Location: Long Island City, NY
Type: Full Time, Employee w/Benefits
Email resume in confidence to: gpetruzz@allegisgroupservices.com

Opportunity to build your career with a global credit card issuer in their analytic Center of Excellence based in NYC. The position will leverage strong quantitative and analytical skills in predictive modeling.

Key Responsibilities:

• Model development responsibilities across (UKRB) UK Retail Banking.
• Develop and oversee the implementation of standard model development procedures across all businesses; type of models will span across all credit life cycle ranging from underwriting to collections/recovery.
• Develop and oversee the implementation of model validations procedures across all UK Retail Banking businesses.
• Ensure timely model performance tracking, and automate the process to drastically improve process/operation efficiencies (where possible) to enable the business to make rapid credit decisions against market condition changes.
• Ensure the compliance of development and validation of models with respect to UKRB, Group Risk and external regulatory guidelines.
• Develop training curriculum for Model development related activities and provide training for modelers within UKRB and (GRCB) Global Retail and Commercial Banking.
• Build and lead the best-in-class analytical/modeling group to develop credit risk models for markets where the businesses needs could not be met due to local talent/resource constraints.
• Develop criteria and process to certify model developers (scoring specialists).
• Introduce best-in-class cutting edge techniques of modeling/segmentation through innovation.
• Partner with businesses to develop business solutions through advanced analytical work.

Skills /Competencies:

• Extensive experience in all aspect of credit risk management focusing on risk policy modeling and tool development.
• Strong track record in developing best-in-class tools and models for large financial institutions.
• Strong analytical, data driven, results orientated background.
• Strong understanding of lending products from marketing and policy perspective.
• Prior experience managing direct reports including strong leadership in talent management, communication and influencing others.
• Experience working with regulators and compliance.
• Strong ability to train and execute.
• Strong knowledge of SAS software and statistical predictive model development methods.
• Organizational awareness with an ability to see the “whole picture” and recognize the impact and opportunities of activities across the organization.
• Self starter who naturally assumes ownership of initiatives.
• Project management skills with a track record for delivering initiatives.
• Must have effective planning and prioritization skills.
• Experience in financial services or retail banking.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Degree in a quantitative discipline.