Sr. Model Development Analyst at Santander responsible for developing credit scoring models for nonprime auto lending. Engaging in data analysis and reporting to enhance decision-making.
Responsibilities
Responsible for developing and maintaining sophisticated empirical models - including credit scoring models - for a nonprime auto lender
Takes a "hands on" approach to data analysis
Summarizes and reports information to a variety of internal and external clients
Interacts with many other departments in achieving overall company objectives
Participates in the construction of complex mathematical models – including credit origination, pricing and customer behavior scorecards
Develops the underlying assumptions, theory, empirical evidence, and conceptual soundness of statistical and mathematical models
Applies statistical techniques to analyze trends and uncover risks and opportunities relative to portfolio management and originations
Uses internal and external data sources to create robust model development datasets
Ensures modeling projects are conducted in accordance with established company policies and generally accepted mathematical modeling practices
Identifies modeling needs and communicates them to the Director Quantitative Modeling
Assesses department procedures for accuracy and completeness
Utilizes data mining and statistical techniques to develop analytic insights, sound hypotheses, and informed recommendations
Encapsulates analytic findings into executive-level summary documents to support senior management decision-making
Liaises with IT and other internal teams to define requirements and ensure the timely and accurate delivery of data elements for analytic projects
Provides requisite information in support of independent model validation activities
Develops a thorough understanding of the firm’s operations and business practices
Supports Model Validation and documentation of models in accordance with Santander Consumer USA internal policies and U.S. Federal Reserve regulations (SR 11-07)
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline required or equivalent experience
Master's Degree: Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline required or equivalent experience. - Preferred
Ph.D.: Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline required or equivalent experience - Preferred
3+ Years Analytics in Financial Services Industry. - Required
3+ Years Indirect subprime Auto Financial Services Industry experience. - Preferred
Familiarity with logistic regression models, segmentation and variable reduction techniques, hypothesis testing, neural networks, design of experiments, ANOVA, decision trees, and linear regression
Prior experience working with credit bureau data strongly preferred
Prior experience using Python, or SAS, SQL
Demonstrated ability to use SQL and Python to extract data from multiple data sources
Demonstrated ability to merge, concatenate, and prepare extremely large datasets for statistical analysis and mathematical model development
Demonstrated ability to create complex pivot tables in MS Excel
Ability to effectively explain advanced mathematical concepts, techniques, and analyses to a business audience
Ability to translate analysis into a clear business plan
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