Quantitative Analyst

Job Title:Quantitative Analyst

Location:CityScape

What you'll do:Western Alliance Bank (WAL) is seeking a Quantitative Analyst with strong organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills. The successful candidate will be a motivated team player with high attention to detail. Critical to success in this position is an understanding of Data 101 concepts, experience with data science tools, such as Python, R and MS SQL that will assist in support of Enterprise Data Modeling Team. This person should have independent problem-solving skills, adaptability to changing priorities, and an aptitude to strategize, evaluate roadblocks, and assist all team members as needed. Preferred: Finance or Modeling background. Power BI, and Tableau optional.

Support model production processes with expertise in cleaning and manipulating data; analyzing large complex datasets; and building automated data processing using programming languages such as MS SQL, Python and R.

Develop User Acceptance Testing process design, implementation, and deployment to meet strict regulatory SOX and Model Risk requirements

Use Microsoft software applications to build/update model documentation, project plans, flow charts, and provide data lineage documentation

Develop a thorough understanding of the bank’s operations, business model, and production systems to design strategies for automation of new models

Develop reports and model output using Tableau and other Business software and distribute to internal customers

What you'll need:

Bachelor's degree in data analytics/related field or finance

1-2 years Python

1-2 years MS SQL

1-2 years R

Data management strategies, and Production management strategies, including managing change control

Data Analysis with large complex data sets and data warehouses

Business analysis and requirements documentation

Strong Communication skills

Project Management skills, some experience with MS Project and MS Visio

Benefits you’ll love:

We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email or call . When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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