Senior ALM Analyst

Hancock Whitney • New Orleans, LA

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About The Position

Senior ALM Analysts are responsible for modeling and quantification of the Interest Rate Risk and Liquidity Risk associated with management of the Bank’s Balance Sheet and the communication of these risks to the Bank’s ALCO and associated Sub-Committees. The Senior ALM Analyst will also recommend on-balance and off-balance sheet strategies for minimizing of these risks as well as participate in other Treasury based functions which support Banking operations such as Loan Pricing, Funds Transfer Pricing methodologies, and Investment Portfolio analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferably in finance, accounting, economics or related field.
• 5 years related experience and/or training required.
• CFA designation or Master’s in Finance required.
• Experience should include financial modeling in addition to working with large complex data sets and time series/regression analysis. (Tableau, Power BI, Power Query)
• An equivalent combination of education, experience, and/or training may be considered.
• Requires advanced analytical skills including analyzing and synthesizing qualitative and quantitative information.
• Requires advanced understanding of ALM models.
• Requires high-level knowledge of loan, deposit, investment, and derivative products.
• Experienced level understanding of accounting principles (Balance sheet and income statement composition).

Nice To Haves

• 7 years preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operates and maintains the ALM Model (Empyrean Solutions), as well as other proprietary models developed by Corporate Treasury including the Deposit Analytics Model and Liquidity Stress Test Model.
• Responsible for providing analysis, creating presentations, and communicating recommendations to sub-committees of the Bank’s ALCO.
• Provide guidance, leadership and expertise to other ALM Analysts.
• Provide guidance on product construction, loan structuring and FTP to other managers and senior associates.
• Assists in providing lenders guidance on loan pricing which requires knowledge of Bank’s loan pricing models.
• Responsible for reviewing and coordinating all documentation for IRR, Deposit and Liquidity Models.
• Assists the ALM Manager and/or Assistant Treasurer in managing Model Reviews with External Vendors and Internal Model Governance.
• Analyzes Asset/Liability (ALM) Model data by performing trend analysis and other statistical or quantitative techniques via Business Intelligence tools. (SAS, SQL, Power BI, Power Query, Excel Pivot Tables)
• Prepares reports for Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) and ALCO subcommittees and Corporate Treasury.
• Assists with modeling ad hoc strategies and balances sheet optimization.
• Develops and periodically calibrates and back tests assumptions used in modeling.
• Meets with representatives from Retail, Commercial, Business Banking product management… etc. in order to understanding products and their behaviors in order to address potential risk factors embedded in the product and to model them correctly.
• Analyzes the impact of potential risk mitigation strategies using both off-balance sheet derivatives and other on-balance sheet methods.
• Incumbent is required to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local banking and industry related laws and regulations including but not limited to the Bank Secrecy Act.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or history of disability, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, disabled veteran, or other protected characteristics as required by federal, state and local laws.

What This Job Offers

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