Validation Senior Analyst Model Risk Hybrid

FinTrust Connect
Chicago, US
Hybrid

Job Description

About the job Validation Senior Analyst Model Risk -Chicago, IL -Hybrid FinTrust Connect Chicago IL Hybrid

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Join our Talent Community for Chicago based opportunities across banks and broker dealers. On site access supports committee sessions and closure testing. Market postings in Chicago highlight senior analyst scope with full coverage of conceptual soundness and benchmarking and implementation checks.

As a Validation Senior Analyst you will lead testing across market and credit and treasury and AML models, produce clear issues and action plans, and support monitoring setup for production.

Requirements

4 to 7 years in model validation or quantitative audit

Proven work on backtesting and benchmarking and implementation and performance monitoring

Python or R and SQL and comfort with version control and notebooks

Strong report writing for risk and audit stakeholders

Responsibilities

Execute full scope validations with reproducible scripts

Benchmark models with challengers and independent data

Draft findings with severity and dates and ownership

Build monitoring KPIs and drift and stability checks

Prepare exam evidence and respond to RFIs

Outcomes we track

Documentation completeness 100%

Repeat findings down 30% in 2 quarters

Compensation and terms

Consultant pay $70 to $150 per hour

Contract Hybrid Chicago IL or Remote US W2 or 1099

Keywords

Model Validation, Market Risk, Credit Risk, SR 11 7, Backtesting, Benchmarking, Python, R, SQL, Workpapers, Chicago, Governance, Committee, RFIs

Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills

PythonRSQLversion controlnotebooksreport writingbacktestingbenchmarkingmodel validationmarket riskcredit risktreasuryAMLSR 11 7workpapersgovernanceRFIscommunicationcollaborationmentorshipmodel validationmarket riskcredit risktreasuryAMLSR 11 7workpapersgovernanceRFIs

Salary

$70 - $150

hour

Employment Type

FULL TIME

Level

mid

Posted

4/9/2026

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