Lead Financial Models Manager

** Plaese only apply for this role if you have the right to work in the UK and have FP&A / ALM / BSM Modelling experience within a Financial Services business **

MERJE are partnered with a Top 3 Building Society in their search for a talented Financial Modeller to join their ALM / BSM Model Management Team within Strategy & Analytics.

In this role you will lead the review and redevelopment of key balance sheet planning models to meet the requirements of the Planning team and the internal governance processes, while supporting the team with their wider deliverables. This is an exciting time to join the team, as the Society uses a new balance sheet software to embed customer behavioural assumptions within the models, allowing us to deepen our understanding of the income, value and inherent risk within the balance sheet.

They will give you the opportunity and support to develop and shape a career in a business with huge growth ambitions that is on the cusp of becoming a tier 1 firm. The pace of change and agile management structure delivers a fast-paced environment with many opportunities for career development. This is particularly true in the Balance Sheet Strategy and Analytics function that is at the forefront of the Society’s purposeful analytics strategic aim.

About the role

As a forecasting and planning subject matter expert, you will ultimately be responsible for the design, development and maintenance of the key planning models and processes which are used by the Society.

The main areas you will be working on will be:

•          Embedding the Planning Model suite into the Model Management & Development model and data landscape.

•          Design, develop and deliver model changes and redevelopments as required to meet the planning modelling requirements.

•          Ensuring robust controls and comprehensive documentation exists and meet all internal policies and standards

•          Work with the Asset and Liability Management (ALM) team to support appropriate model use and understanding of controls, while ensuring they deliver appropriate requirements for model build

•          Collaborating with other members of the team to ensure developments fit within the established model and data landscape and supporting on wider team developments.

Each of these areas will involve working closely with other teams within the Balance Sheet Management department so developing and maintaining this engagement will be an important aspect of the role.

About you

Essential

•          Proven experience working with planning models within financial services and forecasting the balance sheet

•          Experience of data manipulation and modelling using SQL and Excel

•          Strong communication, engagement and influencing skills - demonstrating the ability to engage at senior level (up to executive level).

•          Strong thought leadership experience in terms of owning the delivery of projects, managing competing priorities and supporting more junior members of the team

•          Good understanding of how financial products perform, particularly mortgages, savings and treasury instruments (including interest rate swaps).

Desirable

•          Experience of using Python, VBA or other forecasting software

•          Knowledge of balance sheet risk metrics and how to model these

•          Broader knowledge of financial services and the building society business model

•          Experience/knowledge in statistical modelling (e.g.: logistic regression)

Please note, should feedback not be received within 28 days due to the large volume of applications, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful. However, we may be in touch with similar relevant opportunities.

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