Job Description

Pinnacle Corporate Treasury is seeking a Head of Model Development to lead its modeling efforts across several disciplines, including credit loss and balance sheet forecasting, to support critical processes such as Capital Stress Testing, Interest Rate Risk, and CECL. This role will be responsible for building and leading a team of managers and analysts to design, develop, and implement quantitative models supporting key Treasury and Risk processes. This position requires extensive experience in data analysis and financial and statistical modeling to produce projections of credit loss, prepayment, income/expense, and other balance sheet disciplines. The ideal candidate will also bring strong leadership capabilities with the ability to develop talent, set strategic direction, and guide the team as effective contributors to Pinnacle’s continued growth

• Lead a team of quantitative analysts, owning the development of financial & statistical models supporting Treasury and Finance
• Lead development and execution of capital stress testing models for internal stress scenarios, periodic supervisory stress tests, and CECL
• Design and implement a robust development program for regulatory-critical modeling components such as credit loss (PD/LGD/EAD), prepayment & balance sheet behaviors, and income/expense
• Collaborate with Treasury leadership to build a strong Capital Stress-Testing process to support the annual Capital Plan and CCAR submissions
• Partner with stakeholders such as Model Risk Management, Financial Risk Management, Audit, and external regulators
• Develop a growing team of quantitative professionals, including skilled modelers and data analysts
• Manages the annual performance management and merit processes for direct and indirect reports. Coaches and develops team members and builds a work environment where team members are engaged and feel a positive sense of achievement about their role in the company. Works closely with Human Resources regarding employee relations, compensation, training, posting and filling vacant positions and other Human Resources related matters.
• Each team member is expected to be aware of risk within their functional area. This includes observing all policies, procedures, laws, regulations and risk limits specific to their role. Additionally, they should raise and report known or suspected violations to the appropriate Company authority in a timely fashion.
• Performs other related duties as required.

The information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Synovus is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

BS in quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics or Business. PhD in related discipline highly preferred (quantitative discipline).

Minimum Experience and Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• 12+ years of quantitative model development, preferably in capital stress-testing or credit risk modeling
• 5+ years in a senior-level role leading a team in the financial services industry
• Master's degree or higher in statistics, mathematics or a related quantitative discipline
• Knowledge of capital stress-testing and CECL processes, regulations, and guidance for a Category IV bank
• Experience with model risk management and SR 11-7 guidance
• Knowledge of programming in R, Python, and SQL