Vice President; Quantitative Finance Analyst

Bank of America Bank of America · Banking · San Francisco, CA

Quantitative Finance Analyst (Vice President) at Bank of America, focusing on quantitative analysis and model validation for financial products. Requires a Master's degree and 2 years of experience in financial mathematics, modeling principles, derivative pricing, portfolio valuation, performance dashboards, and statistical analysis. The role involves independent testing, documentation, risk assessment, and collaboration with stakeholders to manage model risk and support regulatory compliance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Conduct quantitative analysis and model validation projects independently.
  2. Create documentation for all activities and work with Technology staff to design any systems that run the validated models.
  3. Review the underlying assumptions, theory, derivation, empirical evidence, implementation, and limitations of the model being validated.
  4. Perform independent testing to identify and quantify model risk associated with the model being validated.
  5. Prepare validation reports and technical documents for the model being validated.

Skills

Required

  • Master's degree or equivalent in Financial Mathematics, Finance, Economics, Management or related
  • 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related Quantitative occupation
  • Using modeling principles including time-series, stochastic processes, numeric methods and knowledge of financial markets to independently test models for Equities and derivative products
  • Implementing models for derivative pricing and portfolio valuation using data analysis and Monte Carlo techniques
  • Developing performance assessment dashboards for different asset classes including Equities, Commodities, and FX in VBA and Python
  • Applying statistical techniques to analyze trends and uncover risks in performance of volatility models for option pricing, risk management and market strategies
  • Preparing technical reports/presentation slides with quantitative information that are accessible to stakeholders and clients who are not necessarily versed in quantitative finance

Nice to have

  • Python
  • C++
  • VBA

What the JD emphasized

  • independently test models
  • independent quantitative testing
  • independent quantitative testing