Manager, Model Risk Management

ASX; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

ASX is seeking a leader for its Model Risk Management Group to oversee validation, testing and governance of material risk models used in clearing and settlement. You will drive independent challenge and reporting to senior management and regulators, ensuring robust risk controls and policy alignment.

You will coach analysts, shape risk framework improvements, and build strong partnerships with Risk, Technology, and governance forums to deliver accurate risk insights.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience applying quantitative analysis to complex financial risk problems.
• Experience in model validation, independent review and challenge, including assessment of assumptions and data.
• Strong knowledge of model risk management frameworks, governance and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to produce clear, senior-level reporting and recommendations for management and regulators.
• Academic qualifications in a quantitative discipline (e.g., mathematics, statistics, financial engineering, econometrics, computer science).

Responsibilities

• Lead a second line of defence focused on model risk management activities.
• Provide independent validation, review and challenge of high and medium risk models across clearing and settlement risk.
• Develop and assess challenger or benchmark models for validation and monitoring.
• Support oversight of model performance reporting to governance forums.
• Maintain model inventory, validation records and documentation standards.
• Articulate validation outcomes, limitations and remediation actions to stakeholders.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Model validation

Governance

Regulatory knowledge

Senior reporting

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

C#

Python

SQL

JIRA

GIT

GoCD

Jenkins

Job description

ASX: Powering Australia’s financial markets

Why join the ASX?

When you join ASX, you’re joining a company with a strong purpose – to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you’ll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

We are more than a securities exchange!

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We’re proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee‑led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we’re committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Your Team

The Model Risk Management Group is a second line of defence team responsible for the development, maintenance and execution of ASX’s Model Risk Management Policy and related standards. The team provides independent oversight, validation, review and challenge of material models and tools used in clearing and settlement risk management, including model inventory management, independent testing and validation, model performance monitoring, outcomes analysis and reporting to relevant governance forums.

Your responsibilities

As a people leader, a core part of this role is to role model the ASX Leadership Principles and create the conditions for a high performing, inclusive and accountable team. This includes:

• Shape a dynamic future: translate strategy into clear direction, take an enterprise view of clearing risk, integrate external and regulatory insights, and challenge existing approaches to identify better outcomes.
• Enable exceptional outcomes: set clear priorities, manage delivery discipline across complex methodology and transformation work, and take accountability for the quality, timeliness and governance of team outputs.
• Empower talented people: coach, develop and support a specialist quantitative team, building capability, autonomy, accountability and psychological safety.
• Build trusted relationships: lead with openness and constructive challenge, building collaborative partnerships across Risk, Line 1, Technology, governance forums and external stakeholders.

Role specific

Work in a second line of defence team that focuses on model risk management activities including:

• Manage, coach and support analysts in model validation practices, analytical methods and stakeholder engagement, while contributing to continuous improvement of the model risk control environment.
• Lead and contribute to the application of ASX’s Model Risk Management Policy, framework and related standards across the model life cycle.
• Provide independent validation, review and challenge of high and medium risk models and tools used for clearing, settlement and investment risk.
• Develop and assess challenger or benchmark models to support validation, ongoing model monitoring, sensitivity analysis, back‑testing and outcomes analysis.
• Support oversight of model performance reporting to relevant governance forums, including Risk Working Groups and model risk committees.
• Maintain and improve model inventory, validation records, model documentation standards and evidence of model risk decisions.
• Provide senior input into external model reviews, regulatory engagement and management reporting, including clear articulation of validation outcomes, limitations, assumptions and remediation actions.

Your experience and qualifications

Must have

• Extensive experience applying quantitative analysis to complex financial risk, clearing, settlement or investment risk problems.
• Demonstrated experience in model validation, independent review and challenge, including assessment of model assumptions, limitations, data, methodology and implementation.
• Strong knowledge of model risk management frameworks, governance, controls and regulatory expectations in a financial markets or financial services environment.
• Ability to produce clear, senior‑level reporting and recommendations for management, governance forums and regulators.
• Excellent academic qualifications in a quantitative discipline, such as mathematics, statistics, financial engineering, econometrics, computer science or a related field.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of ASX clearing and settlement services, CCP risk management, margin, capital or liquidity stress testing models.
• Understanding of end‑to‑end CCP activities, from data acquisition and methodology design through to model implementation, reporting and use.
• Knowledge of the Australian financial regulatory environment and expectations for model risk management, governance and independent oversight.
• Programming or analytical tooling experience, ideally in C#, Python, SQL or another object‑oriented or quantitative language.
• Experience using collaboration, development or delivery tools such as JIRA, GIT, GoCD or Jenkins.

We make hiring decisions based on your skills, capabilities and experience, and how you’ll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the criteria of this role.

At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full‑time, we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part‑time or other flexible working arrangements.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks, completed as part of the on‑boarding process.

To be considered for this position, candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.