Kelly Bivens

About Kelly Bivens

My background is specialized in fixed income markets with multiple roles spanning investment strategy, portfolio management, trading, credit analysis, cashflow modeling, and quantitative analytics with a proven track record of positive alpha generation over stated indices. Over this time, I have successfully underwritten, monitored, and managed portfolios of consumer loan, residential mortgage, commercial mortgage, and corporate debt exposures via securitization markets, serving a client base that includes insurance, banking, and retirement plans.Asset Class Expertise- Consumer and Commercial ABS - Prime & Subprime Autos, Credit Cards, Rental Cars, Student Loans, Marketplace Loans, Solar, PACE, Aircraft & Railcar Leasing, Whole Business, Timeshares, Equipment Lease- Non-Agency RMBS - Jumbo 2.0, CRT, Legacy Prime, Alt-A, & Subprime- Non-Agency CMBS- Agency RMBS - CMO, TBA, Specified Pools, Dollar RollsTechnical / Quantitative Expertise- Expert in leveraging Intex, Trepp, Yieldbook, and Aladdin to conduct stress testing, VaR analysis, breakeven scenarios and to project valuations, IRRs, and coverage ratios for all security types- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel to develop cashflow models and to interface with third party vendors such as Bloomberg, Intex, and Trepp. Utilize pivot tables, vlookups, VBA macros, and query functions to efficiently filter and create reports from large datasets- Proficiency in Microsoft Access to extract data from internal warehouse, create databases, and use SQL language to filter and create table for which I can easily query into Excel- Working knowledge of credit risk modeling and stress testing methodologies used by rating agencies and federal banking and insurance regulators- Blackrock Aladdin - proficient with suite of reporting tools to perform risk and attribution analysis I thrive in a challenging environment, can effectively multi-task, and have a very short learning curve when it comes to tackling new technologies and asset classes, as evidenced by my career path to this point and have excellent interpersonal skills developed through the years from presenting market analysis to clients and senior leadership. Additionally, my industry contacts in sales, strategy, and trading are strong and extremely well developed.

Experience

1. Director Securitization

   Harley-Davidson Financial Services

   Mar 2023 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

Education

• Western Illinois University

  MBA, Finance, Economics

• Western Illinois University

  Bachelor's degree, Finance, Economics