CareerPlan

Credit Model Validation Manager

Cardiff, London or Remote (UK)RemoteFull-time£79k–£93k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Independent oversight and challenge of credit models for impairment, capital, stress testing, forecasting, and credit decisioning to ensure they are fit for purpose and governed appropriately.

Role type

Senior IC Credit Model Validation Manager

Builds

Independent validation reports, challenger models, and scalable analytical tools for the lending portfolio.

Domain

Financial Services / Credit Risk / Regulatory Compliance

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Credit risk modelling, Model risk management, Statistical analysis, SQL, Python, IFRS 9, Stress testing, Decision science scorecards, NPV modelling, Model governance

Preferred skills

AI-assisted analytical tools, Tableau, Looker, Go

Technologies

Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, dbt, Python, Go, AWS

Responsibilities

Leading hands-on independent validation across the credit model portfolio; Reviewing and challenging key model-led credit risk assessments; Developing deep understanding of models to provide input and challenge to developers; Contributing to making validation scalable and technology-enabled; Reviewing ongoing model performance monitoring; Performing statistical analyses and model replication; Improving and embedding the Model Risk Framework.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC