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Responsibilities


Acting as a technical subject matter specialist on the external audit of credit risk models (IFRS 9, CECL, Regulatory) at our audit entities and conducting procedures that include but are not limited to:

1) Technical model development documentation review
2) Technical model validation documentation review
3) Assessment of model performance
4) Independent replication of any of the above

Acting as a technical subject matter specialist on the external audit of audit entities end to end credit risk process and conducting procedures that include but are not limited to:

1) Credit risk governance reviews
2) Credit risk policy and procedure reviews
3) Individual credit file reviews
4) Substantive testing of any of the above

Advising non audit clients on the impact of changing requirements in provision accounting standards (IFRS9) and helping clients validate or build credit risk measurement models.

The individual will also be expected to complete technical analysis for workstreams within both IFRS9 and credit risk modelling engagements.

The individual will also be expected to work independently and be able to manage teams of up to 10 on audits or advisory engagements. Said individual would also be responsible for the quality and risk management on audit and advisory engagements.

The individual will also be required to apply their skills to a broad range of banking risk related issues supporting both regional and national propositions.

The Person


Knowledge & Experience:
- Experience working in a credit risk modelling role within a financial or professional services firm.
- Experience in managing teams of 6-10 people
- Practical experience in credit risk modelling techniques
- Knowledge and practical experience in accounting and risk requirements as related to IFRS9, CECL and regulatory credit risk models
- Detailed working knowledge and experience of all aspects of model development and validation including the following:

1) Data extraction and pre-processing
2) Modular model development
3) User acceptance testing
4) Model performance assessments
- Relevant Sectoral experience – developing Retail/ Wholesale banking PD/EAD/LGD models
Knowledge and experience of credit risk processes, governance and documentation
Qualifications & Skills:



- Ability to communicate risk/finance requirements of IFRS9 to the reciprocal function, i.e. risk to finance and finance to risk.
- Flexibility and agility to contribute in a senior capacity to a broad range of banking risk engagements.
- Excellent oral / written communication, planning, project management, networking and influencing skills.
Flexibility to work across the UK (and internationally) where required

Credit Risk Modellers - Manchester

KPMG Overview:

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Pensions, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

Roles Responsibilities:

• Credit model development, validation and review activity Model data extraction and pre-processing
• Technical analysis for workstreams within both IFRS9 and credit risk modelling engagements. This includes critically assessing the staging criteria adopted by our clients, helping our clients design and implement staging criteria, critically assessing and conducting impact assessments of various technical decisions on expected credit losses (eg expected lives, definition of default etc)
• Modular model development User acceptance testing Model performance assessments
• Using programming languages like R, Python, SAS, or SQL to perform data extraction and data quality analytics
• Production of model monitoring reports
• Stakeholder Interaction and Challenges
• Communication of risk/finance requirements of modelling to the reciprocal function, i.e. risk to finance and finance to risk.
• Contribute in a senior capacity to a broad range of credit risk engagements.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required:

•Experience in credit risk modelling techniques.
•Experience of executing programming code including VBA, R, Python, SAS, MatLab, C++, SQL
•Relevant sector experience – Developing Retail/ Wholesale banking PD/EAD/LGD models and scorecards understanding the modelling steps required in developing credit models
•Experience in reviewing models
•Experience of IRB/Capital models and regulation IFRS9
•Experience of stress within Retail/ Wholesale banking context
• Detailed working knowledge and experience of all aspects of model development and validation including the following:
o Data extraction and pre-processing
o Modular model development
o User acceptance testing
o Model performance assessments
o Production of model monitoring reports
• Experience communicating risk/finance requirements of modelling to the reciprocal function, i.e. risk to finance and finance to risk.
• Experience of contributing in a senior capacity to a broad range of credit risk engagements.
• Experience of planning, project management, networking and influencing skills
• Experience in IFRS9 and IRB.

Opening Date: 30/01/2020
Closing Date: 27/02/2020
Competitive salary plus negotiable benefits
Multiple positions available’

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Pensions, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges.


With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. This role sits within the Internal Communications (IC) team, part of the Corporate Communications department, itself part of the Corporate Affairs function.



Purpose

This is an Internal Communication (IC) Manager role working alongside a more senior IC business partner. The role will support a specific part of the business. You will work closely with the business partner to identify, plan, draft, deliver and measure communications for multiple internal audiences.


Responsibilities

- Identify the communication needs of the specific part of the business
- Contribute to and implement the communication plan – creating key messages, writing, editing and measuring content
- Advise the business on optimal ways of communicating
- Help devise campaign activities to communicate the business strategy
- Align your activities to the firm-wide communication priorities
- Project management, including leading the planning and execution of events that increase engagement with leaders and colleagues, such as roadshows, town halls and leadership briefings
- Liaise with stakeholders from across the business
- Manage creative/production briefs, working alongside in house and external suppliers
- Collate, share and act upon feedback from employees, internal communication measurement and best practice to improve future activity.
- Work closely with colleagues in the broader communications team to align leadership messages and activities, and take into account the wider communications agenda

The Person

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced communicator looking to take the next step in their career. We are seeking someone with IC business partnering experience, who is used to managing communications projects and who is happy rolling their sleeves up to get the job done. Our ideal candidate is comfortable working with senior executives as well as writing for all media.


It is a varied role demanding a flexible and adaptable approach, as well as sound communications judgment, discretion and an enthusiasm for delivering the tactics. The person will demonstrate excellent writing skills, strong attention to detail and experience of managing events.



Skills required

- Excellent written and oral communication skills in fluent English, for all and any media
- Track record of delivering impactful communications in a fast-paced and complex environment
- Strong influencing skills and able to build relationships with all colleagues
- Experience of planning and delivering communications events, such as town halls and leadership briefings
- Knowledge of key communication channels and content development, including intranet, film and digital
- Strong sense of how to add true value as a communications professional, making a solid contribution to the success of the business
- A strong team player who is used to working collaboratively but also is very self motivated and proactive
- Energy, commitment and the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to manage a number of tasks and respond to ever-changing priorities
- Ideally will have worked in a large corporate or professional services firm

The Team
IPG Managed Security Services helps defend KPMG and its clients from cyber-attack, through timely detection, investigation and remediation of potential threats.
The IMSS Reporting & Compliance Analyst is responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of reports to all relevant stakeholders both internal and external.
The role is also responsible for ensuring that the foundations are in place for a compliant and quality system with regards to change control, documentation management, audits, training and management of 3rd party suppliers.

The Role
- Maintain effective relationships with all IMSS team to ensure that the key reporting and compliance aims are achieved.
- Ensuring staff are aware of, and are competent in, the relevant compliance policies and procedures.
- Design and develop reporting dashboards with big data insights and visual analytics.
- Support the Head of IMSS in the following:
– Creation, maintenance and delivery of the annual risk-based Compliance Monitoring Plan.
– Create, maintain and monitor Business continuity plan testing
– Assist in compiling the Terms of Reference and Scope of each review;
– Help to identify the impact of compliance related to regulatory developments, business issues, operational failures or regulatory breaches
- Support the IMSS Service Leads with:
– the preparation of reports; presentation of findings; validation and closure of actions under management;
– Promote best practice in compliance monitoring;
– Support a continuous improvement culture within Compliance Monitoring by promoting the identification of opportunities to improve or re-engineer processes.

The Person
- Technical, hands on experience running Tableau (Desktop/Server) service from within an analytics/BI centralized team.
- Experience with Alteryx (Advanced Level). Knowledge of a variety of data sources and structures typically connected to from Tableau ( SQL Server, APIs, Excel)
- Experience of working with quality management systems and compliance regulations (i.e. ISO 9001 / 27001 / 22301)
- Processed change requests
- Experience of writing policy documents, managing documentation and auditing
- Knowledge of IT security and appropriate regulations (i.e. ISO27001)
- Excellent interpersonal skills, enabling good relationships to ensure action plans are executed
- Confident at handling presentations, facilitation and workshops
- Excellent eye for detail
- Good communication skills