Decision Science Manger

This is a technical role within the Decision Science team which is expanding to manage the oversight of End User Computing (EUC) controls. This role will initially be the lead responsible for an overhaul of the banks approach to policy identification and management of them to align closely with the standards in place for the Model Inventory.

Key Responsibilities

• EUC Governance & Risk Oversight: Own and enforce the EUC governance framework policies standards and inventory ensuring clear ownership risk-based control regulatory compliance and effective oversight of EUCs supporting critical business processes.
• Control Integrity & Resilience: Ensure the accuracy integrity availability and recoverability of EUCs through effective input/output controls testing and validation performance monitoring backup and operational resilience arrangements.
• Lifecycle Management & Rationalisation: Oversee the full EUC lifecycle including development standards change management documentation user guidance controlled decommissioning and the identification of opportunities to migrate or remediate high-risk EUCs.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Assurance: Act as the primary point of accountability for EUC risk providing management information assurance and expert support to senior management Risk Compliance and Audit and promoting strong EUC risk awareness across the Bank.

This role will lead the wider regulatory commitments required of the team and ensure we can continue to grow and produce strong analytical governance it will also support the Model Validation function where possible ensuring that the overall team deliverables and objectives are met whilst allowing for internal skill development into new analytic areas.

The key values of the role are:

• Personal - Establish constructive working relationship with stakeholders and colleagues across the bank including Group Risk Finance IT and the franchises.
• Personal - Coach and train junior team members and support other areas education as required to help embed risk culture across the bank.
• Practical - Have solid knowledge of general analytical processes with experience in some of credit scoring and risk rating impairment or capital requirement methodologies to help assess and support high quality solutions
• Creative Consider the evolving regulatory landscape in our decisions around Operational Risk Validation Capital and Impairment to create bespoke solutions that benefit the bank.

Qualifications :

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience of governance and analytics in financial services or equivalent
• Understanding of the regulatory environment affecting financial service companies
• A broad understanding of quantitative methods governance and oversight
• Substantial experience in credit risk and capital adequacy

Technical

• Advanced modelling and analytics skills
• Strong SAS skills
• Strong Microsoft skills in Excel Word and Power point. VBA experience would help
• Python/SQL experience would help
• Ability to convert numbers to meaningful data
• Strong analytical background with advanced modelling experience in regression econometrics time series simulations and optimization.
• Good knowledge of credit scorecards capital and impairment would be a plus.

Interpersonal

• Leadership capability
• Positive mindset and can-do attitude
• Self-starter and energized
• Determined to seek for solutions when facing challenges
• Resolve challenges through collaboration and teamwork
• Clear communication to business colleagues good verbal and written skills
• Effective as a team leader and player
• Ability to explain results to technical and non-technical colleagues
• Effective time management personal efficiency and project management

Additional Information :

Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:

• Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
• Free access to Headspace a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
• Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns mental wellbeing and more general queries around family work housing and health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym membership
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service

Your Lifestyle - Its important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when youre enjoying your leisure time.

• Minimum of 27 days holiday per year
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
• Discounts on gym membership nationwide
• Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
• Community support and charitable giving

Your Contribution - Were focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time