Ocwen - Senior Manager - Quantitative Modeling

Senior Manager - Quantitative Modeling

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Quantitative Modeling/Decision Science team is a part of the Financial Planning and Analysis business unit and is responsible for delivering quant modeling, forecasting, and statistical analysis solutions throughout Ocwen. The team is seeking to fill a position of Director, Quant Modeling. This is an individual contributor role with a high degree of ownership and significant responsibilities for complex model development and automation projects. The candidate is expected to leverage his/her advanced statistical and data science subject matter expertise to deliver cutting-edge modeling solutions for various business units throughout the organization including mortgage servicing, lending, capital markets, finance, risk management and compliance. The candidate should be able to effectively use written and oral communication skills to present results of complex statistical/data science projects to a non-technical audience.

JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Lead end-to-end model development, maintenance and enhancements projects for various business units.

- Propose and deliver innovative modeling methods and techniques to improve existing business processes and support emerging business opportunities.

- Interact with various stakeholders including senior management of respective business units to ensure model's appropriateness for the business use.

- Cleary and effectively communicate results of modeling projects to senior management.

- Produce, maintain and update comprehensive documentation and monitoring reports for each model.

- Collect and process economic and financial statistical data from external data and economic research sources and incorporate the external data into Ocwen's internal forecasting processes.

- Stay up to date on recent advancement in statistical modeling and data processing/mining methods and techniques, including relevant programming languages.

- Support internal and external audit requests including delivery of written and oral presentations.

- Promote the use of data-driven analytic/modeling methods throughout the organization.

- Share subject matter expertise and mentor junior team members.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

- 5 - 10+ years of post-Ph.D. experience in statistical modeling/decision science in the financial services industry, mortgage industry experience is preferred.

- Ph.D. or Master of Science in a quantitative discipline (Data or Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, etc.) from a top-tier academic institution.

- Demonstrated ability to independently structure, manage, coordinate and deliver complex cross-enterprise modeling and analytic projects and processes with multiple stakeholders.

- Expert knowledge of statistical tools and data mining techniques.

- Global or multi-national business experience strongly preferred

- Ability to adapt to a dynamic, rapidly changing business environment

- Excellent programming skills including R, Python, MatLab, SQL, advanced knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.

- Strong written and oral communication skills.

WORK SCHEDULE: 2pm to 11pm

COMPANY SUMMARY:

Ocwen is intensely focused on hiring, developing and retaining the best talent in the industry! Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion ensures that we are an organization that creates, promotes and sustains an inclusive work environment in which diversity, inclusiveness and respect are integral parts of our culture and work environment. Building the reputation as an outstanding place to work, a great business partner and a valued community member is our everyday endeavor.

Ocwen's mission is to delight our customers through caring service and innovative lending solutions. We proudly serve over 1.3 million families with their mortgage needs by helping to find real solutions that benefit our customers and help to build stronger communities. Helping Homeowners is What We Do!

Consider an opportunity to join our global team and put "Caring in Action" while growing your career.

Ocwen is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.