execution of quarterly economic forecasts and scenarios for stress testing.
• Oversee multiple projects and programs concurrently
• Develop and implement economic data product
• Work closely with colleagues across Capital One including: Tech, Data Analysts, Project Managers, Loss Forecast, Finance and others

Benefits

• comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
• performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director