Assistant Vice President – Model Control Office

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Assistant Vice President overseeing model control framework at Barclays. Responsible for compliance with Model Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeChennai • 🇮🇳 IndiaLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop strategic infrastructure requirements, onboard current model suite & new quantitative model methodologies, redevelop models based on monitoring, IVU feedback and business changes and perform validation process.
Delivery of advanced model analytics, improve stability and bring consistency in calculation approach.
Leading technical engagements with QA and IVU for strategic redevelopment project on behalf of FTC.
Provision of model execution, output analysis and lifecycle management capabilities across use cases for both forecasting and BAU models.
Implementation of process improvements though enhanced controls, automation and improved analytics.
Delivery of advanced model analytics (Recalibration, Sensitivity, root cause analysis etc.).
Controls and testing: Addressing execution issues with IT and QA, Perform UAT as part of model productionisation.
Cataloguing of issues, potential improvement for model redevelopment, authoring technical documentation with QA.
Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Ability to see the end to end and bigger picture - models, systems, feeds, end user requirements, etc.
Good financial product knowledge, appreciation and understanding of financial markets.
Displays integrity, initiative and commitment through interactions with colleagues and clients.
Proactive. Displays enthusiasm, initiative and diligence.
Strong oral communication skills and experience dealing with stakeholders in different locations.
Familiarity with regulatory requirements.
Model Risk exposure in large financial institutions / banks preferred.
Controls and governance exposure in enterprise risk management.
Track record of interacting with senior stakeholders along with strong influencing skills.
Experienced with MS office toolkit (Word, PPT, Excel etc).
Excellent communication and presentation skills in both formal and informal settings & ability to interact with the region and UK / US as part of a global team (written and verbal).
Strong control awareness – in particular, the ability to identify and escalate potential control breakdowns and to streamline processes in an effective and efficient manner.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

model redevelopmentadvanced model analyticsrecalibrationsensitivity analysisroot cause analysisUAToutput analysislifecycle managementprocess improvementsautomation

Soft Skills

integrityinitiativecommitmentproactiveenthusiasmstrong oral communicationinfluencing skillscoachingproblem-solvingstakeholder engagement