Sunday 17 February 2013

Senior Quantitative Analyst - Qaunt Risk (PD/LGD/EAD)) New York City, NY

Senior Quantitative Analyst - Qaunt Risk (PD/LGD/EAD))

  • Company

    OCG - Obtain Consulting Group
  • Location

    New York City, NY
  • Compensation

    Competitive
  • Position Type

    Permanent
  • Employment type

    Full time
  • Updated

    Feb 17, 2013
  • eFC Ref no

    1169081

At the VP level of one of the largest financial institutions, you will be expected to develop the quantitative models to measure probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD) for the bank's counterparties and credit exposures.
Overview
As a member of the premier Enterprise Risk Management team in Boston, Quantitative Analysts will provide the development and documentation of tools and methods for assessing various aspects of credit risk to the bank
Your analyses will drive the bank’s capital strategy and inform its application of the advanced internal ratings-based (AIRB) approach to risk measurement under Basel II.  The capital estimates and associated AIRB inputs support a variety of management objectives including developing regulatory reports, improving risk management, enhancing risk reporting, and allocating capital to business units.
Responsibilities
  • Critically review U.S. Basel II and related regulations and developing methods to estimate the value of the credit parameters that meet regulatory requirement

  • As required, review non-U.S. banking regulations, and adjust the value of credit parameters or create an alternative set of credit parameters that meet non-U.S. regulatory requirements

  • Perform backtesting, sensitivity testing, and stress testing of credit parameters

  • Provide support for development and documentation of other credit parameter inputs used in our AIRB system

Requirements

  • Excellent Quantitative academic qualifications (PhD preferred)

  • Wholesale risk modelling experience is preferred.

  • Excellent programming skills (SAS, MATLAB, C++)

  • In-depth understanding of multivariate statistics

  • Experience modeling credit risk for financial institutions

  • 3-8yrs experience within a related function (Wholesale Risk modelling, Quantitative Analytics)

  • Willing to relocate to Boston

To learn more about this opportunity please send a resume to mandates@obtainconsulting.com or contact Layla on +44 203 290 1767 for more information

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