Company Description

At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do helps make a home a possibility for millions of homeowners and renters. Every day offers compelling opportunities to impact the future of the housing industry while being part of an inclusive team thriving in an energizing, flexible environment. Here, you will grow your career and help create access to fair, affordable housing finance.

Job Description

As a valued colleague on our team, you will act as team lead while conducting theoretical and empirical research with public and proprietary data in all areas of the mortgage finance business. This may include mortgage products and securities, borrower behavior, investment and hedging strategies, residential property valuation, macroeconomic models, including housing prices and interest rate, financial valuation of finance assets and derivatives, economic capital, and stress testing. Additionally, you will coach and mentor team members.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE
The Enterprise Analytics and Modeling - Quantitative Modeling - Lead Associate role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

Fannie Mae seeks Quantitative Modeler – Washington DC

• Lead projects/teams in providing innovative, thorough, and practical solutions that support business strategies and initiatives and in conducting or assessing ad hoc quantitative analyses, modeling, or programming using Stata, SAS, R, Python.
• Utilize advanced data mining and/or statistical techniques to develop analytic insights, sound hypotheses, and informed recommendations.
• Apply advanced skill, knowledge, and/or experience while leading teams to complete modeling projects aligned with established company policies and industry-wide modeling.
• Contribute to developing validation or testing strategies and assessing the quality and risk of model methodologies, outputs, and processes and applying understanding of relevant business context to interpret model results, monitor performance, and assess risks”.
• Identify opportunities to apply quantitative methods to improve business performance.
• Communicate technical subject matter clearly and concisely to department leadership and teams.
• Coach and mentor less experienced team members.
• This is a hybrid (work in office and at home) position.

Qualifications

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Req’d: PhD in Economics or Statistics. Coursework, research or experience modeling using Stata and R, and performing advanced economic and econometric/statistical analysis including regression, time series, panel data, discrete event, economic optimization, and stochastic and dynamic general equilibrium models.

As a condition of employment with Fannie Mae, any successful job applicant will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen and to successfully complete a background investigation, which may also include a credit check for positions in some areas of our business.