# Lead Analyst - Model Validation

**Company**: Starling Bank
**Location**: Cardiff, Wales
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We’re Starling, a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way.

As a Lead Analyst - Model Validation, you will be responsible for leading the validation and technical review of Starling's rapidly expanding portfolio of AI/ML models to ensure safe deployment. You will also validate traditional models such as IFRS 9, Forecasting, and Operational Risk.

Responsibilities:

- Leading the validation and technical review of Starling's rapidly expanding portfolio of AI/ML models to ensure safe deployment.

- Producing validation reports whilst engaging with the model developers and model owners to ensure the validation findings are understood and can be addressed within the agreed timelines.

- Producing committee papers and presenting at committees.

- Presenting high-level validation findings to Senior leadership.

- Engaging and forming close relationships with the key stakeholders to enable good model risk management practices throughout the model lifecycle.

Requirements:

- Graduate level education preferable, ideally in a numerical degree (or an equivalent work experience);

- Proven, hands-on experience in AI/ML model validation or direct AI model build experience is required. You must possess a deep understanding of advanced algorithms to critically challenge model developers, alongside experience with traditional credit risk or forecasting models.

- Expert in the use of analytical tools such as Python/R/SQL/SAS and spreadsheets.

- Ability to articulate findings from analysis in a succinct and clear way that is suitable for the target audience.

- Organised, flexible and adaptable, with the ability to switch between tasks seamlessly.

- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

- Good knowledge of regulatory and risk management guidelines, such as EBA guidelines, CRR and PRA rules would be a bonus.

Benefits:

- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)

- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday

- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off

- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year

- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme

- Life insurance at 4x your salary

- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care.

- Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton

- Generous family-friendly policies

- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- R
- SQL
- SAS
- AI/ML model validation
- analytical tools

### Nice to have
- EBA guidelines
- CRR
- PRA rules

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