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Nuveen Investments Associate – mortgage credit risk quant - Financial Risk in Mumbai, India
The Quantitative Risk Management Analyst participates in developing and implementing global risk quantitative and analytic models to support efforts to minimize risk. Working under limited supervision, the Quantitative Risk Management Analyst provides risk management support for the business in key risk identification, measurement, and aggregation; and the understanding and management of risk through appropriate practices and processes
Key Responsibilities and Duties
Assists with developing and/or reviewing models to support identification and review of risk issues, risk metrics and risk exposure.
Applies established risk metrics and risk tolerance guidelines and policies.
Develops processes for effective and efficient reporting and data analysis to minimize risk exposure.
Ensures data inputs to models are valid and appropriate.
Supports the risk management system and regularly communicates material risk issues, risk metrics, and risk exposure resolutions.
Contributes to explanations of quantitative risk management policies and procedures to ensure timely and transparent communication.
Educational Requirements
- University (Degree) Preferred
Work Experience
- 3+ Years Required; 5+ Years Preferred
Physical Requirements
- Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work
Career Level
7IC
Position Summary
The primary purpose of the role is to provide rigorous quantitative and qualitative analytical credit analysis of the Commercial Mortgage Loans and Residential Whole Loan portfolios. The individual will manage and continuously enhance the independent credit risk oversight of TIAA’s portfolio. The analyst will perform portfolio risk analysis including scenario analysis, sensitivity tests, and stress testing and provide effective credit risk advice to the risk management stakeholders.
Key Duties & Responsibilities :
Oversee the credit risk management process, the execution of internal risk rating system, and the data and reporting management at the loan-level and portfolio-level for the Commercial Mortgage Loan and Whole Loan portfolios.
Work independently & under general supervision utilizing tools and metrics for statistical credit risk analysis (including among others estimation of PD, LGD, Expected Loss and internal risk rating migrations) to help build solutions for the management of mortgage credit risk
Provide effective credit risk advice to risk management stakeholders and drive the continuous improvement of the execution of the internal credit risk management system.
Develop portfolio-level credit risk analysis to identify credit risk migration, the trend, risk concentrations, and emerging risks and develop risk mitigation strategies.
Develop executive-level reports and presentations for the senior management, the Board and the regulators.
Partners with other functions across the organization to ensure consistency in processes, assumptions, definitions and methodologies.
Area of Impact
The immediate impact will be on the Credit Ratings team but the secondary impacts will flow to the whole organization through the work that is done by the team, namely dynamic asset allocation for the GAO, the measurement of potential capital at risk and and the oversight of the firm’s Asset Liability Management (ALM) , Interest Rate Risk and Credit Risk Management. The analyst has exposure to senior leaders across risk management, asset management, portfolio management, and other financial services teams.
Problem Solving
The nature of the role requires the incumbent to posses strong analytic and quantitative skills and a proven ability to provide quantitative and qualitative analytical credit analysis of the Commercial Mortgage Loans and Residential Whole Loans.
Functional Knowledge
Experience using standard credit risk evaluation tools such as: Intex, Trepp, Markit, Bloomberg, and Yieldbook.
Experience working with Commercial Mortgage Loans and Residential Whole Loans portfolios, knowledge of the collateral and the drivers of refinancing, prepayments and default.
Knowledge of credit risk and its impact on corporate bond pricing and fixed income asset classes in general
General financial market knowledge – knowledge of equity markets, bond markets, credit spreads and ratings
Knowledge of fixed income pricing and equity pricing analytics. They should understand the concepts of duration and convexity and know how to code an algorithm to calculate these measures.
Business or Industry Expertise
General understanding of how asset management firms work
Experience with financial markets and have an understanding of the fixed income and equity asset classes.
Interactions / Interpersonal Skills
Strong communication skills with a demonstrated ability to build and strengthen partnership, effectively interact with various stakeholders, and the willingness to take individual initiatives
Ability to work with deadlines and inconsistent information
Communicate clearly over Zoom
Required Education:
A Master’s or Ph.D. in quantitative finance, mathematics, statistics, or a related field
Specialization in Statistics, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering or the Physical Sciences
Preferred Education:
Other
FRM, CFA, Master's degree in Applied Mathematics / Statistics / Computer Science/ Physics / Engineering, Quant Finance or related field
Required Experience:
5-10 years
Credit Risk Analysis, Financial Risk Management, coding, model building, database
Preferred Experience:
5 Years Financial Risk related experience with at least 3-5 years current / ongoing experience
Skills and Abilities:
Understanding of Financial risk including credit risk, market risk, investment risk and valuation and model risk amongst others
Previous experience working in a Investment Banking, Credit Rating Agency, Asset Management and/or Insurance firm desired
Proficiency with Intex, Trepp, Markit, Bloomberg, and Yieldbook. or equivalent tools
Knowledge of Capital Markets
Proficiency in Mathematics and Statistics
Experience in Banking and Financial Serivces preferred
Able to demonstrate strong problem solving, analytical mindset, communication, and people management skills.
Good knowledge of Technology, Risk Tools
Good knowledge on Risk / Reward analysis
Preferred Licenses/Certifications:
Certified in any(Preferred) :
FRM certified from GARP
Sustainability and Climate Risk certified from GARP
Related Skills
Advanced Mathematics, Communication, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Financial Acumen, Financial Modeling, Market/Industry Dynamics, Model Validation, Prioritizes Effectively, Problem Solving, Programming, Quantitative Analysis, Statistics
Company Overview
TIAA Global Capabilities was established in 2016 with a mission to tap into a vast pool of talent, reduce risk by insourcing key platforms and processes, as well as contribute to innovation with a focus on enhancing our technology stack. TIAA Global Capabilities is focused on building a scalable and sustainable organization , with a focus on technology , operations and expanding into the shared services business space.
Working closely with our U.S. colleagues and other partners, our goal is to reduce risk, improve the efficiency of our technology and processes and develop innovative ideas to increase throughput and productivity.
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