Sr. Manager, Advanced Analytics - FCRM Model Risk Governance Strategy

TD•Boston, MA

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics leads a specialized team of data professionals varying in size and complexity that are responsible for aiding to drive changes and improvement in business practices through advanced analytics. This role manages the overall Advanced Analytics team or function for a key business which may include Data Modelers and/or Data Scientist roles. This role may also oversee the development of statistical models, data mining and analytic solutions. The Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) Modeling & Advanced Analytics team is part of the FCRM organization and is responsible for developing, maintaining/enhancing, and governing the Enterprise Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) models/AI solutions to support TD's global AML/CTF strategies, address emerging risks, and comply with regulatory requirements/changes and internal policies. We are looking for a Senior Manager to lead the model risk governance practices for the full FCRM's models and AI solutions and develop efficient and practical model risk governance strategies. This highly visible role will oversee a team that liaises between model owners, developers, users, and internal/external stakeholders (such as Audit and Model Risk Management) to drive the best practice of model governance to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements. This role will also design and develop necessary procedures and guidelines related to FCRM models and manage inventories for FCRM models, issues, and action items.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree or advanced technical degree preferred (e.g., math, physics, engineering, finance or computer science)
Graduate's degree preferred with either progressive project work experience, or;
7+ year of relevant experience; higher degree education and research tenure can be counted

Nice To Haves

In-depth understanding of the lifecycle of models and AI solutions and fundamental knowledge of statistical and machine learning/artificial intelligence models.
Extensive knowledge of model risk management within financial institutions and relevant regulatory requirements, such as SR 11-7.
Proven experience with model inventory and issue management and effective approach to addressing model risk requirements.
Efficient communication and documentation skills with key stakeholders and business partners.
Outstanding task prioritization skills to adapt with a dynamic and evolving business environment.

Responsibilities

Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
Oversees and leads a large and/or highly complex and diverse reporting function for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope
Strategic partner to leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external/internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and identifies operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management/enterprise areas
Facilitates key strategic discussions and provides thought leadership to executive audience (output may include strategic roadmap and/or deliverables/frameworks short to long term goals etc.)
Sets operational team direction and collaborates with others to execute on common goals
Focuses on longer-range planning for functional area (e.g. 12 months or greater)
Leads team of Data Modelling professionals and provides day to day direction as needed
Acts as People Manager and is responsible for ongoing coaching and development, setting objectives, assessing performance
Leads and oversees the design and delivery of enterprise analytic solutions for customers
Oversees build of complex statistical models that learn from and scale to petabytes of data
Works in a highly interactive, team-oriented environment with Big Data developers, and analytical experts
Provides analytical thought leadership and stays current on developments in data mining
May be accountable to lead team in developing powerful business insights from social marketing and industrial data using advanced machine learning techniques
Works closely with key business leaders to develop business plan, ensuring the optimal use of resources and leverages TD’s operating model to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and scale
Plans and executes on strategic activities, reviews and communicates results, and adjusts tactics accordingly
Executes on the annual business plan to deliver results aligned with business strategies
Manages overall budget, revenue and expenditures, meets business objectives while increasing efficiency and effectiveness
Proactively identifies key business opportunities, researches and recommends enhancements/modifications, develops strategies to achieve recommendations and works closely with team to execute and implement
Monitors and communicates the effectiveness of strategies, programs, and practices related to own area of expertise
Protects the interests of the organization – identifies and manages risks, and escalates non-standard, high-risk transactions/activities as necessary
Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
Ensures employees are knowledgeable; and assumes responsibility to minimize operational and regulatory risk by complying with Bank and industry Code of Conduct
Cultivates and models the Colleague Promise to support colleague growth, and a culture of care; makes an impact at work and in our communities by leading with authenticity and supporting well-being to represent TD's brand
Connects the alignment of colleague's contributions with the TD Shared Commitments
Builds and retains an engaged and diverse team that embraces diversity of thought, creativity and curiosity; where every colleague and customer are valued, respected, and listened to; committed to a common goal and collaborate to move with speed and get things done
Demonstrates inclusive leadership by taking meaningful action with intention to support colleagues and customers across all dimensions of diversity, including those from underrepresented communities, being actively anti-racist, attracting and retaining diverse slate of candidates, nurturing mutual respect, inclusivity of thought and collaboration to drive successful results
Sustains, identifies strong talent, recruits and develops a diverse talent pipeline of qualified workforce to innovate and maximize individual strengths to lead to a better business outcome
Enables colleague growth by encouraging colleague development to achieve career and business objectives, ensuring timely feedback, motivating appreciation and recognition to all colleagues
Enables a continuous learning culture by proactively seeking, listening to and actioning feedback from peers and from colleague listening opportunities to continuously improve the colleague experience and grow your personal leadership
Fosters an environment that promotes sharing of knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among the team; ensures timely management and escalation of issues and creates opportunities to collaborate with other functions and teams
Leads team through change and creates an environment where team feels psychologically safe to challenge current practices by modeling resiliency and flexibility, communicating a compelling vision with clarity and empowering colleagues to drive innovation
Contributes to the development of business segment and/or enterprise functional strategic priorities within their operational area or field of specialty that drives results
Develops annual and/or long-term plans for own area that are aligned with enterprise-wide priorities, reinforcing a focus on results that align to One TD
Fosters a high-performance culture by setting team targets and objectives, promoting and facilitating on-going feedback/coaching and conducting Quarterly Check-Ins for all colleagues to drive accountability and business results
Manages employees in compliance with all human resources policies, procedures and guidelines of conduct