Associate/ Senior Associate, Modeling & Valuation-Modeling

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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate/ Senior Associate in Risk & Compliance - Modeling & Valuations for our Consulting practice.

Responsibilities:

• Assist financial services clients to assess and comply with banking and other applicable regulations, such as Dodd-Frank Act Stress Testing (DFAST), Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), Basel III and Dodd-Frank Act, as well as understand the evolving regulatory landscape
• Provide technical knowledge with respect to the application of complex regulatory requirements involving data processing, data storage, and data visualization; deliver on predictive modeling engagements involving the use of data, statistical algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes
• Support validation and/or audit of financial and econometric models used to assess risk; develop and enhance key stress testing models, including credit loss forecasting, operational loss forecasting, and PPNR forecasting (Balance Sheet and Income Statement)
• Leverage technologies, analytics, and data sources to solve a myriad of capital management business issues
• Optimize regulatory demands with strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes and a volatile business, economic and compliance environment
• Provide treasury assessment and identify the gaps relative to industry practices; assist clients with funds transfer pricing given changes in regulatory requirements and market dynamics

Additional Responsibilities for Senior Associate:

• Supervise associates and related staff on engagements
• Serve as a liaison between clients and upper management
• Identify and communicate technical matters to both clients and upper management

Qualifications:

• A minimum of one year of capital, liquidity, risk or experience with emphasis on financial risk management including preferred knowledge in the following areas: Asset Liability Management (ALM), operational/compliance risk, stress testing, Value-at-Risk (VaR), short term borrowing and investments processes, commercial & retail loan products, structured credit products
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, management information systems or a quantitative discipline or related field from an accredited college/university
• Knowledge of operational risk and internal controls, valuation, risk management, governance and oversight processes, risk appetite, credit and capital management and risk analysis
• Functional capabilities in beginner level database technology such as Access, SQLite, and My SQL; ability to write and interpret SQL queries
• High competency level with programming software such as Python (preferred), R, SAS, VBA; familiarity with data visualization tools such as Qlikview, Tableau as well as web application front end (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and back end (Ruby on Rails, Django, PHP, Flask) preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Travel may be up to 80-100%
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future

Additional Qualifications for Senior Associate:

• A minimum of three years of related work experience
• Demonstrated supervisory experience; well-established understanding of business dynamics and operations
• Ability to compile detailed reports and professional presentations for upper management and client executives

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