Quantitative Operations Officer II

Truist Bank • Atlanta, GA

12d • Remote

About The Position

Lead projects to implement and configure models and templates in key corporate platforms supporting retail and commercial lines of business at Truist. Leverage subject matter expertise and strong relationships with leaders in the business, information technology, and Model Development to design and implement innovative solutions that support intended model designs, system integration plans, and business objectives. This position is approved for telecommuting and can be performed remotely within the Atlanta metro area.

Requirements

• MBA or master's degree in a quantitative field such as Economics, Quantitative Finance, Computer Science, MIS, Operations Research, or Statistics plus 10 years of experience developing, implementing, running, and/or applying risk models for decision making. Alternatively, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration or a quantitative field with 15 years of experience developing, implementing, running, and/or applying risk models for decision making.
• 10 years of experience as a team lead or manager planning and managing projects in a financial institution.
• Demonstrated proficiency in communicating with upper management and governance groups; leading cross-functional teams; managing projects; mitigating operational risk of production processes; securing agreements with vendors; and implementing models in production systems or leveraging models as part of the business.

Nice To Haves

• 15 years of experience leading development, implementation, production processing, or business use of credit risk models for a financial institution.
• Experience working with multiple loan origination, servicing, risk rating, or loan accounting system platforms with an understanding of the major functional components and how data, models, and other applications are integrated into those systems.
• Experience with SQL query development and common use of data analysis tools such as SQL Server Management Studio, TOAD, DB2, Access, Excel/VBA, SAS, and R.
• Experience developing reports with a business intelligence tool (e.g., QlikView, Tableau, MicroStrategy).
• Development experience in object-oriented programming (i.e., C#, C++, VB) and familiarity working in Visual Studio.
• Aptitude for understanding statistical concepts and model calculations.
• Familiarity with downstream use of credit risk models in retail and commercial lines of business as well as CCAR/CECL processes.
• Strong soft skills to build trust with business partners and effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with software development life cycle components including experience leading testing efforts including smoke testing, SIT, and UAT.
• Demonstrated proficiency with the full suite of MS Office software.
• Familiarity with Truist businesses, systems, and data.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage model implementation projects involving new functionality and change management.
• Lead implementation of models, templates, and reports in highly leveraged platforms such as the commercial risk rating platform.
• Configure models and system components in highly leveraged platforms such as the commercial risk rating platform.
• Lead efforts to build processes to integrate third party data into model calculation processes.
• Guide IT partners in establishing requirements for model implementations and testing.
• Provide support in sharing application ownership responsibilities on behalf of businesses.
• Anticipate potential issues with model use as systems and data sources change.
• Ensure integrity of model and template implementations by developing and executing test plans in partnership with information technology.
• Lead team efforts in preparation of data for internal use or regulatory reporting as needed.
• Provide subject matter expertise to cross-functional teams on projects involving origination, servicing, risk rating and spreading, loan accounting system platforms and databases as Truist continues to evolve.
• Mentor other team members, leveraging experience to teach skills involving model and template implementation, system integrations, and internal client support.
• Assist managers and cross-functional leaders with model validation efforts, Audit, and regulatory exams.

Benefits

• Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates.
• Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays.
• Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees