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Quantitative Analytics Spec 4- Senior Mortgage Prepayment Modeler

Employer
Wells Fargo
Location
Minneapolis
Salary
121100.00 USD Annual

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Job Description

Important Note: During the application process, ensure your contact information (email and phone number) is up to date and upload your current resume when submitting your application for consideration. To participate in some selection activities you will need to respond to an invitation. The invitation can be sent by both email and text message. In order to receive text message invitations, your profile must include a mobile phone number designated as 'Personal Cell' or 'Cellular' in the contact information of your application.

At Wells Fargo, we are looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. We are seeking candidates who embrace diversity, equity and inclusion in a workplace where everyone feels valued and inspired.

Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.

Wells Fargo's Consumer Lending businesses empower millions of customers to achieve their dreams every day. Whether it's buying a home, purchasing a car, funding a significant purchase, or making important daily credit card purchases, Consumer Lending provides important credit products and services that help our customers succeed. The group includes Home Lending; Auto; Cards, Retail and Merchant Services; Personal Lending; Consumer Lending Control; and Consumer Lending Shared Services.

The Consumer Lending team partners with other businesses across Wells Fargo to create and deliver transformational experiences that help customers gain access to credit. The vision for the Consumer Lending business is to leverage technology and data to make it simple for customers to easily access credit when and where they need it. Consumer Lending serves customers across the country through our distribution network of more than 5,300 retail banking branches and Home Lending offices, as well as online and digital channels.

Our Capital Markets team manages the interest rate and operational risks associated with the origination, sale and servicing of mortgage loans, and provides liquidity for the mortgage assets originated by Wells Fargo. All quantitative modeling related to market and interest rate risk on the bank's mortgage products is concentrated in the Mortgage Modeling Center of Excellence. This group does not only support the consumer banking mortgage activities, but also the bank's trading activities and investment portfolio positions in mortgage products.

The senior quantitative modeler will be in charge of developing prepayment and default behavior models for agency and non-agency mortgages, and the development of mortgage products and risk models. This includes ongoing monitoring and research related to mortgage model performance and the all end implementation and testing of and research into the group's internal and vendor pricing models. Depending on experience and background, the candidate may focus on a subset of these areas. A successful candidate must have strong expertise in prepayment and default modeling and/or the development of mortgage pricing and risk models, as well as be familiar with Agency and Non-Agency Database and be familiar with Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) valuation, OAS framework and risk analysis.

Key duties and responsibilities of this position include, but may not be limited to:

  • Design, estimate, implement, test, document and maintain statistical models for prepayment, default, loss severity forecasting, HPI forecasting of agency and non-agency mortgages
  • Working independently on development, testing, and implementation of OAS valuation, Risk Management and Statistical models for Mortgage Servicing Rights, Mortgage Backed Securities and Vanilla and Exotic Interest Rate Derivatives using Polypaths and C++
  • Conducting ongoing maintenance and research on models for risk management of mortgage and fixed-income products
  • Developing model performance metrics like statistical back tests or P&L explanation analysis
  • Handle and evaluate extensive varied database from multiple internal and external sources
  • Deliver business-oriented communications for internal and external counterparts
  • Interacting with regulators on high visibility models in order to resolve regulatory MRAs (Matters Requiring Attention).

Preferred locations are posted, however other locations within the Wells Fargo footprint may be considered.

Salary range is determined by location of the job.

MO-Saint Louis: Min: $121,100 Mid: $173,000 Max: $224,900
VA-McLean: Min: $127,200 Mid: $181,700 Max: $236,200
MN-Minneapolis: Min: $121,100 Mid: $173,000 Max: $224,900
NY-New York: Min: $133,200 Mid: $190,300 Max: $247,400
NC-Charlotte: Min: $121,100 Mid: $173,000 Max: $224,900

May be considered for a discretionary bonus.



Required Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in an advanced scientific or mathematical field
  • A master's degree or higher in a quantitative field such as mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics, economics, or computer science
  • 4+ years of quantitative development experience
  • 2+ years of Python experience
  • 2+ years of financial services industry experience



Other Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in developing prepayment and default models OR experience in developing mortgage risk and valuation models.
  • Demonstrated experience in handling mortgage database (1010/embs/loan performance corelogic)
  • Solid understanding of statistics, financial mathematics and models including, OAS framework, Monte Carlo simulation, LMM model, (exotic) interest rate derivatives models and mortgage analytics
  • Excellent demonstrated experience with Python/R and working knowledge of SAS or SQL and relational databases.
  • Knowledge of C++ and VBA.
  • Ability to communicate across multiple audiences (Technology, Quants, Senior Management)
  • An impeccable reputation for integrity, accuracy, consistency, big picture orientation and business acumen


Job Expectations

  • Ability to travel up to 5% of the time
  • This position requires compliance with all mortgage regulatory requirements and Wells Fargo's compliance policies related to these requirements including acceptable background check investigation results. Successful candidates must also meet ongoing regulatory requirements including additional screening and required reporting of certain incidents.



Salary Information

The salary range displayed below is based on a Full-time 40 hour a week schedule.

MO-Saint Louis: Min: $121,100 Mid: $173,000 Max: $224,900
VA-McLean: Min: $127,200 Mid: $181,700 Max: $236,200
MN-Minneapolis: Min: $121,100 Mid: $173,000 Max: $224,900
NY-New York: Min: $133,200 Mid: $190,300 Max: $247,400
NC-Charlotte: Min: $121,100 Mid: $173,000 Max: $224,900



Street Address

MO-Saint Louis: 1 N Jefferson Ave - Saint Louis, MO
VA-McLean: 1751 Pinnacle Dr - Mclean, VA
MN-Minneapolis: 600 S 4th St - Minneapolis, MN
NY-New York: 30 Hudson Yards - New York, NY
NC-Charlotte: 550 S Tryon St - Charlotte, NC



Disclaimer


All offers for employment with Wells Fargo are contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed a criminal background check. Wells Fargo will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state and Federal law, including Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women.
Wells Fargo is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.



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