Overview
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Role: Financial Data Analyst
Location: Reston VA-Hybrid
Duration: Long term
Top Skills' Details
The key skills we are looking for are:
1. Strong mortgage knowledge understanding mortgage backed securities, credit risk, the loan cycle etc.
2. knowledge of SQL and AWS is helpful at a high level
3. SDLC/Agile experience
Job Description
Financial Business Requirements/Data Analyst
At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nation's housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career
This role is essential for MRP Platform.
Use advanced requirements analysis and data analytics to create business process flows and algorithms that will be used in analytical or product development processes.
Develop or refine computer applications that provide deeper analysis of prospective financial asset performance, asset pricing, new asset classes, or information needed to measure and hedge risk.
Provide ongoing analysis of new financial asset classes and suggest program modifications as necessary.
May test applications for accuracy and functionality before putting them into service.
Lead periodical execution for various derivatives valuation, analytics and modeling tasks owned by the team
Establish and maintain well-managed processes; document processes and controls to support internal and external reviews or exams
Develop solid knowledge of our Fannie Mae s portfolios and underlying risk drivers and communicate effectively to the management and downstream users. Prepare and communicate results to the senior management and related committees
Experience of working on any Data Governance and Management industry solution is preferred.
Provide data governance support to the enterprise data team, and Data Owners and Data Stewards in the business, including recognizing issues and recommend solution alternatives.
Minimum Required Experiences
4 years Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, or related Desired Experience and Skills
4-6 years of related experience
Experience with requirements analysis and documentation
Exposure to relational and dimensional data model concepts
Technical skills: Data analysis using SQL, Excel, Business Intelligence Reporting using MicroStrategy/Tableau
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Strong collaboration and organizational skills
Experience with business process re-engineering and/or continuous process improvement preferred
Experience with Fixed Income Instruments, Risk Management, System & Data Analysis, preferred
Subject matter expertise in mortgage finance, fixed Income analysis and risk management, mortgage instruments (MBS, Loan, CMO) data, hedging principles and hedging instruments using swap and swaptions, preferred
Experience working in AWS environment is a plus
FRM or CFA Certification is a plus
Additional Skills & Qualifications
This team sits within the Finance Technology group, supporting Enterprise Risk Management. This will be an initial interview with Parag the director.
MRP platform (market risk platform) is one if their biggest applications. They are the primary data source for Hedge Accounting and some of the other major applications.
This role will be more on the business side working with stakeholders and understanding the requirements as they relate to the mortgage industry (mortgage backed securities, credit risk, loan cycle etc.)
All their work is in the cloud sitting on AWS
Writing Complex SQL queries
Walk through your user story example make sure not to be too wordy. Be concise and to the point.
Writing style and communication is one of the biggest things the manager will be screening.
The application is written in Python, sitting on AWS you really just need python familiarity and ability to do code reviews with the team.
Working on writing business requirements, documents, process flows, data uploads and exposure to AWS services S3, Red Shift
They are looking for a team player, someone with good communication who can talk to both technical and business level teams.