Senior Modelling Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Modelling Manager to join the Credit Risk Modelling team.  You will manage a team of experienced modellers providing support and challenge as they develop the key models

You will have responsibility for each stage of the model development lifecycle and ensure models remain suitable and aligned with regulatory expectations.

About the role

• Providing strong support and challenge to Managers within the team as they perform model redevelopments and reviews ensuring key decisions within the development are being made robustly and efficiently.
• Assuming responsibility for establishing robust control and review frameworks to bring greater assurance to each stage of the model development lifecycle and reducing model risk.
• Demonstrating strong stakeholder management to ensure that appropriate knowledge and understanding of the models and their use is in place and that requirements are fed into developments and addressed appropriately.
• Ongoing external scanning to ensure that the methodologies and approaches employed  are aligned with industry best practice and that activity required to satisfy new regulatory requirements is understood and planned for.
• Work closely with Manager of team to ensure movement in model performance identified from model monitoring is understood and assess whether action is required.
• Manage requests from within the business for analysis and model outputs to support their activities e.g new mortgage proposition assessments.

About you

First and foremost, you’ll be an experienced modeller or analyst with experience from your studies and your work experience. This’ll be coupled with;

• Detailed understanding of IRB, IFRS 9, Scorecards and Stress Testing Modelling.
• Knowledge of modelling requirements for product / project evaluation and an understanding of the requirements of the regulations relating to model development.
• A track record of delivering models or analytical projects within a business.
• A good awareness of the Financial Services industry and associated regulatory landscapes.

Applicants must be located and eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

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