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Senior Quantitative Finance Analyst

4 weeks ago


Bromley, United Kingdom Bank of America Full time
Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Quantitative Finance Analyst

Corporate Title: VP

Location: Bromley

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us

Location Overview:

Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Here you’ll find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train.

The Team:

Global Markets Risk Analytics (GMRA) is part of Global Risk Analytics (GRA). It is responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring counterparty credit risk and market risk models. GMRA also develops assessment tools to support regulatory, audit, and internal risk management needs for Global Markets.  This role sits within Process Engineering (PE) team, which focuses on execution of strategic projects across GMRA by providing technological tools and solutions for process improvement and modelling efficiency.

Role Description:

Bank of America has an opportunity for a Senior Quantitative Finance Analyst within our Global Risk Analytics (GRA) function. GRA is responsible for developing a consistent and coherent set of models and analytical tools for effective risk and capital measurement, management and reporting across Bank of America. GRA partners with the Lines of Business and Enterprise functions to ensure that its models and analytics address both internal and regulatory requirements, such as quarterly Enterprise Stress Testing (EST), the annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), and the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) accounting standard. GRA models follow an iterative and ongoing development life cycle, as the bank responds to the changing nature of portfolios, economic conditions, and emerging risks. In addition to model development, GRA conducts model implementation, data management, model execution and analysis, forecast administration, and model performance monitoring. GRA drives innovation, process improvement and automation across all these activities.

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

What we are looking for:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with a quantitative emphasis in areas such as mathematics, engineering, or computer science
Tracking records and ability to design, lead and develop complex systems.
Proven programming ability in Python or a similar object-oriented programming language
Prior financial experience, preferably within a large investment bank
Good communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Self-motivated, pro-active and an able to run with issues.
Attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to excellence.
A team-player who can work with colleagues with different experience and backgrounds
Python programming experience at a large, multi-national bank, using platforms such as Quartz, Athena, SecDb, etc.
Experience with large dataset tools incl. relational databases, SQL and Tableau
Experience developing, testing, or maintaining Risk models such as VaR, FRTB or CCAR
Familiarity with pricing models

Skills that will help:

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

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

UK

Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

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