Financial Services jobs in United Kingdom

Our client is a UK based financial services provider with a strong focus on responsible growth and long term customer relationships. They offer specialist products to retail and business customers and are investing heavily in data, modelling, and risk capabilities. This role sits within a central model risk function, providing independent challenge to models used across the business.

As Senior Manager for Independent Model Validation, you will :

Lead independent review and challenge of models, including:

• Methodology and theoretical soundness
• Regulatory alignment
• Data quality, monitoring, and performance
• Implementation, documentation, and model use

Shape and maintain the model validation framework, policies, and standards.

Work closely with model developers, owners, and users on model changes, performance issues, and remediation.

Produce clear written reports and present findings at internal committees and forums.

Support and coach more junior team members, helping to build a strong model risk culture.

Highly numerate, with strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.

Experience in model development or validation within financial services, for example credit risk, capital, provisioning, or stress testing.

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