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M&T Bank · 1 month ago

Quantitative Risk Analyst Lead

Buffalo, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$103K/yr - $172K/yr

5+ years exp

M&T Bank is seeking a highly skilled and analytical Quantitative Risk Analyst Lead to join the Consumer Credit Risk Management team. The role focuses on leading quantitative analysis efforts, mentoring junior analysts, and applying advanced analytical techniques to inform credit risk management decisions.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead Quantitative Analysts in establishing, monitoring, evaluating and interpreting data with a credit risk management focus with an understanding of business goals by applying analytical and decision science frameworks. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate insights into actionable business strategies

Mentor and supervise the work of junior team members and assist in the development of their analytical and business acumen for the product lines that the department manages and in areas such as data analysis, segmentation analysis, logistic regression, decision trees and multivariate analysis

Demonstrate working knowledge of Credit Risk data to provide data and analytical support to Senior Management

Perform data manipulation and analysis using SAS, Python, SQL and Microsoft Office applications and present results and recommendations to various stakeholders

Identify deviations from forecast/expectations and explain variances. Identify risk and/or opportunities

Track portfolio performance and risk strategy results. Incorporate observations and data into existing analytical processes to improve predictive results

Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk governance and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management

Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand

Maintain M&T risk governance standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable

Complete other related duties as assigned

Qualification

Quantitative AnalysisData ManipulationSASSQLCredit Risk ManagementStatistical SoftwareData AnalysisCommunication SkillsCollaboration Skills

Required

Bachelor degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Quantitative Analysis or another technical discipline, OR in lieu of degree, A combined minimum of 9 years higher education and/or work experience to include a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Quantitative Analysis or another technical discipline, with minimum of 3 years relevant experience, OR in lieu of degree, A combined minimum of 9 years higher education and/or work experience to include a minimum of 3 years relevant experience

Minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Banking or Financial Services experience

Experience with SAS, SAS Enterprise Miner and other Statistical Software Packages

Advanced Knowledge of SQL and Microsoft Office

Ability to utilize analytics in a collaborative manner across business functions and product lines to derive optimum solutions

Demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts

Demonstrated ability to manipulate and analyze data across large databases

Preferred

Credit Analysis experience

Company

M&T Bank

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Founded in 1856

Buffalo, New York, US

10001+ employees

http://www.mtb.com

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