We may be part of a large banking Group, but we’re a tight-knit bank with a focused but expanding business model and a dynamic team. For our Model Risk Management and Model Validation team, we are looking for a Senior Model Validator to boost our capabilities.
A day in the life of a Senior Model Validator
08:45 – Strategic Start
You begin your day reviewing the model validation pipeline and checking in with junior colleagues. A quick sync helps steer their work and offer guidance on a complex challenger model.
10:00 – Deep Dive & Discovery
You lead a deep-dive analysis into a corporate IRB model. You challenge assumptions, test performance, and assess regulatory alignment—your experience helps spot subtle risks others might miss.
12:00 – Framework in Focus
You review the Model Risk Management Framework, proposing improvements to governance and reporting. Your input shapes how the bank manages model risk across the board.
14:00 – Stakeholder Roundtable
You meet with model developers, risk managers, and internal audit to align on validation outcomes. You translate technical findings into actionable insights that support sound decision-making.
15:30 – Coaching & Collaboration
You mentor a junior validator on structuring a validation report. It’s part of your role to grow talent and build a strong, curious team.
16:30 – Presenting with Impact
You present key validation results to the Model Risk Committee. Your clarity and risk-based perspective help steer the bank’s model strategy.
17:30 – Wrap-Up & Reflect
You close the day by updating the model inventory and noting ideas for future improvements. You’ve balanced technical depth, leadership, and strategic thinking—all in a day’s work.
The Team
Model Risk Management and Model Validation team is responsible for:
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Independent Validation of the models;
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Maintenance of the Model Risk Management Framework and Model Validation Framework;
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Oversight of the process of Model (Risk) Management across the Bank;
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Model Risk Management and Reporting.
The Bank develops and uses a wide range of internally and externally developed models in its various processes including Credit Risk, Market and Liquidity Risk, Underwriting and Pricing, Fraud Detection, Stress Testing and Economic Capital.
In order to manage the risk stemming from reliance on those models, we’re dependent on knowledgeable and motivated people like you, who:
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Build relationships within the team in order to effectively perform the validation work and foster cooperation and growth;
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Connect with Model Owners, Model Developers and Model Implementers, with the goal of effectively challenging the processes of model development, implementation and usage;
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Rely on their strong statistical background, combine it with the understanding of how banks work, do their numbers and summarise them into concise and risk-based reports;
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Organise and steer the activities in the Model Validation and Model Risk domains;
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Coach junior colleagues and help them achieve their full potential;
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Deliver actionable information to the management, enabling well-informed decisions with a positive impact on the Bank;
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Interact successfully with the Group colleagues, Internal and External Audit and Supervisory Authorities.
Your Accountabilities
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Technical Validation of all aspects of risk models
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Identifying modelling topics for deep-dive analyses and assessing their impact
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Development of challenger models
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Clear, precise and structured reporting of the validation results
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Organising, steering and supporting more junior colleagues
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Providing and incorporating feedback to improve the Model Risk Management and Model Validation Framework
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Managing stakeholders to ensure common understanding of the validation outcomes
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Initiating and organising improvement initiatives
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Presentation of validation results to the Model Risk Committee
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Maintaining knowledge of Model Risk and regulatory requirements and standards
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Model Risk Oversight: Model Inventory, Model Governance, execution of the Framework
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Model Risk Reporting/Risk Appetite
Capabilities
- Highly analytical approach to problem solving
- Ability to assimilate complex mathematical information into direct, actionable insights
- Hands-on mentality, proactive attitude and curiosity, willingness to venture out of the existing domain of expertise
- Attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise
- Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and in writing
Qualifications
Experience & Knowledge
- 5+ years of varied experience in model development/validation/Model Risk in corporate/non-retail banking (strong focus on credit risk, but other areas are appreciated)
- Solid knowledge of probability, statistics, hypothesis testing, statistical modelling, modelling assumptions, machine learning, model performance testing
- Programming skills in SQL/SAS/Python or similar languages
- Experience coaching junior colleagues
Some highlights of our benefits for you!
- 13th-month salary, either paid monthly or once a year in December.
- 30 days PTO (or 240 hours) per year (based on full-time employment).
- Non-contributory pension scheme.
- Flexible working; you can schedule your work hours to meet your personal needs.
Your recruitment process
Apply to our vacancies by sending your CV and motivation letter to stanley.waccary@lloydsbank.nl, or use the application form on our website. After receiving your application, we'll review it and share a reply as soon as possible.
After you have submitted your application, our recruiter Stanley Waccary will reach out to you to plan a short introductory chat via Teams.
Your first chat with us will take place either online or at our Amsterdam office. The goal of this chat is get to know each other, and see if there's a match with the team, the organisation and the open position.
We're excited to have you meet additional collagues. The chat will take place either online or at our Amsterdam office, during which we'll dive deeper into the requirements of the position and the team you'll be joining.
Congratulations! We're happy to have you as our newest addition to the team. Do you feel the same way? Then you'll receive our offer by email. For most roles, a screening is part of the process. This will take place after accepting the offer.
About Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank GmbH is part of Lloyds Banking Group, a financial institution with a large clientele in the UK and other parts of the world. Together with our office in Berlin, we form Lloyds Bank GmbH with its headquarters in Amsterdam and we have over 500 colleagues.
We aim to lead by example in the bold decisions we make as a business, from where and how we invest, to the products and services we offer, and of course the workplace we create. We will search for new ways to work with people, communities and businesses, to always evolve with their needs. And we will never stop innovating to make sustainable, ethical choices easy and rewarding.
At Lloyds Bank GmbH we play an important part in peoples’ lives, by the products we offer, and also how we operate. We finance your mortgage, keep your savings secure and also provide you with a personal loan if you need this. In Amsterdam we do this with an enthusiastic team of approximately 200 colleagues from different nationalities, and with an engagement score of 93%, colleagues find us a real ‘Great Place to Work’!
With our grand ambitions, we are looking for new colleagues who will bring fresh ideas to help us grow!
Are you ready to join our journey?
Have we made you curious, and are you ready to join the team? Please introduce yourself to us in the best way possible and send your application, including your paper on risk elements within the mortgage market, to: stanley.waccary@lloydsbank.nl. A screening is part of the process.
We hope to meet you soon!
Acquisition to this vacancy is not appreciated.