Senior Credit Modeling & Risk Analytics Lead

M&T Bank; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank in Buffalo, NY is seeking a senior quant with strong modeling and risk-management skills. You will lead development of behavioral models for credit, rate, and liquidity risks, and manage data preparation using SQL.

The role involves production deployment, performance monitoring, and cross-functional collaboration to inform risk strategy. Strong background in econometrics, time-series and logistic regression, plus experience guiding analysts, is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with strong quantitative modeling background.
• Proven experience in quantitative behavioral modeling for risk.
• Fluent in at least one open-source language: R or Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of quantitative behavioral models for credit, liquidity and risk management.
• Prepare large financial datasets and specify econometric models using SQL or similar tools.
• Run regressions and communicate results to stakeholders with visuals.
• Deploy models in production and monitor performance and risk.
• Develop model documentation and governance materials.
• Guide junior staff and coordinate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

R

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

SAS

Stata

SQL Server Management Studio

Git

Job description

M&T Bank in Buffalo, NY is seeking a senior quant with strong modeling and risk-management skills. You will lead development of behavioral models for credit, rate, and liquidity risks, and manage data preparation using SQL.

The role involves production deployment, performance monitoring, and cross-functional collaboration to inform risk strategy. Strong background in econometrics, time-series and logistic regression, plus experience guiding analysts, is essential.