Credit Risk Model Owner

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. • $133K — $181K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
5 days ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in model risk management, specifically credit risk rating models preferred.
  • Educational background in Probability, Statistics, Financial Mathematics, or Computer Science is preferred.
  • Master's degree, CFA, or FRM is highly desirable.
  • Strong technical skills in Excel (VBA), MS Access, SQL, SAS, and Python are crucial.
  • Excellent communication skills in writing and speaking are essential.
  • Japanese language proficiency is an added advantage.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and assess credit risk model performance regularly based on established plans.
  • Update and maintain credit risk model inventories, ensuring comprehensive documentation.
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop credit risk rating models.
  • Lead model-related projects and effectively report outcomes to senior management.
  • Conduct periodic assessments of model usage and propose enhancements based on findings.
  • Streamline model governance processes and enhance documentation standards for accuracy.
  • Train junior staff and model users on best practices and model functionality.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model allows flexibility between remote and in-office work.
  • Opportunity for skill development and training in credit risk management.
  • Engagement with diverse teams across the organization, including international collaboration.
Full Job Description
Role Description

SMBC is seeking a Credit Risk Model Owner VP to serve as local model owner to monitor and manage credit risk related models for the SMBC Americas Division portfolio. This role is expected to conduct regular model monitoring procedure, finding management, and model governance, communicate with key model stakeholders including Tokyo Head Office, and report to team leads and senior management.

Role Objectives: Delivery

  • Conduct model performance monitoring based on monitoring plan and subsequent revisions, communicate with team leads and model validation team
  • Maintain the credit risk related model inventories, work with model validators to prepare the model documentation package, findings remediation, model attestation, etc.
  • Develop internal credit risk rating models collaborating with Tokyo Head Office, Model Validation team and external vendors
  • Lead credit risk model related projects and report it to senior management
  • Periodic monitoring on the use of credit models to identify and examine the need for enhancements of the models and their user guidance including training to model users
  • Enhance model management, governance processes and model documentation standards to improve efficiency and accuracy of model validation process


Role Objectives: Interpersonal

  • Communicate with various model stakeholders, including model users, model validators and internal auditors across the bank including Tokyo Head Office
  • Report to team leads and senior management and also lead and train junior members
  • Recommend enhancements to data management process to improve efficiency and accuracy of ongoing performance monitoring
  • Make presentations to senior management and regulators about credit risk related models and make trainings to model users


Role Objectives: Expertise

  • Strong knowledge of Model Risk Management framework, regulation and industry practice (Experience related to Credit Risk Rating Model is better)
  • Excellent experience and knowledge as Credit Risk Model Owner including developing credit rating models and documentation
  • Strong presentation skills to create visualized charts/materials for readers including regulators and senior management
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and successfully manage multiple priorities and stakeholders under pressure
  • Ability to communicate appropriately at different levels of the organization to build collaborative relationships


Qualifications and Skills

  • Minimum work experience in model risk management of five years or more such as either model developer, model validator or both (experience related to credit risk rating models is highly desirable)
  • Major in Probability/Statistics/Financial Mathematics/Computer Science preferred
  • Master Degree/CFA/FRM preferred
  • Highly desirable technical and quantitative analysis skills with statistic knowledge and with technical knowledge such as using Excel (VBA), MS Access, SQL, SAS and Python.
  • Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills
  • Japanese language skill a plus

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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