Model Risk Management - Model Validation VP

About the role

Barclays Risk develops, recommends, and implements controls and cost-effective approaches to minimize risks, identifies and analyzes potential sources of loss to minimize risk, and estimates the potential financial consequences of an occurring loss.

Responsibilities

• Lead the independent validation and oversight of risk models, ensuring they meet robust governance and regulatory standards.
• Identify, assess, and manage existing and emerging model risks, and support the integration of Best Egg models into the Barclays model governance framework.
• Perform in-depth technical analyses, benchmarking, and, where required, develop challenger models to strengthen the validation process and provide effective challenges.
• Produce high-quality validation reports and present insights to key stakeholders, contributing to informed risk management decisions.
• Collaborate closely with model owners and developers to communicate validation expectations and enhance the quality of model submissions.
• Help reinforce a strong model risk culture and ensure the integrity and reliability of critical risk models across the organization.

Requirements

• Experience in the development and/or independent validation of retail credit risk and loss forecasting models within a controlled framework.
• Previous experience working in open market personal loan business and modelling.
• Written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise model validation documentation and deliver presentations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Advanced degree in a numerate discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, Operational Research, Financial Engineering), or equivalent practical experience demonstrating a high level of quantitative and analytical capability.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a numerate discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, Operational Research, Financial Engineering), or equivalent practical experience demonstrating a high level of quantitative and analytical capability.

Skills

• Working knowledge of model risk and governance standards, including the preparation and review of documentation supporting predictive models.
• Organisational, project management, and stakeholder influencing skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• Experience engaging with internal and external audit functions, including supporting reviews, responding to findings, and ensuring adherence to control frameworks.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.

Location

Wilmington, DE

Purpose of the role

To validate and approve models for specific usages both at inception and on a periodic basis, and of model changes, as well as conducting annual reviews.

Accountabilities

• Validation of models for their intended use and scope, commensurate with the complexity and materiality of the models.
• Approval or rejection of a model or usage based on assessment of the model’s conceptual soundness, performance under intended use and the clarity of the documentation of the model’s inherent risks, limitations and weaknesses.
• Assessment of any compensating controls used to mitigate Model risk.
• Documentation of validation findings and recommendations in clear and concise reports, providing actionable insights for model improvement.
• Evaluation of the coherence of model interactions and quality of Large Model Framework aggregate results that generate output for regulatory submissions or management decision making and planning.
• Design of the framework and methodology to measure and, where possible, quantify model risk, including the assessment of framework level uncertainty.

Vice President Expectations

To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.