Walter Bera

Experience

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  Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

  Aug 2006 - Jul 2007

  Intern

  Worked in a number of departments including the Economic Research and Policy Enhancement division. Duties performed included report writing on commodity price trends, calculation of indexes such as CPI and PPI. Collection and tabulation of data on food prices, world prices of commodities and calculations of economic indicators such as external debt.

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  Ministry of Education Zimbabwe

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2012

  Mathematics Teacher

  Teaching Mathematics to high school students. Making lesson plans, grading assigned work and grading of tests.

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  Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Aug 2013 - May 2015

  Mathematics Graduate Assistant

  Tutoring up to 25 students in calculus 1 and 2, algebra, probability and statistics and trigonometry.

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  Upward Bound Math and Science Program

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Mathematics Instructor

  Instructed a class of up to 10 students in Algebra 2 and Trigonometry.Tasks included teaching 75 minute classes twice weekly.Crafting lesson plans and assessments.Administering assessments.Providing timely feedback through reports

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  Mathnasium of Ellicott City

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2016

  Mathematics Instructor

  Instructing students in mathematical tasksGrading tasks assigned to studentsAdministering assesmentsProviding feedback through reports and grading assessments

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  Christ Episcopal School Rockville MD

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Middle School Mathematics Teacher
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  KeyBank

  Jul 2017 - May 2019

  •Model Risk Assessing the models' continual use, performance, governance, controls and tier assignmentDetermine if an independent model validation is necessary for the models in the current validation cycleContinual assessment of ongoing monitoring activities of the model and ensuring that they are adequate and effectiveDetermining whether any changes were made to the models or the modeling process and whether there are product changes or changes in the environment in which the model is operatedEnsuring that the model tier remains appropriateEnsuring that management has put in place a robust escalation process to remedy control deficiencies in models in an adequate and timely manner•Risk Modelling and AnalyticsDeveloping scorecards for different portfolios for various lines of businessAnalysis of internal and external data for segmentation and validationWorking with lines of business to ensure that models are business driven and empirically derivedDocumenting data requirements, modeling assumptions and model results for best practice methodology Supporting model implementation and monitoring production activities post developmentData manipulation and query writing using Xeno, SAS and SQL Show less

  • Quantitative Risk Analyst

    Oct 2018 - May 2019

  • Quantitative Risk Analyst

    Jul 2017 - Sept 2018
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  Comerica Bank

  Jun 2019 - Jan 2022

  • AVP Model Risk Officer

    Dec 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Assistant Model Validation Officer

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2021
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  PNC

  Jan 2022 - now

  Senior Analyst, Quantitative Analytics and Model Development: Balance Sheet Analytics and Modeling