Associate, Model Risk

Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in financial engineering, mathematics, or related field with 3 years of experience.
  • Advanced skills in data science and financial data engineering including data cleansing, parsing, restructuring, and validation.
  • Proficiency in SQL and either Python or R for statistical analysis and model testing.
  • Knowledge of statistical testing methodologies, machine learning techniques, and model risk management frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of financial services and relevant regulatory guidance such as SR 11-7.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct end-to-end validations of BSA/AML/Fraud models using SQL, Python/R, and Hadoop.
  • Assess financial model risks including data quality and model performance.
  • Identify and communicate financial model deficiencies to model owners and senior management.
  • Develop and maintain documentation templates and testing packages to streamline validation processes.
  • Create automation tools and scripts to enhance model validation efficiency.

Benefits

  • Eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award.
  • Hybrid work arrangement allowing flexibility between home and office.
  • Access to a competitive portfolio of benefits available to employees.
Full Job Description


Role Objectives

  • Conduct end-to-end validations and review of BSA/AML/Fraud models utilizing languages and software including SQL, Python/R and Hadoop. Perform assessment on financial model risk based on conceptual soundness, data quality, model/scenarios design, model usage, model implementation, model performance, model control, and ongoing performance monitoring.
  • Identify financial model deficiencies through validations, communicate issues with model owners and senior management, and provide feasible and adequate recommendations.
  • Develop and maintain documentation templates, testing packages and automation tools and scripts to standardize validation processes.


Hybrid remote work permitted.

Qualifications and Skills

  • Master's degree in financial engineering, mathematics or a related field plus 3 years of experience.
  • Special skills: advanced data science & financial data engineering (cleanse/parse/restructure/validate); advanced programming languages, including SQL and Python or R, for statistical analysis, data manipulation, and independent model replication testing; statistical testing methodologies, machine learning techniques, data segmentation methods, and stress and sensitivity analysis; model risk management frameworks, including regulatory guidance such as SR 11 7, and the ability to apply documentation standards for model development, validation, and governance; and strong understanding of the financial services industry and business lines.
  • The required skill set does not need to be maintained over the full term of the required experience.


The role is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

For benefit information, please see the Careers page

SMBC's employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

About Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

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