Associate/ Sr. Associate Statistician

Location: Richmond, VA

Industry: Finance & Investment

Company: Widely Recognized Fortune 500 Bank View company name

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Job Description

COMPANY INFO

We are a diversified bank that offers a broad array of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. A Fortune 500 company, the firm has one of the most widely recognized brands in America. As one of the nation's top 10 largest banks based on deposits, the company serves banking customers through branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Statistical expertise is central to our success in all these markets. Our 100+ statisticians thrive in a culture of mutual respect, excellence and innovation.

Under direct supervision, builds medium to high complexity models. In the case of high complexity models, the associate works on specific tasks within a project involving a team of other statisticians. Reports to a Manager or higher level statistician.

Responsibilities

Individuals will partner cross functionally to deliver statistical solutions. The types of tasks this role will be responsible for include the following:

• Analyzing data, building models and assessing their quality
• Model monitoring, supporting business decisions
• Training to develop skills for the next level
• Ad hoc statistical analyses on designed tests
• Identifying opportunities to apply statistics to improve business performance

The following skills/abilities will be important to succeed in this role:

~ Experience with logistic regression, decision trees, survival analysis, design of experiment and other statistical techniques
~ Communicating clearly and concisely to individuals from various backgrounds
~ Influencing others in both verbal and written mediums
~ Leveraging education, colleagues and training opportunities to develop solutions

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

~ Masters degree in Statistics or similar quantitative field of study
~ Working knowledge of SAS or similar statistical programming package
~ Proficient in working with key statistical principles
~ Proficient with speaking and writing in English

***Currently pursuing a graduate degree to be completed within the next 10 months OR have completed one within the last 12 months

Preferred:

~ PhD in Statistics or similar quantitative field of study
~ Experience with relational databases
~ Strong SAS programming skills

• 1 Year experience in Using statistical tools to analyze data or conduct experimental design
• 1 Year experience in Statistical modeling
• 1 Year experience in Data analysis and reporting
• 1 Year experience in Presentation to non-statistical audience