Lead Quantitate Modelling Specialist

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Quantitate Modelling Specialist.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives including creation, implementation, documentation, validation, articulation, and defense of highly statistical theory

• Qualify monitor markets and forecast credit and operational risks

• Strategize short and long-term objectives, and provide analytical support for a wide array of business initiatives

• Utilize stochastic, structured securities, spread analysis, with the expertise in the theory and mathematics behind the analysis

• Review and assess models inclusive of technical, audit, and market perspectives

• Identify structure and scope of review

• Enable decision making for product and marketing with broad impact and act as key participant to develop and document analytical models

• Collaborate and consult with regulators and auditors

• Present results of analysis and strategies

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Quantitative Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics, economics, or computer science

Desired Qualifications:

• Overall experience around 5+ years in credit risk modeling role
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative fields such as applied mathematics, statistics, engineering, finance, economics, econometrics or computer sciences
• 5+ years of experience in credit risk analytics
• 5+ years of advanced programming expertise in Python, Tableau and Power BI
• Strong technical skills and problem solving skills
• Strong project management skills with ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong ability to develop partnerships and collaborate with other business and functional areas
• Knowledge and understanding of issues or change management processes
• Experience determining root cause analysis
• Flexibility with changing priorities
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
• Detail oriented, results driven, and has the ability to navigate in a quickly changing and high demand environment while balancing multiple priorities
• Understanding of bank regulatory data sets and other industry data sources
• Ability to research and report on a variety of issues using problem solving skills
• Ability to make timely and independent judgment decisions while working in a fast-paced and results-driven environment

Job Expectations:

• Lead and perform various complex activities related to model monitoring, production and model analytics. Provide analytical support for developing, evaluating, implementing, monitoring and executing credit and PPNR models across commercial business vertical
• Lead large-scale projects. Develop, implement, execute and monitor credit ACL, CECL, IFRS9, Basel and CCAR models for commercial portfolios
• Lead model monitoring, production and analytics for credit and balance models
• Develop dynamic dashboards; analyze key risk parameters to help understand changes in business and model performance
• Develop frameworks for documentation of development, implementation and monitoring processes across the team with focus on standardization of controls

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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