Senior Quantitative Finance Analyst

Job Description:Job Title: Senior Quantitative Finance Analyst Corporate Title: DirectorLocation: BromleyCompany 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 usLocation 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 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 all the Lines of Business and Enterprise functions. GRA and EIT include vertical (i.e., business or risk-specific) functions and horizontal functions that cut across business and risk-types. A core pillar of our horizontal strategy is developing common, reusable, and scalable components that can be used across GRM. Quantitative engineers will be responsible for executing on this strategy.Role Description:GRQE are looking for a high-quality person to help drive forward the book of work and to directly support the team. They will work closely with the tech lead of the team to deliver successful outcomes across a broad range of responsibilities, and to drive change. There is a need to drive forward opportunities to create efficiencies through automation and to shape how the team conducts all of Change Management responsibilities.Responsibilities:Drive forward Business, Product and Project Management capabilities across GRQESupport Tech Lead in guiding the team, particularly timely and effective delivery of the book of work, removing roadblocks for the team and make the team operate more efficientlySupport COO in driving out future strategy for GRQEResponsible for driving forwards multiple concurrent projects, particularly the implementation of models onto the organisation's target-state infrastructure and adoption of modular and reusable components, ensuring adherence to team business practices as well as Enterprise project governance and Change Management standards.Support effective delivery through good project management practices and provision of project management expertise to modellers and test owners.Provide business support to GRQE COO as necessary - this may include capacity planning, reports and returns, hiring activities, managing routines, etc.Drive Operational Excellence across GRQE through leading identification and implementation of change activities.Explore opportunities to automate project management and business management processes and reporting.Explore ways to optimize the team operating model for project management and business management practices.What we are looking for:Considerable years of relevant experience in Business or Product or Project ManagementGood coaching skills - Ability to foster good collaboration among team members and help solve problems.Experience in financial services or a related field.Experience of business management and project management in a fast-paced organisationGood influencing skillsGood evaluative, problem solving and organizational skills.Demonstrate mental curiosity to drive forward opportunities for improvement.'Control' oriented experience and mindsetWorking knowledge of risk managementSkills that will help:Experience of Quantitative EngineeringExperience of model development and the Model development lifecycleExcellent proficiency and good experience with JIRA (Horizon tools)Programming skills including Python, SQL - or the desire to learn these skills.Benefits of working at Bank of America:UKPrivate 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 annumThe 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 mattersAbility to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contributionOpportunity 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 experienceWe strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.Learn more about this role