Quantitative Risk Analyst II - PenFed Credit Union

Are you looking to take your career from good to great? As an employee of PenFed, every day is an opportunity to thrive, and be part of a team working to ensure our organization is providing world class service to our members, employees, and our communities. We exist to help our members realize their full potential, educate and encourage their dreams, and make every effort to follow our mission and help our members “do better.” Joining PenFed is more than being an employee; it’s about being a part of the PenFed family.

PenFed is hiring a (Hybrid) Quantitative Risk Analyst II at our San Antonio, Texas or Tysons, Virginia location.  The primary purpose of this job is to support the Chief Credit Office with quantitative analytics for setting allowance and projecting credit losses under various scenarios. This includes but is not limited to the model implementation, the model execution in the production environment, the process documentation and the conduction of related ad hoc analytics within the Quantitative Risk Management (QRM) framework under the supervision of manger or other senior stuffs. 

Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned. 

• Use quantitative credit risk loss forecasting models/tools developed internally or by external vendors to run quarterly Allowance for Credit Losses (ACL) for CECL, and to provide loss projection for stress testing (CCAR/CPST) and budget planning.
• Participate in the process of CECL ACL Production and/or Capital Planning Stress Testing (CPST/CCAR) from input data quality check, model simulation, attribution and gap analyses, result aggregation, deck preparation to final documentation.
• Perform simple ad hoc analyses to support business and to identify emerging risks. Identify, collect, and analyze behavioral/performance data from both internal and external sources to understand the impacts of policy changes and macro dynamics on portfolio performance.
• Run routine reports to monitor and track various credit risk metrics and summarize the insights from the reports.
• Involve in the User Acceptance Test (UAT) after the implementation of models/tools and support the platform configuration for the production environment.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with Finance, Accounting, Second- and First-line risk areas.

An equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative subject, such as Econometrics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics, Economics or Finance with a minimum of four (4) years of related work experience from a financial institution or consulting.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience with a master’s degree in the related field.
• Knowledge of data analytic/visualization tools SQL and Excel is required.
• Possess effective communication skills to condense technical subject matter into clear presentable messages to different audiences.
• Prefer candidates with strong intellectual curiosity and a good common sense to understand business problems.
• CECL/ALLL and/or CCAR/Stress Testing on credit risk related experience preferred.
• Familiarity with Credit Risk Modeling and Loss Forecasting Methodology is preferred.
• Knowledge of some statistical tools (SAS, R, Python) and data analytic/visualization tools such as Tableau and Power Point is preferred.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

*Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.*

Travel

Limited travel to various worksites is required.

Established in 1935, PenFed today is one of the country’s strongest and most stable financial institutions with over 2.8 million members and over $36 billion in assets. We serve members in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Guam, Puerto Rico and Okinawa. We are federally insured by NCUA and we are an Equal Housing Lender. We are available to members worldwide, via the web, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.
 
We provide our employees with a lucrative benefits package including robust medical, dental and vision plan options, plenty of paid time off, 401k with employer match, on-site fitness facilities at our larger locations, and more.
 
Equal Employment Opportunity
PenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same.
 
PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at 402-639-8568.