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    Hedge Analyst I - Baltimore, United States - EWS Group

    EWS Group
    EWS Group Baltimore, United States

    1 week ago

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    Optimal Blue

    is the market leader in mortgage secondary marketing technology. The company facilitates transactions among mortgage market participants through its Marketplace Platform, actionable data, and technology vendor connections.

    The platform supports a range of functions for originators and investors to automate and optimize core processes related to product, pricing, and eligibility, hedge analytics, MSR valuation, loan trading, social media compliance, and counterparty oversight.


    LOCATION
    This is a

    hybrid

    work location position working one of the following locations: Chevy Chase, MD, Denver, CO, and San Francisco, CA. Flexibility to work remote up to three days per week.


    SUMMARY

    Responsible for working under the direction of the Hedge Account Management team to assist with fixed income analytics, risk management, and/or trading.

    Learn to execute trading strategies on behalf of clients, implement tools that lead to greater client profitability and contribute to the further development of our industry leading technology.


    RESPONSIBILITIES
    Works under the supervision of a Hedge Account Manager to evaluate, define, and execute hedge strategies, derivation of risk management analytics and historical data
    Execute trades on behalf of clients at the direction of the assigned Hedge Account Manager, typically using forward-traded TBA or Specified MBS Pools
    Work directly with Hedge Account Manager to implement new tools, troubleshoot existing setups, and other ad hoc analysis
    Responsible for assisting with mortgage valuation analytics, report development, testing, and feedback
    Assist with monitoring risk positions in the mortgage pipeline and/or servicing asset intraday and alert the appropriate account management team of any exceptions to policy limits

    Provide Hedge Account Manager support with monitoring and reporting performance of hedged positions as interest rates change and compare with predicted value changes.

    Explain any material deviations from projections through attribution analysis.
    Support the Hedge Account Managers in maintaining relationships with Broker/Dealer community on behalf of clients; provide client assistance in expanding credit availability
    Maintain relationships with mortgage bankers, investors and servicing brokerage firms, and other firms making a market in whole loans
    May be responsible for other miscellaneous research projects
    Performs other related duties as assigned


    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
    Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience. Master's degree is preferred
    Requires 0 – 3+ years of fixed income mortgage trading, portfolio, or risk management experience


    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
    Knowledge of company products, services, and capabilities
    Ability to learn and comprehend the mortgage origination process, mortgage securities and markets through on-the-job training
    Knowledge of Mortgage Secondary Marketing, including best execution of whole loan, MBS, and retained/released sales methods
    Knowledge of the fundamentals of ratesheet and margin management
    Knowledge of options theory, derivative markets and instruments, macroeconomics, and financial markets
    Knowledge of proprietary mortgage risk management, valuation analytics, and account management
    Knowledge of Mortgage Servicing Right (MSR) valuation techniques, sensitivities and fixed income financial theory and practice
    Strong quantitative skills with solid grounding in basic mathematical and statistical concepts
    Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels within the organization (e.g., executive, management, individual contributors) as well as outside the organization
    Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, team and time management skills
    Positive outlook, strong work ethic, and responsive to internal and external customers and contacts
    Perseus, an operating group of Constellation Software Inc., acquires independently managed software companies around the world. It provides them with the strategic guidance and financial security they need to become leaders within their respective markets.
    "We believe that small businesses should stay small. While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach. We believe that potential is maximized when teams are allowed to remain small. This enables the General Manager of the business to be empowered and remain in control of all levers necessary to guide his/her business."
    Perseus Group is an equal opportunity employer.

    All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

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