Quantitative Analyst

Quantitative Analyst

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Overview

At First Republic, we care about our people. Founded in 1985, we offer extraordinary client service in private banking, private business banking and private wealth management. We believe that personal connections are everything and our success is driven by the relationships we form with our colleagues and clients. You'll always feel empowered and valued here.

Incredible teams doing exceptional work, every day

Eagle Intelligence mission is to leverage technology, analytics, and best practices to empower First Republic to be effective and entrepreneurial as we grow and attract client relationships while maintaining exceptional service and agility that are the foundation of our success.

Through extensive partnership with the lines of business and the executive management, we continuously strive to achieve greater depth, breadth, sophistication, and impact of technology and analytics across our teams and the organization.

Discover the independence to grow and drive change

We are a data-driven team: data and analytics are central to everything we do and underpin all the functions of the Bank. This position will work with the Bank's regional management, sales, and operations teams to maximize the value of our data towards making more informed decisions, servicing clients, and capitalizing on competitive opportunities in increasingly sophisticated ways.

Duties and Responsibilities

Discover the independence to grow and drive change

We are a data-driven team: data and analytics are central to everything we do and underpin all the functions of the Bank. This position will work with the Bank's regional management, sales, and operations teams to maximize the value of our data towards making more informed decisions, servicing clients, and capitalizing on competitive opportunities in increasingly sophisticated ways.

What you'll do as a Quant Analyst:

• Independently partner and work with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities and operational enhancements, as well as implement innovative solutions using analytical models to solve business requirements/challenges

• Research, explore, and enable new quantitative techniques and technologies in data science

• Drive thought leadership and embrace emerging industry innovation

• Take pride in and own your work

• Create documentation and maintain version control for all deliverables

What you'll do working in the Operations Analytics Team:

• Hands on analytics, dashboard and tooling utilizing libraries, frameworks, and data

• Support the growing analytical needs of our business and operations with a focus on maintaining our highest level of customer experience

• Partner with business leaders to provide data insights into business operations and staffing metrics

• Develop analytics to improve operations across deposit and lending businesses

• Work with Eagle Intelligence and partner with other technology teams to improve our data to enable our teams to better understand units of work and staff capabilities

Qualifications

You could be a great fit if you have:

• Extremely strong interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) with a demonstrated ability to understand and communicate technical concepts with others, especially senior management, business users, and technical teams effectively

• Excellent independent research, analysis, and documentation skills

• The ability to multi-task and prioritize varied workloads with frequently changing priorities

• To function well in high pressure situations, and feel that such moments produce some of your best work

• 0 - 2 years of applicable corporate experience working on programming, data analytics, quantitative modeling

• Bachelor's degree or higher; business, CS, engineering, liberal arts, social sciences, mathematics

Technical qualifications:

• Required:

• Ability to work with large databases and devising queries using SQL

• Ability to create dashboards with BI tools such as Tableau

• Programming skills in prototyping languages like Python

• Nice to have:

• Experience with version control systems such as Git, Perforce, Bitbucket

• Statistical skills and applied statistical experience

• Knowledge of the Retail Banking and Commercial Banking products and processes

• An understanding of the data used and the associated inherent issues in Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, or Asset Management

Job Demands:

• Must be able to review and analyze data reports and manuals; must be computer proficient.

• Must be able to communicate effectively via telephone and in person.

Own your work and your career - apply now

Are you willing to go the extra mile because you love what you do and how you can contribute as a team? Do you want the freedom to grow and the opportunity to take charge of your own career? If so, then come join us.

We want hard working team players. You'll have the independence to learn, lead and drive change. A culture of extraordinary service, empowerment and stability - that's the First Republic way.

We believe that a diverse range of backgrounds and ideas has and will continue to be fundamental to the future success of First Republic.

If you are curious to learn more about this opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In this regard, the Company makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities in order to enable them to perform all essential job functions, unless doing so creates an undue hardship.

First Republic is subject to federal laws that restrict the employment of individuals with certain types of criminal histories, including FDIA Section 19 and FINRA. To the extent not inconsistent with our obligations under those federal laws and regulations, First Republic will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles and San Francisco ban-the-box laws.

For New York City-based roles: Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that, effective December 27, 2021, all private sector employers in New York City will be required to ensure that their employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend work in the office. Reasonable Medical or Religious Accommodations may be requested if applicable to you. Please view New York's Guidance on Accommodations for Workers for more information.