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Bank of America Senior Quantitative Financial Analyst in Paris, France
Senior Quantitative Financial Analyst
Paris, FR
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Job Description:
Job Title: Senior Quantitative Financial Analyst
Location: Paris
Corporate Title: Vice President
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!
The Team:
The Enterprise Model Risk Management (MRM) organization is responsible for providing oversight of model risk across Bank of America. MRM independently validates and challenges newly-developed and existing models; is responsible for model risk assessments, limits and monitoring; communicates issues identified through validations to relevant businesses and governance and control functions; escalates model use breaches and remediation plans to relevant governance committees; maintains a comprehensive inventory of models across all businesses and governance and control functions; and manages an attestation process to ensure compliance with the Enterprise Model Risk Policy. The MRM Market Risk team validates risk models for the Global Markets business, which includes models for FRTB, VaR, RNiV, IRC/CRM and stress testing.
Role Overview:
This job is responsible for conducting quantitative analytics and complex modeling projects for specific business units or risk types. Key responsibilities include leading 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.
What will your key responsibilities involve?
Support the EMEA MRO in regulatory projects like ICAAP and other EMEA related MRM regulatory projects
Support the Regional MRSC forum
Work in a team and collaborate with model developers and other validators to perform full scope and limited change validations.
Review the developer’s ongoing monitoring reports and their submissions to required action items.
Perform annual model reviews.
Participate a in EMEA regulatory projects like ICAAP and coordinate/drive activities on behalf of MRM
Performs end-to-end market risk stress testing including scenario design, scenario implementation, results consolidation, internal and external reporting, and analyzes stress scenario results to better understand key drivers
Leads the planning related to setting quantitative work priorities in line with the bank’s overall strategy and prioritization
Identifies continuous improvements through reviews of approval decisions on relevant model development or model validation tasks, critical feedback on technical documentation, and effective challenges on model development/validation
Maintains and provides oversight of model development and model risk management in respective focus areas to support business requirements and the enterprise's risk appetite
Leads and provides methodological, analytical, and technical guidance to effectively challenge and influence the strategic direction and tactical approaches of development/validation projects and identify areas of potential risk
Works closely with model stakeholders and senior management with regard to communication of submission and validation outcomes
Performs statistical analysis on large datasets and interprets results using both qualitative and quantitative approaches
Experience and Skills:
Advanced degree in a technical field such as mathematics, physics, statistics, financial mathematics, quantitative finance, computer science or engineering
Proven knowledge of financial, mathematical and statistical theories and practices
Confident programming skills, e.g., in Python
Excellent written and oral communication
Experience with market risk models such as VaR, IRC/CRM or FRTB; knowledge of market risk regulations
Attention to detail, willingness to learn, strong work ethic, team player
Benefits of working at Bank of America:
France
Competitive retirement plan in addition to State plans
Mandatory Medical Plan provided by the bank as a top-up to Social Security health benefits for you and your family.
Employees and family members can receive free health advice 24/7 through a range of English and French speaking medical providers
Life and disability insurance
Time Savings Account (‘CET’) to save some of your leave days, cash them out or use them later
Reimbursement of 50% of your commuter pass
Nursery scheme for children under age 3
Works council benefits
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support and help for everyday matters
Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering with local charities
Opportunity to receive free entry to arts exhibitions sponsored by Bank of America in Paris
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 gender/sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, membership of the Traveller community, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, civil status, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants, family status 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.
Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.
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Bank of America aims to create a workplace free from the dangers and resulting consequences of illegal and illicit drug use and alcohol abuse. Our Drug-Free Workplace and Alcohol Policy (“Policy”) establishes requirements to prevent the presence or use of illegal or illicit drugs or unauthorized alcohol on Bank of America premises and to provide a safe work environment.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. Should you be offered a role with Bank of America, your hiring manager will provide you with information on the in-office expectations associated with your role. These expectations are subject to change at any time and at the sole discretion of the Company. To the extent you have a disability or sincerely held religious belief for which you believe you need a reasonable accommodation from this requirement, you must seek an accommodation through the Bank’s required accommodation request process before your first day of work.
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