Model Developer/Validator

Model Developer/Validator

Offering Remote Flexibility

Summit Consulting, LLC, is a quantitative and qualitative analysis firm that uses economics, statistics, and data analytics to solve problems for our federal and private-sector clients. Our services in federal infrastructure finance, evidence-based program evaluation, program and business modernization, and enforcement and litigation analytics help make government effective and society just. Summit prides itself on maintaining a collaborative workplace built on diverse thought, learning, and trust. We are committed to creating an environment that empowers people to do their best work.

We currently have an opening for a Model Developer/Validator to lead a variety of econometric and statistical modeling and model validation tasks. The successful candidate will critically evaluate models, identify test procedures, and implement ideas to validate modeling and analytical capabilities both as a hands-on individual contributor and as an internal and external advocate of best practices.

Apply to this position if you would like to use your quantitative skills to:

• Lead tasks as part of a team managing various portfolios, supporting the design, structure, execution, and evaluation of federal programs
• Be part of a team that responds to and organizes staff in response to client requests
• Gain insights and take feedback from clients to improve the quality of day-to-day work and deliverables
• Lead research of models related to finance and enforcement analytics
• Analyze processes and their associated risk, with the goal of recommending process improvements and potential changes to mitigate risk
• Communicate analysis in oral and written formats for both technical and non-technical audiences to respond to immediate, shorter-term, and long-term client and colleague requests
• Lead analyses including data processing and cleaning, data transformation, integration, and linkage of disparate data sources
• Lead hypothesis testing and apply quantitative techniques (e.g., descriptive and inferential statistics, sampling, experimental design) to assess the validity of source data and develop strategic insights from large data sets
• Lead development, testing, documenting, operation, review, and validation of complex econometric forecasting models based in SAS, R, Python, and/or Stata
• Collaboratively maintain code version control in Git
• Lead data visualization, dashboarding, and/or report generation in Tableau, PowerBI, etc.
• Design and lead scenario analyses in support of policy initiatives or stress testing
• Document technical details of your work clearly to facilitate collaboration with other team members and ensure quality control

Requirements for this position include:

• A degree in a quantitative field such economics, statistics, applied mathematics and experience, preferably in a federal agency or for a professional services firm
• A Bachelor's degree, 3 years of related work experience
• Demonstrated experience leading tasks in a client-service environment, particularly those related to working with economic models and forecasting
• Demonstrated ability to draw conclusions from analysis and communicate them to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Leadership experience with a team of one or more management consulting analysts
• Strong communication skills, including presentation of data and results in Excel/VBA, MS PowerPoint, and/or reports
• Knowledge of programming languages preferred (e.g., SAS, R, Python)
• U.S. citizenship (our work with Federal clients limits our hiring to U.S. citizens only)

Preferences for this position include:

• Experience in Machine Learning
• Masters Degree in a quantitative field
• Slight preference for candidates are willing to occasionally work in our Washington, DC office to attend client meetings in person

To avoid applications being overlooked, please refrain from emailing resumes and instead, submit resumes directly on the Summit website at summitllc.us/careers

We offer a collaborative and rewarding work environment where we value your input, experience, and professional development. We do our best to match your education and talents to the work, and we provide you an integration partner to help you learn the ropes and become a productive team member. Our office is in heart of DC's Chinatown neighborhood, offering access to using public transportation.

If Summit selects you to move forward, you can expect to talk to our recruiting staff for an initial behavioral phone screen. That interview can lead to a secondary interview with staff members to discuss the technical aspects of your education and experience, your ability to work collaboratively to consult and provide client service, and the type of culture in which you like to work. If we select you for further consideration, be willing to submit to a background check.

Summit strives to ensure that our career website is accessible to all, including individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request reasonable accommodation. Please email us at hr@summitllc.us, if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our website as a result of your disability.

Summit is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran or disability status.

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Summit Consulting, LLC www.summitllc.us

Salary : $80,000 - $95,000