• Quantitative Analyst

    Banco Popular Puerto Rico (San Juan, PR)


    Date: Apr 1, 2025

    Location:

    San Juan, PR

     

    Company: Popular

     

    Workplace Type: Hybrid

     

    Quantitative Analyst

    General Description

    Develops, interprets, and implements complex statistical, financial and accounting concepts, or techniques for financial forecast and reporting.

     

    Essential Duties and Responsibilities

     

    + Apply statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical and text data to provide usable information. Interpret quantitative data and design statistical models for researching problems or questions.

    + Analyze data using statistical analysis software programs such as R, SAS, Stata or SPSS.

    + Analyze and interpret data to identify trends, patterns, or anomalies that may indicate financial crimes and related quantitative techniques such as detection models, natural language processing, text matching algorithms, customer classification and clustering, among others.

    + Conducts special studies to analyze complex financial actions and prepares recommendations for policy, procedure, control, or action. Analyzes financial information to determine present and future financial performance. Identifies trends and recommends improvements accordingly.

    + Evaluates complex profit plans, operating records, and financial statements. Directs preparation of studies, reports, and analyses in areas such as budgets, forecasts, financial plans, governmental requirements, statistical reports, cash flow projections, and business forecasts. Assists in the development of the budget, planning, and other corporate financial requirements.

    + Makes recommendations to management regarding cost saving or profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies. Coordinates with all levels of management to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans, acquisition activity, new business planning, trended future requirements, government requirements, and operating forecasts.

    + Gather, evaluate and relay both internal and economic data to predict different types of risks by making use of econometric and statistical methods.

    Education

    Bachelor's Degree in Economy or Statistics or Mathematics

     

    Master's Degree

    Experience

    Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) in a quantitative discipline with at least three years related experience; or Master’s degree (M.A.) in a quantitative discipline or a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) with at least two years of related experience.

    Other Qualifications

    + Knowledge of one or more of the following software programs: R programming language, Python, Word Processing, Presentations, Spreadsheets, other related software.

    + Knowledge of accounting principles, applicable laws, regulations and practices, financial markets, financial analysis, and reporting of financial data.

    + Process large amounts of data for statistical modeling and graphic analysis, using computers.

    + Fully bilingual, English and Spanish.

     

    Values

     

    Passion for People

     

    Succeed Together

     

    Own Every Moment

     

    Build the Future

     

    Important:The candidate must provide evidence of academic preparation or courses related to the job posting, if necessary.

    ABOUT US

    Popular is Puerto Rico’s leading financial institution and have been evolving since it was founded over a century ago. From a small bank it has developed into a large corporation that offer a wide variety of services and financial solutions to our customers, with presence in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America.

     

    As employees, we are dedicated to making our customers dreams come true by offering financial solutions in each stage of their life. Our extensive trajectory demonstrates the resiliency and determination of our employees to innovate, reach for the right solutions and strongly support the communities we serve; therefore, we value their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds.

     

    We reaffirm our commitment to always offer essential financial services and solutions for our customers and communities, including during emergency situations and/or natural disasters. Popular’s employees are considered essential workers, whose role is critical in the continuity of these important services even under such circumstances. By applying to this position, you acknowledge that Popular may require your services during and immediately after any such events.

     

    If you have a disability or need more information about requesting an accommodation, please contact us [email protected] email inbox is monitored for such types of requestsonly. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed exemptions or reasonable accommodations. Any other correspondence will not receive a response.

     

    Are you ready for a rewarding career?

    Popular is an Equal Opportunity Employer

    Learn more about us at www.popular.com and keep updated with our latest job postings atwww.jobs.popular.com.

     

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