Head of Quantitative Financial Crimes

Truist

Lead model development and governance to combat financial crimes at Truist. Oversee statistical, machine learning, and network-based models to detect and prevent risks.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeCharlotte • North Carolina, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage model development/estimation activities across the model life cycle, including planning, data acquisition, estimation, evaluation, documentation, approval, model/business process integration and implementation
Build / lead a team of highly skilled quantitative model developers to develop risk models using advance modeling approaches and set the standard for excellent performance
Provide leadership / mentorship to other quantitative model development managers across various products, modeling disciplines and complexities
Establish, maintain and administer model development infrastructure, process and procedures
Assist various parties (e.g., lines of business leads) with identifying/assessing viable model development opportunities
Assist with model compliance activities as it relates to Model Risk Management/SR 26-2 policy/standards
Assist client (model owner) with integrating model into the business process and model deployment activities, including production scoring support and sustainability, as appropriate
Provide on-going model support specific to evaluation/surveillance and interpretation of model performance
Provide consultation and represent client (model owner) during 3rd party assurance provider (e.g., Model Risk Management, Corp Audit, regulatory bodies) reviews and Q&A activities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, or other applied quantitative science, or equivalent education and related training
10+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent financial industry experience developing, documenting, implementing, or validating quantitative models
Master's degree or higher in Statistics, Econometrics, Mathematics, or other applied quantitative science, or equivalent education and related training (preferred)
3-5+ years of relevant experience supervising or acting as a team lead over teammates with quantitative educational and/or work backgrounds (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
Disability insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment
Tax-preferred savings accounts
401k plan
At least 10 days of vacation
10 sick days
Paid holidays
Potential eligibility for defined benefit pension plan
Restricted stock units
Deferred compensation plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

model developmentestimationdata acquisitionrisk modelsquantitative modelingmodel validationmodel documentationmodel integrationmodel deploymentmodel performance evaluation

Soft Skills

leadershipmentorshipteam managementconsultationcommunication