Quantitative Analytics Director (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office - VA)

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 Credit Analytics, Reporting and Decision Strategy (CARDS) 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 Senior position is responsible for ensuring the reasonableness and consistency of statistical models, analytics and methodologies used in decision making in the SF guarantee business. Apply now to learn more about our excellent benefits and why there's #moreatfreddiemac!

Our Impact:

• Our team is business user to a number of very high and high risk models. Our goal is to utilize all available models and tools to facilitate and optimize credit risk management and decision strategies.
• Our team is responsible for forecast SF credit loss and enhance company decision making in terms of loan acquisition.

Your Impact:

• Take the leading role of the expanded significant business user, managing and mitigating model governance risks, including model findings, MRA, IA findings, etc.
• Leading the efforts on effective model uses of SF very high and high risk models and model processes.
• Providing thoughtful inputs on the development of model and model methodology .
• Collaborating with 2nd Line of Defense, Internal Auditor in governance process and response to regulators
• Actively building and engaging the model community through effective communication and leadership
• Communicate to senior management on various model and model use related topics
• Response quickly with a small team to urgent quantitative analysis requests
• Building strong productive relationships with various stakeholders across 3 line of defenses

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience and expertise in credit risk modeling and risk mitigation
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of attention to detail
• Master or PhD degree in quantitative finance, statistics, or a related quantitative field with minimum 12 years of industry experience.
• Minimum 4 years’ people management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, particularly written communication skills
• Self‐motivated, with the capability of managing multiple priorities and efficient in proposing solutions

Keys to Success in this Role:

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

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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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $212,000 - $318,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.