Are you looking for your next career step within model risk? or are you currently a Model Risk Manager?
Are you able to demonstrate strong quantitative acumen?
Can you influence and communicate insights to senior management?
If you’ve answered yes, then you could be the right person to join our Corporate Strategy Team in this key role.
Our office location is at Cabot Financial in West Malling, Kent ME19 4UA. This is an exciting opportunity to join an engaging, collaborative, productive and fun team.
What you can expect as a Model Risk Manager:
- Competitive Salary up to £92,000 *based on experience.
- Permanent opportunity & bonus scheme.
- Hybrid Role
Excellent company benefits including private health insurance, plus much more.
We are seeking a dynamic Model Risk Manager to help build the company’s model risk function. This role is an opportunity to shape Encore’s strategic thinking on model risk, a key focus for both company leadership and financial institutions around the world.
As our new Model Risk Manager, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a cohesive approach to managing risks related to the company’s inventory of statistical models. This will include leading independent validation of models, enhancing and implementing governance standards, and producing reports on model outputs for executive leadership. The role will also support the company’s quarterly asset revaluation process, partnering with the Forecasting & Analysis team to provide effective challenge to model inputs and assumptions.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support and input to model building teams located in both BU’s (e.g. ,MCM and Cabot either statistics or decision science) to ensure newly built models are aligned with Encore’s forecasting strategy.
- Support quarterly revenue forecasting processes driven by Forecasting and Analysis teams in both MCM and Cabot by effectively challenging assumptions and communicating model use decisions to senior leadership.
- Present information on changes in BU portfolio forecasts to executive leadership (ELT).
- Recommend and implement enhancements to Encore’s model governance processes.
- Develop risk controls including model catalogs, risk tiering, and other reporting.
We are looking for someone with:
- Experience with analytical tools such as Python, SQL, and PowerBI
- 4+ years of experience in model development, model validation, predictive modelling, or other model risk and assessment roles
- Experience with developing or evaluating credit models, loss models, or similar
- Strong ability to manage through influence and across a complex organisation
- Ability to work across global teams and organisations
- Strong communication skills with all levels of an organisation
- Experience in the financial services industry
- Knowledge of Statutory Payments and Deductions including SSP, SMP, PAYE, NI etc
- Experience of working with a computerised payroll system
- Experience of Workday and ADP systems
- Bachelor’s degree or Higher in a quantitative field of study (Statistics, Finance, Economics or Similar)
What happens next?
If this sounds like you and you’d like to join our rapidly expanding company that offers excellent career progression, then apply now!
Working for Cabot:
You’ll be working for an award winning; Investors in People Gold accredited organisation. We’re passionate about the ethical treatment of our customers and employees. Our mission is to create pathways to economic freedom. Our vision is to make credit accessible by partnering with our consumers to restore their financial health.
Diversity and inclusion are very important to us at Cabot, and we value a multitude of diverse talent within our business. We want everyone to be themselves at work and encourage a culture that includes everyone. Our policies ensure that every candidate and employee are treated fairly and with equal opportunities.
**At Cabot we are highly regulated by our clients, as such, any successful candidates will have to undergo a basic credit check and criminal background check. Please note that we are unable to proceed to interview stage if a CCJ, IVA or Bankruptcy appears on a credit file, or if you do not have full right to work in the UK – we are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship.