Senior Manager, Independent Model Review
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Independent Model Validation is a specialist quantitative role within the Model Risk Management team responsible for carrying out independent validations of HSBC’s model landscape, in order to identify and communicate model limitations and issues.
Independent Model Validation provides independent challenge of a model’s underlying theoretical assumptions and limitations, its practical implementation, its live application and business usage, providing stakeholders (including model users, senior management, audit and regulators) with assurance that models and tools developed, maintained and used within HSBC Group are fit for their intended purposes and are compliant with applicable internal and supervisory expectations. They will also review remediation plans and activities, undertake portfolio level reviews across model types and challenge the model owners on the appropriate application of relevant policy of models.
As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
In this role you will:
• Undertake model validation activities as dictated by the Global Model Risk Policy including the assessment of; model inputs, calculations, reporting outputs, conceptual soundness of the underlying theory and the suitability of the use for its intended purpose, relevance and completeness of data, qualitative information and judgements, documentation, and implementation of the model.
• Provide written reports detailing the results of validations highlighting issues identified during the validation.
• Validate remediation activities completed by the ILOD to ensure appropriate resolution of identified issues.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to embed new Global Model Risk Policies and Procedures.
• Provide model users, model owners, senior management, audit, and regulators (across 1LOD, 2LOD, 3LOD) with confidence that the models and tools developed, maintained, and used within the Group are compliant with internal and regulatory expectations and fit for the intended purpose.