Model Validation Associate Director

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Join to apply for the Model Validation Associate Director role at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Job Description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

Job Description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay And Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact You Will Have In This Role

Being a member of the Model Risk Management (MRM) Team, the Model Validation Associate Director is responsible for overseeing enterprise-wide MRM and supporting front-line units in leading model risk. MRM provides oversight of day-to-day activities to identify, measure, monitor, and handle risk related to the design, development, and implementation and use of models. Per the Federal Reserve Supervision and Regulator guidance (SR 11-7), Model Validation is the set of processes and activities intended to verify that models are performing as expected, in line with their design objectives and business uses.

Effective validation helps to ensure models are sound, identifying potential limitations and assumptions and assessing their possible impact. All model components, inputs, processing, outputs, and reports, are subject to validation and applies equally to models developed in-house and to those purchased from or developed by vendors or consultants. The Model Validation team is also responsible for evaluating the Model Performance Monitoring Plan for each model, and continuously assessing the results.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on validations and reviews, write quality model validation reports, and provide model approvals.
• Collaborate with the Project Management Office (PMO) to maintain a viable model validation schedule, coordinate and oversee model validation, and review performed by the model validators to ensure timeliness, quality, and effective challenge.
• Work with the model owner, model developer, and model user on all aspects of model validation and issue resolution.
• Prepare model validation and review presentations to the Model Risk Governance Council (MRGC) meetings for model approval, model issue tracking and resolution. Present results and finding resolutions to the Model Risk Governance Council (MRGC).
• Collaborate with the Operations & Management Assurance (OM&A)…