Specialist, Quantitative Analysis

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Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 86816.59 to $ 108520.74 and are based on qualifications and experience.

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• Annual Paid vacation.
• Annual individual performance incentive.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.
• While positions at CMHC require some in-office presence, alternative work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

Join the Insurance and Securitization, in Specialist, Quantitative Analysis position.

In this role, you will lead the development, implementation, calibration, documentation, and maintenance of complex quantitative analyses to drive insights as well as lead the effective management of the decision rules for the CMHC’s Homeowner Mortgage Loan Insurance business.

What you’ll do:

• Employ qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques, including scenario-building, modeling of alternatives, etc., to provide assessments of policy options and expected outcomes.
• Provide data interpretation including relationships and trends analysis.
• Lead the preparation of briefs, reports, business cases and/or presentations based on research topics and analyses; present to senior level stakeholders, both internally and externally, as required.
• Manipulate and analyze large datasets while ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
• Lead the management of decision management rules and conduct effective testing and post-implementation reviews.
• Provide expertise and advice on relevant programs, policies, products, or services, ensuring that recommendations support the business needs.

What you should have:

• An undergraduate degree in a quantitative field, such as statistics, Mathematics, computer science, engineering, or business intelligence.
• An expertise with the standard Microsoft suite, SAS and other tools such as open-source tools (R, Python) and data visualization (Power BI, Tableau).
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in housing finance, specifically homeowner mortgage lending or homeowner mortgage loan default insurance.
• Sound analytical skills with demonstrated quantitative/qualitative analytical and problem-solving skills to capture and synthesize information and develop recommendations and provide advice.
• Developed communication skills and the ability to make clear and concise presentations for decision making.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Posting closing date: Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

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We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply.

We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

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