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First West Credit Union

Member-owned financial co-operative providing banking

Risk Analytics Manager

Quantitative RiskConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time$90.4k - $115.8k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline is required; a master's degree is preferred.
  • A minimum of 4–5 years of relevant professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, is required.
  • Professional designation or progress toward a relevant designation such as CFA, FRM, CPA, or equivalent is preferred.
  • Apply critical thinking, analytical skills, and sound professional judgment.
  • Demonstrate accountability and a results-oriented approach.
  • Collaborate and build strong working relationships.
  • Demonstrate strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and accuracy.
  • Apply advanced quantitative analysis, data interpretation, and problem-solving skills to convert complex results into practical risk insights.
  • Demonstrate advanced proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R.
  • Have working knowledge of statistical modelling, model performance monitoring, data validation, and analytical controls.
  • Demonstrate strong technical writing, documentation, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
  • Manage multiple recurring and project-based deliverables, work independently, and meet deadlines in a controlled environment.
  • Demonstrate understanding of risk and risk ownership by adhering to policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct quantitative analysis of credit and portfolio risk to identify emerging trends, concentrations, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for proactive risk management.
  • Develop, enhance, and maintain recurring risk analytics, management information, dashboards, and reporting for Credit Risk, Finance, Enterprise Risk, senior management, and risk committees.
  • Build and maintain reliable analytical datasets by sourcing, reconciling, validating, and documenting data from multiple systems; investigate data-quality issues and work with business and technology partners to resolve them.
  • Automate analytical processes and transition manual spreadsheet-based reporting toward controlled, repeatable, and centralized solutions using appropriate data, visualization, and programming tools.
  • Prepare clear documentation of data sources, assumptions, methodologies, controls, limitations, and results to support transparency, reproducibility, governance, audit, and regulatory review.
  • Support the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) by developing and maintaining risk analytics, stress testing, scenario analysis, capital adequacy assessments, and risk appetite monitoring.
  • Evaluate capital requirements under base and stressed conditions, and prepare analysis and documentation for senior management, risk committees, and regulatory review.
  • Develop, validate, enhance, and monitor credit risk models, including probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD), exposure at default (EAD), risk rating, and portfolio forecasting models.
  • Perform model performance analysis, back-testing, sensitivity analysis, and ongoing monitoring to ensure models remain accurate, reliable, and aligned with regulatory and governance requirements.

Desired Qualifications

  • Professional designation or progress toward a relevant designation, such as CFA, FRM, CPA, or equivalent.

About the Company

First West Credit Union

Member-owned financial co-operative providing banking

First West Credit Union is a member-owned Canadian financial co-operative offering traditional banking and wealth management through local brands Island Savings, Envision Financial, Valley First, and Enderby & District Financial. Members access everyday banking, loans, and financial planning via branch networks and teams of financial advisors. It differentiates itself by staying ultra-local through a multi-brand cooperative model that pools resources while keeping a local-first focus and active community involvement. Its goal is to help members, employees, and communities flourish by supporting sustainable local growth and redefining banking as cooperative and community-driven.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Langley, Canada
Founded
1946

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