Financial Crime Model Validation Manager

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you're trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That's why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.Job Description:What It Means to Be a Consultant at CroweConsulting is a dynamic business focused on solving problems for our clients and serving our core markets through innovative solutions. As technology and AI continue to reshape the consulting landscape, we are looking for individuals who are curious, adaptable, and eager to learn. At Crowe, consultants are expected to build both technical and transferable skills, think critically, and use technology to solve real business problems. In this role, you will continuously learn, collaborate across teams, and explore how tools, including emerging AI capabilities, can improve efficiency, insights, and client outcomes.In management at Crowe, you play a pivotal role in leading teams, guiding project execution, and deepening client relationships. You are expected to contribute to account planning, identify opportunities to add value, and ensure high-quality delivery. As your responsibilities expand, you take on broader account ownership, balancing project leadership with growing involvement in client strategy and solution development.Success in this role comes from a growth mindset, strong communication skills, advanced critical thinking, and the ability to navigate new challenges with confidence.The AML Model Validation and Testing Manageris expected to lead and execute model validation testing processes on systems which support Financial Crime programs, including transaction monitoring, customer risk assessment/rating, fraud detection and watchlist screening/interdictionsystems. Responsibilities will include designing and/or updating testing strategies (e.g., creation of or enhancement to risk and control matrices) which will aid in the independent testing of these systems. Testing could include control conceptual design testing, control operating effectiveness testing, and/or issue validation testing. Candidates will be required to execute analytical projects working closely with senior stakeholders and clients to deliver value to financial institution clients. Testing in the Model Validation domain will include: * Review of model governance, including processes surrounding their effectiveness * Critical challenge of model design and development * Testing of data inputs, including data quality issues, data mapping, ETL processes, balancing and reconciliation controls, data lineage, throughput, and backtesting * Testing that the model logic is working as intended * Assessment of model user access controls, key performance indicators (KPIs), and alert review processes * Evaluation of model performance, including tuning and sanctions sensitivity testing * Documentation of testing using standardized work papers and model validation reports and other client deliverables * Engagement Management: provide oversight and guidance to the testing team for efficient engagement delivery, maintain engagement budget, provide timely reporting of engagement progress to the client and engagement executive.Qualifications: * Bachelor's and/or advanced degree with a concentration in Data Management or Analytics; Finance; Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or Statistics/Mathematics. * 4+ years o