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Principal Financial Engineer- Model Development

Moody’s principal financial engineer leads credit-rating model design. The role sets quantitative logic, challenges implementations and guides model developers.

What you’d work on

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Design rating-model logic.
Review analytical consistency.
Lead technical model-development decisions.

What they ask for

Required

Credit modelling
Financial mathematics
C#
Technical leadership
Communication

Preferred

C++ or MATLAB

Education: Quantitative master’s degree or PhD required.
Experience: At least ten years in relevant quantitative roles.
Languages and tools: C#
C++
VBA
MATLAB
Markets: credit, fixed-income

How to prepare

Design a transparent credit model.
Test cross-model consistency.
Review a numerical implementation.

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