Retail Validation Uk - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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1 week ago

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Description

As a Barclays Retail Validation Senior Manager you will be responsible for being lead validator for a wide range of models.

These models/frameworks are crucially important for daily business management of the Barclays Group and its legal entities as wellas to meet important regulatory requirements with respect to independent validation of these frameworks.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality, and innovation behind us.

We offer careers that provide endless opportunity - helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creatingfinancial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

Working Flexibly

What will you be doing?:

Performing technical analyses, data analyses, benchmarking, build challenger models (if needed) to support the validation review and challenge process

- seeking direction on which issues are material but have own views on this also.

Timely project delivery and ensuring models meet all governance requirements
Producing high quality model validation reports, with a particular focus on noting limitations, weaknesses and assumptions

What we're looking for:

Mathematics, Physics, Operational Research, Economics, or Finance
Experience of coding in SAS/R/SQL/Python or equivalent language, including handling large datasets and writing functions
Good communication and influencing skills, ability to produce high quality written communication for technical and nontechnical audiences
Highly organized in terms of documentation and follow through

Skills that will help you in the role:

D. in quantitative fields, such as Mathematics, Physics, Operational Research, Finance, and Economics

Previous experience in model development, monitoring, model validation or good understanding of model risk and assessment techniques, predictive modelling.
Ability to work in a high performing team, and the ability to work and liaise with others in a diverse team
Beyond risk management, knowledge in financial projection, capital management, impairment

Where will you be working?

In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links.

With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to nonewith a real buzz being created around the offices within.