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Quantitative Analytics Senior

Quantitative Analytics Senior

Freddie MacMcLean, VA, United States
7 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it's at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

Position Overview :

Are you ready to lead high-impact modeling initiatives and apply your advanced technical expertise to solve complex challenges in housing finance?

Freddie Mac's Single-Family Modeling team is seeking a Senior Quantitative Analyst to drive the development, enhancement, and execution of sophisticated models that support strategic business and risk management decisions. This role is for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, data-driven environment and is passionate about innovation, collaboration, and delivering results.

Our Impact :

We play a pivotal role in developing and supporting Freddie Mac's house price models-essential tools that underpin the Single-Family business. Our team combines econometrics, machine learning, and statistical modeling to tackle complex business challenges and generate high-impact analytics. Whether it's forecasting market dynamics or shaping risk strategies, our work drives critical decisions and contributes directly to Freddie Mac's mission of making homeownership possible.

Your Impact :

  • Lead the design and implementation of quantitative models for mortgage credit risk, house price trends, and portfolio analytics.
  • Work with team members in model development, validation, and documentation.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including risk, capital markets, IT, and model governance to ensure alignment and transparency.
  • Present model insights and recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
  • Oversee model performance monitoring, recalibration, and reporting.
  • Ensure compliance with internal governance and regulatory standards.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation across modeling workflows.
  • Contribute to strategic planning and roadmap development for the modeling team.

Qualifications : Required :

  • Doctorate degree (or Master's degree with 3 years equivalent work experience) in quantitative finance, statistics or a related quantitative field is preferred.
  • Coursework or work experience applying predictive modeling techniques from finance, statistics, mathematics, data science, and computer programming to large data sets. Qualifying coursework may include-but is not limited
  • Experience in Quantitative and Predictive modeling.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, MATLAB, SAS, SQL, and C++.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Preferred :

  • Experience with time series models.
  • Coursework or work experience with designing and training deep neural networks.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead projects and mentor junior analysts.
  • Keys to Success in this Role :

  • Outstanding quantitative, empirical analysis, and research skills.
  • Solid understanding of econometric models, tools and techniques.
  • Strong programming skills.
  • Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

    We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

    A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac's business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

    CA Applicants : Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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    Time-type : Full time

    FLSA Status : Exempt

    Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

    This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $125,000 - $187,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

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