Quantitative Analytics Professional - McLean, United States - Freddie Mac

Description

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you'll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Employees, contingent workers and visitors are no longer required to show proof of vaccination to be on-site. Effective January 2023, Freddie Mac's hybrid work arrangement is 3 days in the office (specifically Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday).

Position Overview:

Are you curious and analytical? Do you thrive on working in a team environment? Are you looking for an inclusive company culture? Freddie Mac's Single-Family Portfolio Strategy (PS) group needs creative, forward-thinking individuals like you We want to hire individuals who seek out complex business problems and develop viable solutions. The Quantitative Analytics Professional position is responsible for ensuring the reasonableness and consistency of statistical models, analytics and methodologies used in decision making in the SF guarantee business.

Our Impact:

Our team is the core of SF portfolio management on capital reporting, capital forecasting, super user and business owner to a number of high and very high SF models and model processes.

Your Impact:

• Supporting team in managing Enterprise Regulatory Capital Framework (ERCF) analytics, portfolio forecast and capital forecast, Loan Analytics Modeling Application (LAMA) with understanding, oversight and documenting default cost calculation, loan-in-acceleration buyout forecast, and more ad-hoc data-driven analytics on SF portfolio.
• Actively review and ensure concise, complete, and transparent analytical report to SF portfolio division
• Able to execute LAMA, ERCF spot and ERCF forecast model and provide insights on results
• Develop resolutions to problems of limited scope following specific and detailed procedures.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in quantitative finance, statistics or a related quantitative field.
• Coursework or work experience applying predictive modeling techniques from finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, data science, and computer programming to large data sets.
• Qualifying coursework may include—but is not limited to—mortgage finance, economics, econometrics, statistics, survival analysis, mathematical programming, machine learning, design and analysis of algorithms, and Monte Carlo methods/modeling.
• Coursework or work experience writing statistical and/or optimization programs to develop models and algorithms.
• Programming languages may include—but are not limited to— SAS, Python, R, SQL, and MATLAB.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility
• Ability to work with and collaborate across the team and where silos exist
• Deep curiosity to learn about new trends Ability to apply data to help inform strategy and direction
• Solid skills for solving problems, innovative and out of box problem solver
• Ability to translate complex statistical models and methodologies into simple business terms Strong leadership, planning and communication skills

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you'll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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The anticipated annualized base salary range for this position is $92,000 to $138,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program.