Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Overview

Are you looking to take your career from good to great? As an employee of PenFed, every day is an opportunity to thrive, and be part of a team working to ensure our organization is providing world class service to our members, employees, and our communities. We exist to help our members realize their full potential, educate and encourage their dreams, and make every effort to follow our mission and help our members “do better.” Joining PenFed is more than being an employee; it’s about being a part of the PenFed family.

PenFed is hiring a (Hybrid) Sr. Analyst, Model Risk Management at our Tysons, Virginia location. The primary purpose of this job is to support PenFed’s Model Risk Management (MRM) program second line of defense team, with a focus on operations, governance, and quality assurance. This role is responsible for continuous improvement of MRM program, ensuring compliance with MRM procedures, and supporting management with overseeing model governance. This role works closely with manager and various stakeholders in the first line of defense to ensure adherence to internal policies, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements. This position will support PenFed’s strategic interest in ensuring safety and soundness of the Credit Union via focus on the integrity and efficacy of models employed across the enterprise, and the increasing maturity of model risk governance.

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned.

• Ensure model governance and processes are effectively documented and provide guidance to comply with policy and regulatory requirements.

• Perform second line independent quality control reviews if model documentation, model reviews, model performance monitoring reports, ensuring adherence to established MRM standards and identifying any gaps or deficiencies.

• Ensure MRM policies, processes, procedures, tools, and information systems related to model risk and other areas of risk management are current, accurate, and effective. This includes the ability to work within mechanisms (i.e., processes, tools, reporting, etc.) that monitor for the preceding.

• Perform periodic assessments and reviews to identify potential gaps or weaknesses in model risk governance and compliance practices and recommend appropriate remediation activities.

• Evaluate and maintain a complete inventory of models, tracking of performance monitoring reports, documentation, validation, and findings, preparing regular updates for leadership, and working with teams across the enterprise, including quantitative modelers and business leaders, to identify, categorize and classify models in compliance with MRM policy standards.

• Work with leadership to support the identification of key modeling risks, develop plans to address these risks, and monitor progress toward this end.

• Gather data and prepare comprehensive reports and/or dashboards that provide actionable data on model risk management activities and recommendations for Senior management.

• Prepare regular analysis and PowerPoint presentations for management including MRM working group and risk committee meetings.

• Support, at direction of management, responses to NCUA or other regulator queries, related to model risk management and/or other MRM programs.

• Identify and work to offer model risk management best practices training for PenFed modelers.

• Perform quality reviews on model documentation, model monitoring reports.

• Work with various model risk tracking software applications including Archer.

This role is responsible for ensuring business continuity.

Qualifications

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, or a related field, with relevant experience is required.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the financial services industry (credit union or banking).

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in governance, risk, compliance, or similar second-line defense role is required.

• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Ability to work well with others, provide effective challenge, and build consensus is required.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work throughout all levels of the organization with confidence and courtesy.

• Ability to think strategically and analytically, solve problems independently when necessary, and manage multiple, concurrent projects is required.

• Ability to follow tasks through to completion; willingness to request clarification when needed.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required, including communicating effectively and confidently at all levels, and applying sound judgment.

Additional Skills

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following behaviors to perform the essential functions of this job:

• Executive Presence

• Self-Motivation

• Consultative/Collaborative Approac

• Attention to Detail/Quality Contro

• Personal Integrity/Ethics

• Professional Competence/Credibility

• Ability to Maintain Confidentiality

• Flexibility/Adaptability

• Planning or Organizational skills

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will not directly supervise employees

Licenses and Certifications

There are no additional certifications required.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.

Travel

Ability to travel to various worksites and be on-call may be required.

About Us

Established in 1935, PenFed today is one of the country’s strongest and most stable financial institutions with over 2.9 million members and over $31 billion in assets. We serve members in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Guam and Puerto Rico. We are federally insured by NCUA and we are an Equal Housing Lender. We are available to members worldwide, via the web, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. We provide our employees with a lucrative benefits package including robust medical, dental and vision plan options, plenty of paid time off, 401k with employer match, on-site fitness facilities at our larger locations, and more. Equal Employment OpportunityPenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same. PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at 402-639-8568.

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