Moody's Corporation

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Role/Responsibilities
We are looking for a seasoned financial engineer to join our model management and verification team.

The duties of this financial engineer include:

*Ensuring that specifications and other technical documents for credit rating models and scorecards appropriately reflect the applicable methodology requirements.

*Performing back tests of rating methodologies and developing analytical projects to confirm the ability of financial models to assess credit risk.

*Building financial model prototypes, implement validation procedures, and assist with the implementation of new control processes for rating models and scorecards.

*Publishing research and participating in professional training for the analytical staff.

*Supervising research and validation projects.

The position requires collaboration with rating analysts, model managers, research groups, and development groups.

Qualifications
*PhD in Applied Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, Physics, or Business.

*6+ years of overall experience in credit risk modeling – experience in credit derivatives or structured finance a strong plus.

*Working knowledge of 2 of the following technologies: VBA, C++, C#, Matlab, R.

*Knowledge of SQL a plus.

*Hard working, easy to work with, and willingness to learn new technologies.