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 Acquisitions Division’s 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 Professional position is responsible for ensuring the reasonableness and consistency of s... more details
At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.
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 Acquisitions Division’s 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 Professional position is responsible for ensuring the reasonableness and consistency of statistical models, analytics and methodologies used in decision making in the Single Family (SF) guarantee business.
Our Impact:
Our team is business user to a number of Tier 1 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:
Supporting team in the enhancement of SF models, performing analysis to support business decision making, and testing of the new modeling framework.
Actively review and ensure concise, complete, and transparent model tracking report to SF Acquisition division.
Able to understand mortgage’s default and prepayment modeling framework and provide insights on modeling results.
Assist in the execution of User Acceptance Test (UAT) and model governance process.
Qualifications:
Master's degree in quantitative finance, statistics or a related quantitative field.
Coursework or work experience applying predictive modeling techniques from finance, statistics, mathematics, data science, and computer programming to large data sets. Qualifying coursework may include—but is not limited to—statistics, mathematical programming, optimization, machine learning, computational methods, design and analysis of algorithms, Bayesian methods, derivatives, and Monte Carlo methods/modeling.
Coursework or work experience writing statistical and/or optimization programs to develop models and algorithms. Programming languages may include—but are not limited to—Python, R, SQL, Java, SAS, and MATLAB.
Keys to Success in this Role:
Intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility.
Ability to work with and collaborate across the team and where silos exist.
Deep curiosity to learn about the latest trends.
Ability to apply data to help inform strategy and direction.
Problem solving skills, innovative and able to think outside of the box.
Ability to translate complex statistical models and methodologies into simple business terms.
Strong leadership, planning and communication skills.
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 $97,000 - $145,000 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.
