Credit Risk SAS Specialist

Credit Risk SAS Specialist Looking for a chance to make a difference? Compass Bancshares, Inc. is a Southwestern financial holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.  Compass operates 420 full-service banking centers in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Texas.  Compass is a subsidiary of Compass Bancshares, Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BBVA.  BBVA is a global financial services company with more than $698 billion in total assets, 44 million clients, 8800 branches, and approximately 110,000 employees in more than 30 countries.  When combined with BBVA’s three other U.S banking companies, Compass will rank as the largest regional bank in the Sunbelt region and among the top 25 banks in the U.S. by total deposits.   Beyond the numbers, Compass has created a dynamic environment that respects people and values hard work – yet also recognizes that you can do a serious job and still have fun. Named to the Forbes “Platinum 400” list as one of the best managed companies in America for seven consecutive years, Compass Bank is a different kind of place to work.  Compass currently employs over 8000 people, including 3000 in the Birmingham area.  Compass Bank offers outstanding opportunities for career advancement; an aggressive, lucrative compensation plan, and competitive benefits. Compass is currently seeking an experienced Credit Risk SAS Specialist to work in our Corporate Risk Management division at our Corporate Headquarters in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Function: Support the analytical needs of the Central Risk - Risk Methodologies Group. The Risk Methodologies Group provides sophisticated analytical tools to the consumer direct, consumer indirect, mortgage, credit card, small business and commercial loan portfolios.  Recommend, design, develop and implement sophisticated risk analytic solutions to help drive business goals.  Convert data analysis into actionable modeling algorithms using internal performance, and other related performance data.  Required Qualifications:  Bachelor’s degree required, Advanced Degree preferred.  Three to seven years of financial services experience in an analytical capacity.  Three to seven years experience in estimating complex models, and designing Credit Risk Scorecards (e.g., Account Acquisition, Account Management, and Collections Scorecards), Three to seven years of proven SAS, SQL, or STATA experience extracting and analyzing large datasets.  Ability to build complex predictive models and action oriented analytic tools.  Knowledge of credit lifecycle, quantitative techniques, data mining and database management required.  Proven experience with statistical modeling techniques (e.g., logistic regression) and model development software: SAS/STAT, SAS Enterprise Miner, CART, MARS, KnowledgeSeeker, etc. Willingness and eagerness to learn new data concepts, and/or programming languages is a must.  Proven ability to communicate (written and verbal) business implications of insights gained through independent data analysis.  Strong organizational skills with an ability to independently execute tactical plans and ability to manage multiple priorities and projects are also a must.  Knowledge of Spanish a plus!  The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, self-motivated and bring a sophisticated analytical approach to the risk function.   Please send resumes to:  jobs@compassbank.com Attn: Credit Risk SAS - MR At Compass, you’ll have the chance to make a difference – for our customers, for our bank, and for yourself  Compass Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer Please visit Compassbank.com for information on the many opportunities and employee benefits at Compass Bank!