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Comment by Rex Pruitt on November 9, 2011 at 4:09am

FYI...You may already be aware, but there is a new SAS Special Interest User Group for the Insurance & Finance industry.  Check our Waynette's Blog...http://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2011/08/25/newest-sas-users-group-......(-;

Comment by Alex Cosgrove on October 21, 2011 at 9:05am

SAS Credit Risk Quant - Leading Investment Bank - London

Job title: Quantitative Analyst

Department profile:

European Risk Analytics is a specialist team developing and validating rating models for Wholesale Risk, providing analytic support to business and risk areas across the European region.

Job description:

Development, validations and reviews of models for estimation of wholesale credit risk parameters

Special requirements:

Technical Experience Required:

– PD, LGD, EAD. Implementing the latest statistical methodologies in order to better capture the risk in the wholesale portfolio. Assisting and coordinating on model development and implementation in other European countries as necessary.

 

•Excellent quantitative background and previous experience in building and validating PD/LGD/EAD models •Excellent knowledge of manipulation large datasets in SAS •Excellent programming skills and knowledge of econometrical packages (SAS is beneficial, E-views, Matlab etc ) •Good understanding of macroeconomics and stress testing •Excellent communication skills, good tact and diplomacy, as the role requires constant communication with other individuals and teams 

Desirable Skills •Previous experience in a quantitatively focused position within a banking institution •High standard of written documentation; ability to articulate technical concepts to a non-technical audience •Ability to work with minimal supervision and on multiple tasks simultaneously •Excellent time management and prioritization of work tasks •Self motivated, enthusiastic and proven rapid learning capability •Committed to completion of work tasks •Must have flexible approach to work and working hours •MSc in a relevant quantitative discipline

They are looking for someone with 2-3 years experience in Financial Services with excellent SAS skills.

Please get in touch for more details - a.cosgrove@orgtel.com

Thanks

Alex Cosgrove

Comment by Greg Makowski on May 21, 2011 at 12:46am

Hiring a Risk Analyst at CashEdge:  Data Mining, Fraud Forecasting, Oracle, PL/SQL, SAS

 

http://ejob.bz/ATS/PortalViewRequirement.do?reqGK=213799

 

Comment by Philip Male on May 9, 2011 at 6:34am

SAS Professionals Convention,  12-14 July 2011.  SAS UK, Marlow. 

For more information visit www.sas.com/uk/sasprofessionals

 

Comment by Vera Klimkovsky on February 24, 2011 at 11:40pm

ACM Data Mining SIG: Heuristic Design of Experiments with Meta-Gradient Search of Model Training Parameters

 

http://www.sfbayacm.org/?p=2464

 

LOCATION: LinkedIn, 2025 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043

Date: Monday February 28, 2011; 6:30 pm 6:30 – 9:00 pm (6:30 – 7:00 networking & snacks; 7:00 – 7:10 announcements; 7:10+ presentation, Q&A)

Cost: Free and open to all who wish to attend, but membership is only $20/year. Anyone may join our mailing list at no charge, and receive announcements of upcoming events.

Speakers: Greg Makowski

Comment by Fedya on August 24, 2010 at 8:42am

hi, please is there any free link to download SAS software (for prediction tasks), and a guide for users? thanks.

Comment by Philip Male on April 30, 2010 at 9:25am

The SAS Professionals Convention
This year's SAS professionals convention is held between 15th to 17th June at SAS Uk HQ in Marlow, UK. To find out more visit http://www.sas.com/offices/europe/uk/events/sasprofessionals/

Comment by Shashank Shekhar on March 26, 2009 at 10:48am

@Mohammad Fayaz
Start reading "The Little SAS Book". A good resource to get the initial feel.

Comment by consultsp on March 27, 2008 at 2:17pm

Predictive Modeling With SAS Enterprise Miner: Practical Solutions for Business Applications (Paperback)
by Kattamuri S. Sarma (Author)

Is a good book and well written.