Capital Markets Senior Business Analyst

Description

Key functions:

• Support pricing strategy and tactics through new initiative development, financial impact analysis and new reporting & analytics on mortgage pipeline, profitability, servicing key metrics.
• Create consolidated cross-channel data sources through collaboration with business owners, finance, and technology partners. Provide subject matter expertise and manage the migration of siloed data sources into a centralized data warehouse or repository.
• Support balance sheet optimization strategy through loan sale transaction data support and portfolio segmentation.
• Support interest rate risk management, hedging, and QRM model management by assisting in continued development and maintenance of the current analytics suite.
• As needed, support cross-functional projects from a Capital Markets standpoint via data analysis, pro forma projections, or business case development.
• Create business and strategy review decks that incorporate relevant analytics as requested by leadership, and be prepared to present to upper management if requested. 

Primary responsibilities include

• Build financial and operational analytics that drive short-term and long-term business decision making.
• Ensure accuracy of and distribute reporting to downstream users and senior leaders at predefined intervals.
• Participate in discussions regarding various elements of Capital Markets business development and strategy while both opining on observed trends and producing ad-hoc analytics as needed.
• Engage with various groups within Capital Markets to better understand the mechanisms driving financial and operational relationships on which analytics are built

Skills/Competencies

• Exceptional aptitude for abstract thinking and logical reasoning
• Foundational understanding of mortgage banking and agency fixed income markets
• Functional understanding of financial modelling and DCF analysis
• Advanced understanding of residential mortgage originations
• Expert ability to visually represent complex financial and operational relationships in a clear manner
• Expert ability to draw and communicate accurate conclusions from complex analytics
• Experience creating & communicating pro-forma presentations to senior leaders 
• Comfortable producing unilateral, ad-hoc analytics to facilitate strategic decision making

Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

• Required Qualifications
  • 7+ years of quantitative management reporting experience
  • 3+ years of experience at a mortgage lender
  • Database management experience with Microsoft SQL
  • Data aggregation and reporting experience using Excel, Power BI, Tableau, and/or Looker
  • STEM, Finance, or Economics undergraduate degree
• Preferred Qualifications
  • 7+ years of mortgage capital markets experience in an analytics-focused capacity
  • Experience with a mortgage quantitative risk management system (QRM, Polypaths, Compass Analytics)
  • Programming experience (Python, Javascript, Powershell, and/or VBA)
  • Expert SQL, Excel, Tableau and Power Point skillsets

Hours & Work Schedule

• Hours per Week: 40
• Work Schedule: M-F

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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