Senior AVP - Decision Science - BFS

- Modeling is one of the key functional areas within Retail Risk Management. This function owns the development and management of Basel2/ BAU models for HBEU (HSBC Europe) within HSBC group.

- This role applies to the Decision Science job family and would encompass development/ management of models (BAU/ Basel 2) in accordance to the strategic direction of the Business area

- This role requires the incumbent to plan and execute the assigned projects/ analysis as per the agreed timelines and with accuracy and quality. This position involves direct people management (around 4 member team) responsibility along with project management responsibility

- Exposure/ knowledge of machine learning domain would be preferred.

Requirements :

1. Bachelor's degree in mathematics/ statistics/ economics or equivalent; Masters degree is preferred

2. At least 8 years of relevant experience in banking analytics, preferably in the fields like Modeling, Credit Risk Strategy Development, Loss Forecasting etc.

3. Excellent communication skills with technical (the team) and non-technical (senior entity management in region) counterparts; being able to "translate" between the two worlds is the major thing in the day to day work.

4. Strong analytical skills with an ability to grasp new concepts quickly.

5. Good organizational, analytical, problem-solving and verbal and written communication skills.

6. Prior experience with modeling, strategy analysis and portfolio management would be preferred.

7. Prior experience in managing risk activities in retail lending is essential.