Quantitative Risk Analyst - Northampton, Belfast

Allied Irish Banks; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking a Quantitative Risk Analyst in Belfast/Northampton. The role requires expertise in quantitative analysis and programming skills in SAS or SQL. Responsibilities include complex data analysis, model monitoring, and providing actionable insights. Candidates should have a Masters/PhD in a quantitative field and problem-solving skills. A hybrid work model is offered.

Benefits

Variable Pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Family leave options

Qualifications

• Demonstrable problem-solving skills with capability to defend your decisions from challenge.
• Ability to perform exploratory and ad-hoc data analysis with actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Undertake complex data analyses and modelling of business issues.
• Develop and maintain monitoring procedures to track credit risk model performance.
• Perform data insights to deliver actionable recommendations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Programming in SAS or SQL

Education

Masters/PhD in a quantitative subject

Minimum 2.1 degree in a quantitative analytical discipline

Tools

SAS

SQL

Python

R

Matlab

Job description

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Quantitative Risk Analyst - Northampton, Belfast

Location/Office Policy: Belfast / Northampton with Hybrid (2 days a week in the office, moving to 3 days in office from Jan 2026)

• Can you undertake a range of analytic work and develop specialist skills within the team?
• Do you have demonstrable problem-solving skills with capability to defend your decisions from challenge?
• Do you have an academic background in quantitative analytical discipline?

What is the Role:

The Risk Function’s main objective is to ensure AIB has a robust risk management framework and culture in place to ensure risks are taken within the risk appetite set by the Board, in support of AIB’s customer franchise and social responsibility.

The role is positioned within the Risk Analytics team where we develop and support the deployment of risk models, strategies and decision tools for regulatory capital, internal capital and business decision making.

Key Accountabilities:

• Analysis and Investigation: Undertake various complex data analyses, investigations and/or modelling of business issues to improve the management, services, and products of the bank.
• Digital protection: Access / utilise bank data within the policies and frameworks required by AIB.
• Model Monitoring: Develop and maintain robust, efficient and resilient monitoring procedures, using statistical software, to track credit risk model performance. Communicate evidence-based findings to stakeholders.
• Data insights: Perform in exploratory and ad-hoc data analysis with a view to generating insights and using this to deliver actionable recommendations to the Business.
• Risk Segmentation Analysis: Creating segmentations that allow us to better understand the risks present in our lending portfolio and what we can do to better manage the risks.

What You Will Bring:

• Masters/PhD qualification in a quantitative subject or 1.5+ years' direct experience in a quantitative risk or similar discipline
• Demonstrable experience with SAS or SQL programming – experience in an alternative programming language would be considered (e.g. R, Python,Matlab).
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills with capability to defend your decisions from challenge.
• Minimum 2.1 degree in a quantitative analytical discipline e.g. mathematics, applied mathematics, physics, statistics, engineering, econometrics.(Confirmation will be sought if successful for the role.).
• Ability to perform exploratory and ad-hoc data analysis with a view to generating insights.

What We Offer:

We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live and our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements.

Some of our benefits include;

• Variable Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Family leave options

Please click here for further information about AIB’s PACT – Our Commitment to You.

Key Capabilities

• Ensures Accountability
• Eliminates Complexity
• Data Analysis

If you are not sure about your suitability based on any aspects of the role advertised, we encourage you to please contact the Recruiter for this role, Aisling Fitzpatrick, at [e-mail] for a conversation.

AIB is an equal opportunities employer, and we pride ourselves on being the first bank in Ireland to receive the Investors in Diversity Gold Standard accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please email the Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail]

Disclaimer:

Unsolicited CV’s sent to AIB by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position. AIB operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our recruitment partners.