Manager – Model Risk Governance & Oversight

Barclay Simpson; London; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail finance business is seeking a Manager for Model Risk Governance & Oversight. This role involves maintaining the Model Risk Management framework, ensuring compliance with regulations, and working primarily on a remote basis with occasional office visits. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in model governance and risk management within retail banking. Competitive salary between £85,000 and £95,000 offered.

Qualifications

• Significant prior experience of model governance of model risk audit for credit risk, preferably in retail.
• Practical understanding of model governance standards particularly on retail credit risk.
• Knowledge of model risk management regulations and standards in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Model Risk Management Policy and Frameworks.
• Maintain model inventory working with model owners and developers.
• Develop methods for measuring and reporting model risk.
• Propose and assess Post-Model Adjustments to mitigate limitations.

Skills

Model governance

Risk audit

Regulatory compliance

Model validation

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Manager – Model Risk Governance & Oversight

Specialisms: Risk Jobs | Quant Jobs

London (remote)

£85000 - £95000

Job type: Permanent

Sector: Banking, Financial Services

Job reference: SN43613

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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.

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