Manager – Model Risk Governance & Oversight

Barclay Simpson; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail finance business in London is seeking a candidate for their Model Risk Management team. The role involves developing policies and frameworks for model governance, ensuring compliance with regulations, and conducting model validations. Strong experience in model risk audit, particularly in retail credit, is essential. This position offers a primarily remote work format with occasional visits to UK offices.

Qualifications

• Significant prior experience in model risk governance or audit.
• Understanding of model governance standards for retail credit risk.
• Knowledge of model risk management regulations in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Model Risk Management Policy and Framework.
• Maintain the model inventory with model owners and validation teams.
• Develop methods for measuring and reporting model risk.

Skills

Model governance

Model validation

Risk management regulations

Job description

My client is a leading retail finance business. The Model Risk Management (MRM) team are responsible for the design and maintenance of the Bank’s Model Risk Management policy and framework, ensuring comprehensive model governance and carrying out model validations and reviews across all the Banks models (including impairment, forecasting, scoring and various AI models). The team is based in multiple locations across the UK and work primarily on a remote basis, with 1 day per month at one of the 4 UK offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining the Model Risk Management Policy and Model Risk Management Frameworks to ensure continued compliance with changing regulatory and corporate requirements
• Maintaining the model inventory by working with model owners, model developers and independent validation teams to ensure that models are catalogued, monitored, developed, validated, remediated and approved in line with policy and frameworks
• Developing and implementing methods for measuring and reporting model risk, including inherent model prudence and the setting of model risk appetites in line with the Risk Appetite Framework
• Proposing and assessing Post-Model Adjustments to counter model limitations and mitigate model validation findings
• Assessing and presenting model validation findings to governance committees as part of the model approval process
• Researching and proposing model validation concepts to inform independent validation activities
• Performing model validation where allowable whilst ensuring independence from model development

Requirements:

• Significant prior experience of model governance of model risk audit for credit risk, preferably in retail, corporate/wholesale also potentially relevant.
• Practical understanding of model governance standards particularly on retail credit risk, IFRS9, and IRB models.
• Knowledge of model risk management regulations and standards in the UK.

Candidates will likely be working in the model governance/assurance/model risk audit team of a retail bank, challenger, consumer finance firm or consultancy specialised within credit risk.