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We know your career is just one aspect of a meaningful, complex, and demanding life. That’s why we designed our compensation and benefits package to provide employees and their families with as much choice as possible.

• Accrue and use your paid time off (PTO) immediately – no waiting period – plus paid federal holidays in addition to PTO.
• To assist employees in paying down student loan debt, we will make monthly payments of $100 directly to eligible loan service providers on behalf of our employees until the loan is paid off.
• Our retirement plan is one of the best in the region, including a 6% employer match on your 401(k). Employees (including temporary) scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are automatically enrolled day one.

We encourage you to apply, even if you are not sure your skills or experience check every box. Reach for what you want, and tell us why your work ethic and willingness to learn make you a natural fit for #TeamFirstInterstate.

SUMMARY

Develops and manages Asset/Liability Management (ALM) strategies related to interest rate sensitivity, duration risk and economic value of equity outcomes under varying rate scenarios, including reporting to ALCO. Responsible for liquidity stress testing, including development of assumptions, forecasting, evaluation of outcomes and recommendations to optimize the Company’s position. Work in concert with other groups within Treasury, Accounting and Financial Planning & Analysis. Build out, develop, and manage the Treasury Analytics team for scalability to the growing needs of the Company.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following; other duties may be assigned.

• Accounting, Financial Controls and Financial Reporting
• Supports preparation of fiscal records and financial plans, policies, and reports.
• Strategic, Financial and Operational Planning
• Run and maintain various third-party and proprietary financial models, including the ALM model.
• Conduct analysis and determine various input assumptions for the ALM model such as non-maturity deposit betas, asset prepayments and deposit decay rates.
• Integrate fixed income knowledge with pro-forma models that demonstrate the impact of balance sheet strategies on the Company’s interest rate risk profile.
• Supports the development of the corporation’s strategic plans, including providing strategic financial input on decision-making issues affecting the organization.
• Works in alignment with FP&A in preparation of the annual operating budget, business case development and ongoing financial forecasting.
• Risk Management
• Responsible for developing ALM strategies, including assessing interest rate risk under varying scenarios/assumptions and the implications of duration and extension risk within the balance sheet.
• Assist, as needed, to monitoring liquidity risk, including working with the Treasury Team to recommend appropriate actions.
• Responsible for Liquidity stress testing.
• Responsible for Interest Rate Risk backtesting and variance analysis, reconciling actual and forecasted results.
• Responsible for coordination and support of external validation of the ALM, Liquidity and Capital models.
• Manages aspects of risk through adherence to key SOX controls, accounting, audit, planning and treasury functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Master’s degree (M. A.) from a four-year college or university; and 10 + years of analytics preferably in Treasury and management experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. CFA credential also preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries of complaints of customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distributions, determinations of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

REASONING ABILITY

Select the level of reasoning skills and abilities needed to successfully accomplish the essential duties of this job. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

**If you are a current FIB employee, please apply through the Career Worklet in the Employee Portal.