Onsite Senior Manager – Financial Crimes Model Validation

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About the role

  • Senior Manager leading financial crimes model validation at RBC. Collaborating to validate machine learning models and enhance detection capabilities against financial crimes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of model validation specialists, fostering a culture of rigorous challenge and continuous improvement
  • Establish and oversee the FC model validation program, ensuring alignment with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices
  • Act as a trusted advisor and effective challenger to FC model developers and business users, balancing risk governance with business enablement
  • Validate financial crimes models—both machine learning and heuristic-based—to assess output quality, alert effectiveness, and risk mitigation capabilities
  • Conduct rigorous testing of sanctions screening and AML detection models to ensure they effectively identify critical financial crimes risks
  • Provide comprehensive model risk assessments and challenge recommendations to senior leadership and governance committees
  • Manage the Enterprise Model Risk Management (EMRM) inventory system, maintaining robust change management procedures and documentation
  • Provide actionable, data-driven recommendations based on model assessments, contributing to continuous enhancement of FC detection capabilities
  • Facilitate remediation of open model risk issues in accordance with regulatory expectations
  • Manage metrics, reporting, and dashboard development to track model performance, validation status, and program health
  • Collaborate with peers, industry experts, and the Enterprise Model Risk Management team to identify emerging validation themes and trends
  • Champion adoption of innovative validation techniques and technologies across the FC program

Requirements

  • 5+ years in machine learning model development, validation, or financial crimes risk management
  • Proven experience managing teams or leading complex projects in a regulated environment
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Finance, Data Science, Economics, Mathematics etc.)
  • Proficiency in statistical analysis and data manipulation (Python, R, SQL, or SAS)
  • Strong knowledge of machine learning algorithms and their applications in financial crimes detection
  • Familiarity with Enterprise Risk Management governance structures
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.

Benefits

  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits and competitive compensation
  • Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • Opportunities to do challenging work

Job title

Senior Manager – Financial Crimes Model Validation

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Experience level

Senior

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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