Sr. Quantitative Finance Analyst - Scenario & Enterprise Risk Analytics

Bank of America • Charlotte, NC

10d • $125,000 - $210,000 • Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Job Description: This job is responsible for conducting quantitative analytics and complex modeling projects for specific business units or risk types. Key responsibilities include leading the development of new models, analytic processes, or system approaches, creating technical documentation for related activities, and working with Technology staff in the design of systems to run models developed. Job expectations may include the ability to influence strategic direction, as well as develop tactical plans. Global Risk Analytics (GRA) and Enterprise Independent Testing (EIT) are sub-lines of business within Global Risk Management (GRM). Collectively, they are responsible for developing a consistent and coherent set of models, analytical tools, and tests for effective risk and capital measurement, management and reporting across Bank of America. GRA and EIT partner with the Lines of Business and Enterprise functions to ensure the capabilities it builds address both internal and regulatory requirements, and are responsive to the changing nature of portfolios, economic conditions, and emerging risks. In executing its activities, GRA and EIT drive innovation, process improvement and automation.

Requirements

• Minimum Education Requirement: Master’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience
• Ability to identify key industry drivers, excellent quantitative skills and judgment in the field of research.
• The candidate must be able to thrive in a fast-paced and intense environment, be intellectually curious about drivers of the economy, industry & company performance and consumer behavior
• Strong economic and financial skills and a keen interest in markets, economics, and worldwide current events
• Strong writing and spreadsheet skills
• Must be an expert in MS Excel, experience working with statistical packages and/or programming experience preferred
• Must have excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Must have strong attention to detail, ability to multi-task
• Must work well in a collaborative team environment and be exceptionally driven
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Some knowledge of Tableau, SQL, Python.
• Good understanding of current regulatory environment
• Progress toward (or completion of) CFA a plus.

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
• Leads 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
• Maintains and provides oversight of model development and model risk management in respective focus areas to support business requirements and the enterprise's risk appetite
• Leads and provides 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
• Analyzing and communicating model results to model stakeholders, including enterprise credit and credit risk, allowance, model development, model risk, senior management, and regulators
• Applying quantitative methods and business/economic expertise to develop model overlays that meet risk management, line of business, and regulatory requirements
• Monitoring current and emerging risks to wholesale clients (e.g. rising interest rates, persistent inflation, etc.) and considering impact on the wholesale portfolio and forecasts
• Demonstrated ability to clearly articulate to senior stakeholders model results and overlays at a level of detail commensurate with the given audience
• Conceptualize structured solutions to ambiguous and complex business problems and questions
• Create innovate ways to answer key business questions by combining existing data, capabilities, and knowledge with new information sources, quantitative techniques, and capabilities.
• Develop forward-looking analysis and tools that identify new relationships and quantify second and third-order effects enabling business partners and stakeholders to gain a deeper understanding of the current portfolio, identify emerging opportunities and risks, and employ data and information backed strategies.

Benefits

• This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
• This role is currently benefits eligible.
• We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

What This Job Offers

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