Associate Director, Deposit Quantitative Research
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
Job Summary
PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
About the Team
The PNC Chief Investment Office (CIO) Quantitative Modeling team develops maintains and monitors quantitative models supporting investment portfolio management balance sheet analytics interest rate risk management and financial decision-making. The team applies economics finance and data-driven research to help model customer behavior financial markets macroeconomic trends and key drivers of business performance
Role Overview
We are seeking a quantitative researcher with 5 years of experience in econometrics empirical research statistical modeling or quantitative analytics. This role applies advanced quantitative methods to customer transactional and economic datasets to develop forecasting models behavioral analytics and decision-support insights supporting deposit products and balance sheet management.
Candidates should possess strong analytical programming and communication skills along with a demonstrated ability to work with large datasets and effectively communicate complex findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
The successful candidate will conduct empirical research develop predictive and behavioral models evaluate customer and product dynamics and translate analytical findings into actionable business recommendations. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact research problems at the intersection of economics finance customer behavior and quantitative modeling.
Education: Masters degree required; PhD preferred.
Qualifications
Required
Masters degree in Economics Finance Econometrics Statistics Mathematics Operations Research Data Science or a related quantitative field.
5 years of experience in empirical research econometrics statistical modeling predictive analytics or quantitative research.
Strong programming skills in Python and SQL with experience working with large structured datasets.
Demonstrated ability to independently formulate research questions design analytical approaches execute empirical studies and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred
PhD in Economics Finance Econometrics Statistics Mathematics Operations Research or a related quantitative field.
Experience analyzing deposit consumer banking payments lending credit card or other customer-level financial datasets.
Experience with customer behavior modeling balance forecasting causal inference panel-data econometrics time-series analysis or machine learning techniques.
Research experience at a Federal Reserve Bank U.S. Treasury academic research institution quantitative consulting firm fintech or financial services research team including publications working papers or conference presentations.PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
- Utilizes financial analysis research and reporting to facilitate business strategy process improvements and remediation activities. Participates in stress testing efforts
- Based on own discretion researches and collects information for PNCs balance sheet.
- Analyzes reviews and presents risk analytics/stress testing material including documentation and templates to senior team members.
- Partners with lines of business in understanding specific line items of PNCs balance sheet and income statement. Reconciles and performs quality review of data and may work with various review teams including model risk management internal and external audit and regulators
- Facilitates business strategy process improvements and remediation activities
PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:
- Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
- Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNCs Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge skills and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills competencies work experience education and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.
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PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race color sex religion national origin age sexual orientation gender identity disability veteran status or other categories protected by law.
This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and for any registered role the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.
Required Experience:
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