Quantitative Risk Analytics Senior; Hybrid - in Office

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you'll be part of a team helping to make home ownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

• Come join a growing team of strategists and problem solvers in Freddie Mac's Single-Family (SF) Acquisitions Division's Credit Analytics, Reporting and Decision Strategy (CARDS) group.
• Analytics, reporting, and the identification of emerging risks from our newly purchased loan portfolio are critical to Freddie Mac's success and overall risk mitigation strategies.
• Bring together business partners and identify emerging industry trends in a fast-paced, exciting, and diverse work environment.

• CARDS is responsible for keeping our finger on the pulse of the mortgages we buy and their performance, ensuring that they remain within the firm's risk tolerance.

• Apply sophisticated technical skills to provide deeper insights into credit risk trends of newly funded loans through the use of traditional and non-traditional mortgage data.
• Develop knowledge about Freddie Single-Family data and the Seller/Servicer Guide and independently extract data to support analytics.
• Enhance and implement comprehensive analytical frameworks to measure credit risk and performance of new or existing policies/products/programs by using data and business expertise.
• Provide expertise in exploring risk management frontier using machine learning and other related quantitative skills.
• Enhance analytical bench‑strength in the team by building subject matter expertise in risk models, statistical methods, credit policy, credit risk, business trends as well as technical data skills.
• Maintain appropriate controls to ensure processes adhere to established standards.
• Stay in sync with processes that are in place to provide awareness, monitoring and responses to address emerging risk or opportunities.

• Bachelor's Degree in Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related quantitative field (master's degree preferred) and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• 3+ years of experience applying data analytical skills to solve business problems with large data sets.
• Experience writing statistical or optimization programs to develop models, algorithms and/or to conduct data analytics on large data sets.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as SQL (required), Python, and R and/or SAS.
• Strong experience with Tableau for visualization, PowerPoint and/or Excel.

• Excellent quantitative, analytical, problem‑solving, critical thinking and communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills both verbal and written.
• Deep curiosity about new trends and topics in mortgage products and credit risk.
• Proven ability to analyze risk using quantitative and qualitative information, outstanding analytical, technical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to explore and leverage new technical skills as needed.

This position has an annualized market‑based salary range of $133,000 - $199,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market‑leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

Time-type:
Full time

FLSA Status:
Exempt

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request accommodation.

CA Applicants:
Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.