Senior Audit Manager - Model Validation (f/m/d)

Solaris SE; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 85.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Home office budget

Learning & development budget €1000

Competitive salary with variable remun

Monthly meal allowance

Deutschland ticket subsidy

28 vacation days + 2/3 years Solaris

Opportunity to work abroad up to 12 we

Zusammenfassung

Solaris SE in Berlin seeks an experienced audit professional to independently plan and lead end-to-end Non-IT audit engagements. You will perform deep-dives into complex quantitative models, including machine learning architectures and valuation models, and ensure data lineage and preprocessing integrity.

You will draft comprehensive audit reports, review internal controls, and guide audit teams while coordinating findings with stakeholders.

Qualifikationen

• Higher education degree in Finance, Economics, Business Management, or Law.
• 5+ years in banking audits or consulting with MaRisk/KWG experience.
• Experience leading audit engagements and quality reviews.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory standards.
• Fluent English and German communication.

Aufgaben

• Plan and lead end-to-end non-IT audit engagements.
• Perform deep-dives into quantitative models and ML architectures.
• Evaluate data lineage, preprocessing, and model inputs/outputs.
• Challenge model assumptions and calibration techniques.
• Draft audit reports and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Review internal controls and processes.
• Guide audit teams and perform quality reviews.
• Follow up on audit findings and report results.
• Deliver concise management reports on audits.
• Contribute to internal control, compliance, and security reviews.
• Support internal projects in line with regulatory requirements (MaRisk/KWG).

Kenntnisse

MaRisk/KWG knowledge

Audit leadership

Model auditing

English & German fluency

Problem solving

Ausbildung

Higher education degree in Finance, Economics, Business Management, or Law

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-Learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Jobbeschreibung

Solaris is Europe's leading embedded finance platform. Solaris’ full German banking license and proprietary modular B2B tech stack empowers its partners – from SMEs to large, multinational, non-financial companies – to offer compliant, customer-centric banking services, providing seamless experiences to customers across all industries. Founded in 2016, Solaris pioneered the Banking-as-a-Service market with an unparalleled combination of tech and banking. Solaris is headquartered in Berlin and employs 300 people in Europe.

Your Role

• Independent preparation and planning of Non-IT audits assignments and lead end to end audit engagements.
• Perform deep-dive technical reviews of complex mathematical models, including machine learning architectures and traditional quantitative finance models (e.g., credit risk, market risk, or valuation models).
• Evaluate the mathematical soundness, data lineage, and preprocessing pipelines of AI/ML models to ensure the integrity of inputs, training data, and model outputs.
• Functionally challenge model assumptions, mathematical formulations, and calibration techniques used by quantitative development teams.
• Draft comprehensive audit reports and coordinate findings and recommendations with stakeholders.
• Analysis and independent evaluation of the internal control system and organizational processes.
• Coordinate and guide audit team members during audit engagements, including performing audit quality reviews.
• Independent review and follow-up of internal and external audit findings.
• Deliver concise and impactful management reports on audit outcomes.
• Participate in the review and assurance of the internal control system, compliance, security, and efficiency of processes and systems.
• Independent support of internal projects in line with relevant regulatory requirements (e.g., MaRisk/KWG).

Qualifications

• A higher education degree, preferably in Finance, Economics, Business Management, or Law.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in-house or in an audit/consultancy firm in banking (related to MaRisk/KWG/GwG etc.).
• Experience as an auditor or consultant in auditing techniques (ToD and ToE).
• Experience leading audit engagements including quality audits reviews and management reporting.
• Very good knowledge of regulatory standards.
• Strong theoretical and practical understanding of advanced statistics, probability theory, econometrics, and machine learning algorithms (both supervised and unsupervised learning).
• Proven experience in auditing or developing quantitative models, backtesting, stress testing, or sensitivity analysis within a financial or highly regulated context.
• A good understanding of audit software.
• Experience in reviewing code and model implementations using standard data science libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch).
• Fluent in both English and German communication skills.
• Ability to deconstruct information and solve problems.
• A thorough and accurate approach to work.
• Ability to clearly convey information to others.
• Stakeholder Management and ability to handle disagreements and disputes constructively.
• High level of integrity and strong moral principles.
• Proactive and involved style of working.

Benefits

• Home office budget.
• Learning & development budget of €1000 per year and a transparent growth framework to support your career goals.
• Competitive salary and a variable remuneration program.
• Monthly meal allowance.
• Deutschland ticket subsidy.
• 28 vacation days, increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years with Solaris.
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year.

At Solaris, we are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment, where all Solarians feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of color, ethnicity, religion, sex, origin, disability, marital status, citizenship, or gender identity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

The annual gross salary range for this position is: €85.000 - €120.000 EUR.

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