Model Owner - Banking/Financial Services

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small team who are the model owners for a number of UK credit grading, auto decisioning and IFRS9 (Expected Credit Losses) models. In this critical role, the Model Owner responsibilities include the 1LOD oversight of the use and management of these models. You will support the companys key UK strategic ambition to be a model driven bank and will have the opportunity to contribute to important Group and UK modelling programmes.

This role will suit an experienced lending/credit professional with extensive knowledge of credit models, who can provide business insights and work collaboratively with key stakeholders to deliver on the companys UK's credit model agenda. The ideal candidate will be a diligent and committed worker with good business/credit acumen.

The breadth of exposure to modelling approaches, model uses, and to functions across the Group provides an excellent development opportunity for the right candidate.

You will need to have extensive experience in working with a variety of credit specific models within financial services. This is an opportunity for a passionate and driven model operator/specialist to work within an environment that will give you an opportunity to influence key business decisions as well as exposure to senior stakeholders right across the enterprise.

What You Will Bring:

1. 3-5+ years of experience in a lending, credit risk, modelling role.
2. Familiarity with the credit life cycle, modelling and statistical concepts
3. Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, an inquisitive mindset and tenacity to get to the bottom of an issue or query
4. Strong communication (both written and verbal) and stakeholder management skills, including an ability to understand and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences

This is an urgent requirement so please apply immediately to be considered.