Job Title:

Senior ALM Analyst

Location:

CityScape

What you'll do:

The Senior ALM Analyst will be responsible for supporting modeling, system enhancements, and overall balance sheet management within the Bank’s Asset Liability Management (ALM) team. The role will focus on improving analytical capabilities and results that are used for decision making in various analytics and processes.

What we are looking for:

Assist with running the ALM model to generate the Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) and Capital Stress Testing (CST) forecasts

Conduct in-depth analysis of model results identifying trends and providing insights to senior management

Play an integral, hands-on role in the transition to a new ALM system including its configuration, testing, and shared use with other teams (e.g., Liquidity, Capital, FP&A)

Collaborate with other team members to streamline processes, test new data connections, and customize reporting from the ALM system.

Assist in creating presentation materials summarizing ALM enhancements and results for the Balance Sheet Management Sub-Committee and ALCO

Collaborate with second line of defense teams, including Model Risk, to support ALM governance and improvements.

Maintain model documentation and procedures for ALM model

Perform ad-hoc analyses as needed in a fast and efficient manner

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in finance, mathematics, business administration, accounting, or economics (5+ years of previous related work experience may be substituted for educational requirements)

Master’s degree or professional certification preferred

A minimum of 3 years experience in financial services working with complex financial instruments (5 years preferred)

1+ years of hands-on experience with ALM systems (QRM, BancWare, Empyrean)

Ability to understand, test, and interpret the impact of quantitative models on ALM results

MS Office experience including Advanced Excel required

Working knowledge of data management systems and visualization software is preferred (SQL, SAS, Tableau, MS Business Intelligence)

Proactive and positive attitude, excellent communication skills, and strong attention to detail

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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