Why USAA?
Let’s do something that really matters.
At USAA, we have an important mission: facilitating the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. Not all our employees served in our nation’s military, but we all share in the mission to give back to those who did. We’re working as one to build a great experience and make a real impact for our members.
We believe in our core values of honesty, integrity, loyalty, and service. They’re what guides everything we do – from how we treat our members to how we treat each other. Come be a part of what makes us so special!
As a dedicated Lead Model Validator, you will implement model risk validation oversight for the life-cycle management of models for high risk and highly sophisticated models. Performs the model validation oversight process aligned with the written risk and compliance policies and procedures which require independence from model stewards (e.g., model owners, developers, implementers, users, and other partners) throughout the lifecycle of the model's use and maintenance.
We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Colorado Springs, CO, Charlotte, NC, Chesapeake, VA or Tampa, FL.
Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
This position can work remotely in the continental U.S. with occasional business travel.The Opportunity
The Fraud Model Management Lead will be a senior team member, working with other staff and their Director to implement first-line model management activities on a portfolio of fraud and financial crimes models, while closely partnering with Bank Financial Crimes leadership, Enterprise Model Risk Management (MRM), Legal, Compliance, Technology, Model Users, and other partners. Strong candidates will be able to deploy the following work products and processes:
• Production of sophisticated technical model development documentation and conduct ongoing monitoring to coordinate with model partners on any performance changes
• Track the value and health of models with regard to loss mitigation and improvement to expense and Member experience, and use this information to prioritize deployment, retirement, upgrades and other improvements to models
• Meeting with MRM validators and other partners to facilitate completion of MRM validation work and deliver key insights to model users on performance/strengths/weaknesses of scors
• Partnering with Director to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of metrics in ongoing monitoring
• Support ML Ops as needed (implementation testing and testing processes, change logs and other critical functions)
• Works with vendors to understand model plans; provides meticulous effective challenge to vendors
• Coordinate with ML Ops function to stay abreast of post-model implementation testing, model change logs, tracking of issues that result in performance changes, awareness of upcoming projects and programs that can affect models, as well as project managing new model initiatives
• Peer-reviews model documentation produced by other team members
What you'll do:
• Coordinates and conducts independent model validation control activities for high visibility, critical and/or specialized models.
• Apply expert business and technical model and model validation knowledge to conduct highly specialized validation activities for models that leverage groundbreaking techniques that require specialized credentials, and models that have higher enterprise visibility and risk.
• Leverages specialized technical approaches to develop, implement, and complete validation testing plans for models that require expert model validation knowledge and skills.
• Leads the team in developing challenger models and/or replicating model development through predictive modeling, machine learning, deep learning, time-series modeling/forecasting, stress testing, heuristic models, actuarial models, simulation, optimization, and/or other techniques including models that require specialized skills.
• Develops plans, reviews peers' plans and provides feedback on model tests and data quality assessments for models using various types of datasets including those demonstrating large datasets and unstructured datasets.
• Reviews at a subject matter expert level the end-to-end life-cycle management of model development, implementation, ongoing monitoring, and use in areas of Banking and Insurance (Property & Casualty and Life) along with their corresponding business support functions and operational processes.
• Responsible for assessing model inherent risk ratings, model declassifications applications, materiality of model changes, and other reviews of models as part of model validation-related governance processes.
• Produces and delivers validation reports and related validation work to model validation management, model partn
Location: Nixon, TX
Posted: Nov. 12, 2024, 8:50 p.m.
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