Senior Credit & Collateral Risk Analytics Leader

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is seeking a hands-on Analyst and Manager to analyze credit risk models, member default models, and collateral valuation governing advances and other extensions of credit. You will develop and maintain internal code and support risk analytics in a hybrid Boston office.

The role requires strong data analytics, Python, SQL, and communication skills, with 7–10 years in financial services and experience leading a small team.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of analytics experience in financial services.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, quantitative discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience with Python, SQL, and risk analytics.

Responsibilities

• Provide training, some guidance for, and review the work of a small team of Credit and Collateral Risk Analysts.
• Maintain and develop internal controls on analytics produced by Credit and Collateral Risk Analysts.
• Performance monitoring of all Bank internal and external credit risk, default, and valuation Models.
• Prepare and present periodic reports for review and presentation in Committee packages, periodic financial statements, FHFA, and/or Office of Finance data requests.
• Upkeep and development of Python code related to analytical operations within Credit and Collateral Risk.
• Liaison to internal and external model validators and their review of model governance.
• Aid in performing initial testing of upgrades to models/tools, including internally developed code.
• Complete special projects to meet the overall goals and objectives of the Credit Department. These special projects often require creation of ad hoc reports and narrative of the subject matter using internal and external data.
• Effectively write or review business memos independently.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Python

SQL

Power BI

Fixed income valuation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance/economics/quantitative

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Pandas

GeoPandas

SQLAlchemy

YAML

Requests

SciPy

scikit-learn

Job description

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is seeking a hands-on Analyst and Manager to analyze credit risk models, member default models, and collateral valuation governing advances and other extensions of credit. You will develop and maintain internal code and support risk analytics in a hybrid Boston office.

The role requires strong data analytics, Python, SQL, and communication skills, with 7–10 years in financial services and experience leading a small team.