Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Quantitative Finance Analyst

Corporate Title:  Up to Director

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 Risk Analytics (GRA) is a sub-line of business within Global Risk Management (GRM). The GRA team provides quantitative capabilities supporting global risk management and capital management. As part of GRA - Alternative Modelling Group (AMG) builds alternative models, using innovative methods, which challenge and benchmark risk and capital champion models across the enterprise; and has a vision to challenge what is possible across Risk and Capital Modelling.

Role Description:

This job is responsible for conducting quantitative analytics and modelling projects for specific business units or risk types. Key responsibilities include supporting the development of new models, analytic processes, or system approaches, creating technical documentation for related activities, and working with Technology staff in the design of systems to run models developed. Job expectations may include the ability to influence strategic direction, as well as develop tactical plans.

Responsibilities:

• Performing end-to-end market risk stress testing including scenario design, scenario implementation, results consolidation, internal and external reporting, and assesses stress scenario results to better understand key drivers

• Supporting the planning related to setting quantitative work priorities in line with the bank’s overall strategy and prioritization

• Identifying continuous improvements through reviews of approval conclusions  on relevant model development or model validation tasks, critical feedback on technical documentation, and effective challenges on model development/validation

• Maintaining and providing oversight of model development in respective focus areas to support business requirements and the enterprise\'s risk capacity

• Provides methodological and technical guidance to effectively question and influence the strategic direction and tactical approaches of development/validation projects and identify areas of potential risk

• Working closely with model stakeholders and senior management with regard to communication of submission and validation outcomes

• Performing statistical evaluations on large datasets and interprets results using both qualitative and quantitative approaches

What we are looking for:

• A degree (Masters required and PhD level desirable) in Statistics, Financial Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Physics or Engineering
• Technical skills: Statistics, Probability Theory, Econometrics, Financial Mathematics
• Ability to develop quantitative models and handle large data sets
• Proficient programming skills; SQL, Python, VBA, Latex

Skills that will help:

• Experience in the areas of Credit risk modelling, Climate modelling, Capital modelling, loss forecasting preferred
• Knowledge of regulatory guidelines including CCAR, CECL, DFAST, ICAAP.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders, with an ability to work with colleagues in other functions (business, risk and model validation)

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

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• 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.