Credit Risk Analyst

Genworth Financial•Raleigh, NC

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

At Enact, we understand that there’s no place like home. That’s why we bring our deep expertise, insightful offerings, and extra mile service to work every day to help lenders put more people in homes and keep them there. We’re looking for a Credit Risk Analyst in Raleigh, NC to join us in fulfilling our mission, while utilizing our values of excellence, improvement, and connection. In this role, you will provide insights and expertise in model development and quantitative analysis of credit risk across primary and structured credit insurance opportunities. You are responsible for helping Enact succeed in its targeted acquisition, management, and distribution of credit risk strategy. Success in this role requires a blend of strong analytical skills, a desire to collaborate with others, and effective communication.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, statistics, financial mathematics, or a related field
3+ years of quantitative experience working with credit data and building risk models
Experience using statistical or machine learning to model frequency and severity of losses
Experience developing, testing, diagnosing and documenting risk models and their performance
Experience creating reproducible workflows including version-controlled code
Proficiency in data manipulation and analysis in a programming language such as Python or R
Strong communication skills that allow for collaboration across multiple teams including IT
Self-directed learner who proactively identifies knowledge gaps, pursues resources, and consistently applies new techniques to improve model performance or reliability

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or equivalent in actuarial science, statistics, financial mathematics, or a related field
Experience building interactive data applications with tools such as Streamlit or Shiny
Experience in developing credit risk frameworks, underwriting guidance, and pricing strategies
Experience with cashflow modeling and financial metrics such as return on equity
Experience with structured credit risk transfer transactions

Responsibilities

Assist in the development of new probability of default, loss given default and exposure models
Run developed models to assist in the quantitative assessment of both new business and portfolio performance ensuring continuity between the two
Review and work with external models to help validate if they are fit for use under Enact’s existing Model Risk Framework
Incorporate internally developed and external models into Enact’s data and modeling architecture
Monitor model performance against actual loss experience to better inform future improvements
Collaborate with IT teams and assist in the development of interfaces and tools that better enable underwriters to interact with model results
Use models and loss distributions to perform stress testing across multiple collateral types while ensuring adherence to internal and regulatory standards
Help in the design and computation of analytics that support Enact’s capital management strategies and risk appetite.
Collaborate on designing strategies that inform risk acquisition and distribution