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Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:
37.5

Line of Business:
Analytics, Insights, & Artificial Intelligence

Pay Details:
$108,800 - $163,200 CAD

This role is eligible for a discretionary variable compensation award that considers business and individual performance.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

The Senior Manager, Modeling Specialist (Quant) within Enterprise Stress Testing, Treasury and Balance Sheet Management, will have the responsibilities to develop, implement and monitor statistical and qualitative forecasting models to project Pre-Provision Net Revenue (PPNR) for the wholesale banking segment, including the trading portfolio and non-trading businesses such as Corporate and Investment Banking. The financial models are primarily used for stress testing purposes to support the Bank's capital planning and assessment process. Model development activities are also governed by TD's standards, policies, and procedures.

Stress testing is a critical component of the Bank's risk management practices, which informs and enhances its ability to manage stress conditions and assess its capital adequacy level. It evidences TD's ability to withstand significant market stress by continuing to provide banking services to customers. We participate in Enterprise-wise Stress Testing (EWST), Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests (DFAST), Macro-economic Stress Testing (MST) and other enterprise or region-specific programs.

This role requires strong statistical knowledge, technical skill sets and understanding of wholesale banking businesses. You will be working with a variety of partners and stakeholders across the Bank, including the line of business (LOB), finance, risk and governance.

Primary Accountabilities

• Responsible for the development and lifecycle management of PPNR models for the wholesale businesses, consistent with the Bank's Model Risk Management Framework and Stress Testing Estimation Approach Framework.
• Responsible for the secondary review of model documentations to promote greater consistency and compliance with the Bank's requirements and to improve team's efficiency.
• Prepare, present and conduct the review for approval of models with stakeholders including LOB and senior management.
• Perform and gather the model's statistical test results and required analysis to support model performance assessment.
• Prepare all model related documentation, providing support to model validation processes.
• Have the ownership of all model related issues, including monitoring, escalation, and resolution.
• Conduct research and stay updated on capital markets changes, including the understanding of historical market stress episodes and events to be able to apply to the development of stress testing models.
• Provide thought-leadership, effective challenge, technical guidance & coaching to a team of model development specialists.
• Establish, maintain, and improve the team's model development procedures and uphold the standards and consistency of modeling activities within the team.
• Build a culture of improvement and lead the initiatives to automate model development processes when required.
• Support the implementation of the model in the standardized and verified platform, perform testing, and resolve any issues.
• Provide user training and guidance to ensure sufficient knowledge transfer and to allow for efficient model execution.
• Establish and maintain strong relationship with Line of Business, advisory and governance groups.
• Responsible for the compliance to the Bank's policy, framework and standards on data, platform, tools and processes to ensure strong control environment with PPNR model development and execution.
• Ad hoc initiatives or projects as required

Qualifications / Skills / Experience:

• Strong statistical background & proven work experience in applying statistical knowledge in business analysis, preferably in the context of capital markets.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in statistical model development, applied data analysis and preferably for capital markets.
• Strong working knowledge of Python, SAS and / or R
• Proven knowledge of wholesale banking businesses & macro-economic drivers
• Accounting or finance background, with the ability to read, understand, and interpret balance sheets and income statement
• Critical thinking in identification of modeling issues or challenges, and apply statistical knowledge to problem solving
• Creative and innovative in applying statistical procedure to specific modeling challenges
• Demonstrated skills in communicating complex concept or issues to a diverse audience
• Work autonomously and accountable for acting as a lead within a specialized analytics function and provide work direction to others
• Proven ability to work in a team, provide training, fostering a positive and rewarding work environment
• Undergraduate degree or higher in quantitative discipline is required such as Statistics, Mathematics, Econometrics, Finance etc. and Graduate degree is preferred
• Technical certificates in programming language or Data & Analytics training an asset
• High degree of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing - and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development
If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD - and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):
Sans Objet