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Model/Anlys/Valid Officer

Model/Anlys/Valid Officer

CompanyCitigroup
LocationNew York, NY, USA
Salary$142500 – $142500
TypeFull-Time
DegreesMaster’s
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Financial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field
  • Two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in a related quantitative occupation developing and implementing models within the financial industry
  • Modeling sources and mitigants of Counterparty Credit Risk
  • Working with financial derivatives and pricing methods to recognize their risk factors and evaluate their risk profiles and pricing performance characteristics
  • Utilizing Numerical Methods and applying Statistical Analysis to design counterparty risk simulation models and to evaluate their out-of-sample performance
  • Using Python and C++ to write efficient and clean production-grade code and working with source control management systems to contribute such code into quantitative libraries developed jointly
  • Working with parallel computing techniques to design scalable CPU-intensive applications for numerical and statistical analysis on enterprise-scale volume of financial transactions

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement quantitative models of Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR)
  • Simulate stochastic market factor evolution across multiple asset classes
  • Integrate derivatives pricing libraries for use in the simulated market context
  • Evaluate counterparty exposure profiles generated by derivative portfolios and model the effect of collateral exchange between counterparties
  • Conduct ad-hoc exposure investigations for existing portfolios and prospective trades
  • Drive the effort on implementation of completed model enhancements for production
  • Maintain and update model documentation and liaise with Risk Management, Model Risk, and Finance teams to facilitate timely model validation, approval, and production releases
  • Develop appropriate mathematical framework to address limitations, non-modeled risk, and other deficiencies in the models in response to internal, business, risk management, or regulatory findings
  • Identify, evaluate, and report on the nature, purpose, and expected impact of changes introduced to the models
  • Produce prototype implementations to be used throughout the model lifecycle
  • Evaluate impact of pricing model changes on major CCR metrics
  • Enhance and support periodic upgrades of the Front Office Integration derivative pricing models
  • Review changes in Front Office pricing models, categorize, design, and assign appropriate model testing, conduct such testing, and document the results

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.