Financial Risk & Reg - Tech & Analytics, Director

Advanced Degree in Mathematics or other quantitative discipline

Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities with, and/or a proven record of success directing efforts identifying and addressing client needs.

• Demonstrates a proven record of success developing, validating or auditing models within the Financial Services sector, including; the banking industry, consulting, or government regulatory positions, in the following areas: securities and derivatives valuation and risk management, including retail and/or wholesale, market and credit risk models, mortgage prepayment models, and/or complex discounted cash flow models;
• Specializes in econometric and analytical modeling, statistical and machine learning techniques for analyzing large sets of financial data, including: sampling, hypothesis testing, optimization; time series, regression, decision tree, and cluster analyses;
• Displays techniques for visualizing complex financial data analyses;
• Utilizes working knowledge of the regulatory guidance on model risk management, including model documentation and model validation report writing;
• Demonstrates abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas: model development, testing, documentation, and validation tasks for pricing/valuation, risk, or capital models; 
• Specializes in advanced statistical and/or econometric modeling utilizing SAS or R software, Excel/VBA, SQL, Python and other programming languages and applications;
• Displays ability to identify and address client needs, which includes: building relationships with clients, developing an awareness of Firm services, approaching client in an organized manner, and delivering clear requests for information;
• Provides problem solving skills, communicates effectively in written and verbal formats to various audiences (including various levels of management and external clients) in a professional business environment; 
• Displays ability to research and analyze pertinent client, industry, and technical matters;
• Demonstrates ability to contributes to a positive working environment by building relationships with team members; proactively seeking guidance, clarification and feedback;
• Demonstrates ability to identify, escalate and communicate potential issues and conflicts; and,
• Utilizes flexibility in handling multiple tasks by prioritizing and focusing on successful execution.