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Trading Analyst Model Dev Sr

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Freddie Mac

Trading Analyst Model Dev Sr

McLean, VA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    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.

    As part of Freddie Mac’s return to the office pilot, all employees, contingent workers and visitors must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be on-site unless they have an approved accommodation.

    Are you looking to be part of a technology team beyond the ordinary? A place full of interesting challenges and the engineers up to solving them? Then welcome to Financial Engineering. This is the place where the models become software, where many of the numbers that drive our business decisions are produced. Our systems are used for interest rate and credit risk management, investment analysis and trading, security issuance, automated loan underwriting, distressed loan decisions, economic and regulatory capital, property valuation, financial reporting, economic and GAAP forecasting, and more! If you have finance and/or technology background, experience with mission-critical applications, and thrive on ensuring operational excellence, apply for a product management position in the Risk/P&L trading technology team.

    YOUR WORK FALLS INTO FOUR PRIMARY CATEGORIES:

    1. UNDERSTAND AND COORDINATE M+ FORECASTING EXECUTIONS

    • Understand the customer's need for each execution

    • Manage the forecasting execution timeline

    • Conduct walkthrough sessions of execution results with users as required

    • Lead the execution of PI deliverables in UAT before Prod deployments and Mnemonic versions

    • Collect and validate execution inputs

    • Catalogue and Document Mercury+ Prod execution inputs and Reports

    2. MONITOR SYSTEM'S EXECUTION IN PRODUCTION

    • Use automated and other tools to detect any problems in the operational environment

    • Proactively communicate with technology and business to resolve operational problems

    • Implement automation requirements and other technical enhancements

    3. FIRST-LINE REQUIREMENTS VALIDATION

    • Actively seek opportunities to continuously improve the quality of systems and processes.

    4. ANALYSIS AND COMMUNICATION

    • Perform designed or ad-hoc analysis in a rapidly changing and moving environment in order to support capital markets trading desks.

    • Clearly craft and articulate messages (both written and verbal) related to Finance and Technology to a variety of audiences

    • Seek and design ways to automate tasks; ideally using Python or other programming languages.

    QUALIFICATIONS:

    • 5+ years of experience in financial industry; preferably mortgage-related

    • 5+ years of experience with analytical tools: SQL, Python, Excel, and similar

    • Good knowledge of Fixed Income and/or Finance Analytics

    • Experience in interfacing with and/or supporting mission-critical applications

    • BSc in Finance, Computer Science or similar

    KEYS TO SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE:

    • Communication and interpersonal skills working in a collaborative team and interacting with business customers

    • Bringing an analytical and imaginative mindset to work every day

    • Relentless attention to business and technical details

    • Passion to ensure customer satisfaction and improve processes.

    • Using MS Office applications including MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.

    • Believes in continuous learning, adopts change and innovation

    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.

    Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC.

  • Industry
    Financial Services
  • About Us

    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.