Lead Quantitative Analytics Specialist - Corporate & Investment Banking

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Quantitative Analytics Specialist to fill the role within the MCRA team (Market and Counterparty Risk Analytics). This position will cover researching, developing, testing, analyzing, monitoring, tool-building, and documentation of MCRM models.

In this role, you will:

• Develop, implement, and calibrate various analytical models for risk management
• Perform highly complex activities related to financial products, business analysis and modeling
• Perform basic statistical and mathematical models using Python, C++ and SQL
• Perform analytical support and provide insights regarding a wide array of business initiatives
• Provide solutions to business needs and analyze work flow processes to make recommendations for process improvement in risk management
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, managers and regulators to resolve issues and achieve goals
• Establishing effective yet automated controls and creating consistent and robust execution processes across models
• Maintaining documentation for key implementation processes across the team with focus on standardization of implementation and execution controls
• Partnering with modeling team to understand model structure and limitation; performing model performance monitoring, creating and sharing regular reports with key stockholders.

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

Desired Qualifications:

• PhD in statistics, mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science, economics, or quantitative field; or a Master's degree
• Strong analytical skills with Python programming and C++ programming expertise in model development.
• Strong financial modeling knowledge in stochastic calculus and numerical computation
• Strong analytical/quantitative problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial products and financial modeling
• Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to deliver results with speed and agility
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are important
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment

Job Expectations:

• Compliance with in-office policy
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

Job Posting Location:

• 401 S Tryon St Charlotte, NC

Posting End Date:

29 Apr 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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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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