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Position Overview:

Freddie Mac’s Enterprise Model Risk Management group is currently seeking a Quantitative Analytics Professional to work on validation of Investments & Capital Market (I&CM) models that support key business and risk decisions.

Our Impact:

Freddie Mac is leading the U.S housing market forward by making homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable.

Your Impact:

• Responsible for validating I&CM Models that include interest rate, mortgage rate and derivative models per applicable Freddie Mac Policy and Standards and Regulatory requirements.
• Effectively interact with team members of model validators as well as model developers and model users for model validations.
• Perform thoughtful analytics to support model validation activities.
• Research latest and emerging techniques to facilitate model validation.
• Clearly articulate complex data analyses and research results to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Write effective documentation to explain model validation testing and results.

• Master's degree with equivalent work experience in quantitative fields such as mathematics, financial engineering, physics, quantitative finance.
• Coursework or work experience leading to proficiency in programming languages—but are not limited to—Python, R, SQL, Java, SAS, and MATLAB.
• Familiar with fixed incomes and derivatives concepts.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Exceptional quantitative and analytics skills
• Strong technical skills in processing data and programming
• Rigorous attention to detail
• Ability to learn and interpret new concepts quickly
• Effective interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate successfully with other team members.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with ability to succinctly describe complex technical scenarios in simple, easily-understood terms.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

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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 $101,000 - $151,000 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.

If you're looking for meaning in your work, Freddie Mac is where you'll find it. With pathways to enrich your career and benefits that support your total well-being, Freddie Mac is home to more. Put your passion, talents and ambition toward making a difference. Join us in Making Home Possible.