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About the Role
Senior Quantitative Engineers in Global Risk are responsible for designing and overseeing the implementation of common, reusable, and scalable software components that enable GRM’s data and analytical capabilities. They work with senior modelers, risk managers, and technologists to understand and design the future state of data and analytics, possessing a blend of software engineering, big data, modeling, and management skills.
Responsibilities
- Seek opportunities for consistent improvement in quality, efficiency, and processes
- Partner effectively with senior stakeholders within GRA, Front Line Units, Technology, Audit and Compliance
- Provide leadership and oversight to less experienced team members
- Apply quantitative methods to develop capabilities that meet line of business, risk management and regulatory requirements
- Understand financial data: schemas, flow, size, data issues, data controls, etc.
- Build performant big data pipelines
- Use programming skills and knowledge of software development lifecycle principles to deliver high quality code for model and testing processes
- Collaborate with key stakeholders across the Bank to understand modelling and testing business processes and requirements
- Think outside the box of current industry standards to develop innovative approaches
- Maintain and continuously enhance capabilities over time to respond to the changing nature of portfolios, economic conditions and emerging risks
- Source and evaluate data required for modelling and testing
- Design, develop, and implement models and tests
- Produce clear, concise, and repeatable technical documentation for models and tests for internal and regulatory purposes
Requirements
- Several years of relevant work experience
- Software engineering: modular code, software lifecycle processes, unit testing, regression testing
- Big data: distributed computing paradigms (e.g., mapreduce, dataframes, etc), optimizing distributed software
- Modeling / quantitative: basic modelling techniques (regression, classification, clustering, etc)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a closely related field, or a degree from a program where software engineering was a key focus or equivalent work experience
- Several years of relevant experience in software engineering in Quantitative Finance or other industries
- Strong Programming skills (e.g., Python) and solid understanding of Software Development Life cycle principles
- Proven track record of seamlessly leading and executing enterprise-wide initiatives
- Strong communicator able to effectively explain methodologies to a broad set of audiences including key senior stakeholders, auditors, and regulators
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience applying quantitative methods such as modelling, data analytics, machine learning, and statistics to develop business solutions
- Experience with large scale data sets with structured or unstructured data
- Experience in building user facing applications over large amounts of data using technologies like React, Angular, JavaScript etc.
- Experience implementing process improvements and automation
Skills
- Global Risk Management experience
- High level of intellectual curiosity
- Experience implementing strategic process improvements and/or automation
- Proven track record of building relationships and effectively influencing key stakeholders
- Adept at detecting and remediating organizational / process weaknesses and deficiencies
- Ownership and accountability for delivering high quality work
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines
- Strong written, verbal, presentation creation and delivery skills
- Well organized with attention to detail
- Willing to challenge the status quo and drive change
Location
- Bromley
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Up to Vice President
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a closely related field, or a degree from a program where software engineering was a key focus or equivalent work experience
Benefits
- Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen
- Competitive pension plan, life assurance, and group income protection cover
- 26-weeks paid maternity leave
- 16-weeks paid paternity leave
- Inclusive family leave arrangements
- 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs
- 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
- Ability to change core benefits
- Option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits
- Access to a well-being account
- Travel insurance
- Critical illness cover
- Cycle to work scheme
- Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
- Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline
- Virtual GP services
- Access to the Peppy App for 1:1 support, consultations and resources
- Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes, and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub
- Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
- Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering
About the Company
- 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.
- We are 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.
- 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.
- Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success.
- Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religious or similar philosophical belief, political opinion, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants 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.