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Join Our Team as Head of Credit Risk Model Implementations.

Step into a leadership role within our Financial Risk Grid shaping the future of financial risk management. As Head of Credit Risk Model Implementations, you'll oversee the monthly operations, maintenance, and updates of Credit Risk Models (PD, LGD, EAD) crucial to our bank's risk management, regulatory reporting, and business strategy.

Collaborate closely with stakeholders across Finance, Risk, and Business Units to ensure seamless integration and alignment. Lead a significant change portfolio, driving the development of new models and transitioning to our target architecture. If you're a visionary leader eager to innovate and excel, join us in redefining credit risk management at our forward-thinking department.

Your job

Join our leadership team within the Financial Risk Grid, overseeing a workforce of over 250 professionals. You will have direct HR responsibility for approximately 10 business developers and functional oversight of more than 25 IT specialists, fostering their growth and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

Your role involves managing the maintenance and monthly operations of our Credit Risk Models, overseeing the rating assignment process, and maintaining robust control frameworks. You will lead the implementation of changes to both IRB and non-IRB models (PD, LGD, EAD) including new model implementations to ensure CRR3 compliance. You collaborate closely with stakeholders across the credit chain and take a leading role to ensure tangible results.

A major focus will be steering the transition to our target architecture to replace existing IT infrastructure, enhancing our operational efficiency. Acting as a pivotal connector, you will align with stakeholders across Credit Risk, Business Units, Finance, and Modelling, ensuring seamless collaboration and requirement fulfilment.

Additionally, you will engage with regulators on new models, maintaining an open communication and ensuring compliance with all regulatory standards.

Your profile

Experience

• Educational Background: Holds an academic master’s degree or PhD, preferably in a quantitative field.
• Extensive Financial Experience: Over 8 years of experience in a financial environment, providing deep industry insights.
• Specialized Knowledge: Preferably experienced with Internal Rating Based Models, CRR Regulations, change management, and IT implementations.
• Communication Skills: Exhibits strong verbal and written communication abilities, essential for effective collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
• Managerial Experience: At least 4 years of proven managerial experience, showcasing leadership capabilities and team management skills.
   

Key competencies

• Strategic Vision: Possesses the ability to craft and communicate a clear vision aligned with organizational goals.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Demonstrates innovation and a proactive approach to identifying and capitalizing on new opportunities.
• Delivery Focused: Maintains a strong commitment to achieving goals and delivering high-quality results on time.
• Team Development: Skilled in growing teams both in size and capability, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Challenges the Status Quo: Encourages creative thinking and is not afraid to question existing processes to drive positive change.
• Execution Excellence: Balances strategic planning with hands-on execution, ensuring initiatives are implemented successfully.

We are offering

• Competitive salary in Hay 13 or 14 depending on experience.
• The Benefit Budget is 11% of your salary. The Benefit Budget allows you to acquire additional employment benefits. If you make no purchases or reservations in the Benefit Shop in a given month, you are paid one twelfth of your Benefit Budget that month.
• Five weeks of vacation per year. You have the option to purchase an additional four weeks per year.
• Personal development Budget of € 1,000 per year, which you can accumulate up to € 3,000.
• Possibility to work from home (in consultation with your team and depending on your position).
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands.
• An excellent pension scheme.

Interested?

Interested in the role, please share your CV and motivation letter. In case of questions you can reach out to Niels van der Vegte.

Equal opportunities for all

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.

Disclaimer external recruitment agencies

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