Director of Model Risk Governance

3 days ago


Frisco, Texas, United States SoFi Full time
Job Title: Director of Model Risk Governance

SoFi is seeking a highly skilled Director of Model Risk Governance to join our Independent Risk Management organization. This strategic role will be instrumental in implementing SoFi's member trust-oriented strategy by building a best-in-class risk management team.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and maintain model risk policies and procedures to reflect changes in regulatory requirements, industry standards, and organizational needs.
  • Oversee the maintenance of a comprehensive inventory of models across the organization, including an annual model attestation process.
  • Prepare and present comprehensive model risk reports to senior management, committees, and the board, highlighting key risks, issues, and compliance with risk appetite.
  • Collaborate with senior management to define, update, and communicate model risk appetite, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk management strategies.
  • Establish processes for defining, tracking, and reporting model-related findings and issues, ensuring alignment with enterprise issue management standards.
  • Update, implement, and maintain SoFi's model risk governance framework, ensuring alignment with industry best practice and regulatory expectations.
  • Act as the primary contact for regulatory inquiries related to model risk governance, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
Requirements:
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in model risk management, governance, or related roles in the financial services industry, including 5+ years in senior leadership.
  • Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a quantitative field required. Master's or Ph.D. degree preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements (e.g., SR 11-7) and industry best practices in model risk management.
  • Experience with statistical and quantitative modeling approaches. Excellent analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills.
  • Strong presentation skills: comfortable with public speaking across various forums, including regulatory examinations, and able to effectively and logically communicate when information is being challenged in an open forum.
  • Proven leadership to exercise influence over a wide range of individuals at all levels of technical and business leadership.
What We Offer:

SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.

The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights

SoFi is committed to embracing diversity. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email email.

Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.

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