Risk Analyst (Capital Quantification)

Farm Credit Canada; Leeds; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking a Quantitative Analyst in Leeds. The role involves analyzing credit risk and capital management, performing comprehensive risk management, and providing actionable insights to support decision-making. Candidates should have a relevant degree and a strong background in statistics and data management. The position offers a salary range of $90,710 - $122,726, along with performance-based incentives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in agriculture, finance, business, economics, mathematics, statistics, or computer science and at least four years of experience.
• Understanding of statistics and mathematics or data configuration with strong business domain knowledge.
• Advanced working knowledge of data manipulation and management tools.

Responsibilities

• Understand specific business domain(s) and drive insights from data.
• Create analytics solutions from various structures and sources.
• Analyze and reveal insights to decision makers.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Creative problem-solving

Relationship building

Data manipulation

Understanding of statistics and mathematics

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Data manipulation tools

Visualization tools

Job description

Overview

Quantitative analyst with a background in credit risk and/or capital management needed. Using your industry knowledge and experience, you’ll analyze the credit risk and capital requirements of FCC’s portfolio and provide solid business rationale to solve complex problems. You’ll perform comprehensive risk management, including assessing capital and allowance, conducting stress testing and scenario analyses, and managing and interpreting complex credit risk and capital models. With your excellent communication skills, you\'ll translate technical data and modelling results into clear, actionable insights that support decision-making across the organization. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring financial stability and supporting strategic decision-making.

Closing Date: 05/01/2025 | Worker Type: Permanent | Language(s) Required: English | Salary Range (plus eligible to receive a performance based incentive, applicable to position) : $90,710 - $122,726

What you’ll do

• Understand specific business domain(s) and drive insights from data, ensuring needs are met
• Create analytics solutions from a large variety of structures and sources
• Work with stakeholders and teams to ensure analysis is understandable and actionable across subject areas
• Analyze and reveal insights to decision makers, and help with sense-making and recommendations

What we’re looking for

• An analytical thinker who can design and develop strategies to assist business users in quickly finding the information they need to make better business decisions
• Creative problem-solver with strong research and analytical skills
• Relationship-builder comfortable making recommendations for improvements in data process and quality

What you’ll need

• A bachelor’s degree in agriculture, finance, business, economics, mathematics, statistics, or computer science and at least four years of experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)
• An understanding of statistics and mathematics or data configuration combined with strong business domain knowledge
• Advanced working knowledge of data manipulation and management tools, as well as mastery of one or more visualization tools