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title: Model Risk Senior Analyst Validation at M&T Bank
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| **Company** | M&T Bank |
| **Location** | Wilmington, DE (Hybrid) |
| **Salary** | $113.3K/yr - $188.8K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Sep 23, 2026 |
## Description

**Overview:** The Senior Model Validation Analyst is responsible for executing robust, independent validations of quantitative and qualitative models across the enterprise. This role serves as a key control function within Model Risk Management (MRM), ensuring models are conceptually sound, empirically validated, and compliant with regulatory and internal standards.

## **Primary Responsibilities:**

- Lead end-to-end validation of several model families, with a focus on Gen-AI and AI/ML Models. Experience working with or validating cybersecurity models is preferred.
- Conduct the validation and analysis of expert judgment or qualitative factors that augment quantitative models; review to confirm proper controls and adequate documentation are in place.
- Perform independent challenge of model methodologies, benchmarking, back-testing, sensitivity analysis, and stress testing.
- Maintain high-quality documentation of validation work, findings, and conclusions to withstand internal audit and regulatory scrutiny.
- Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
- Support remediation of validation, audit, and regulatory findings.
- Partner with model developers, business stakeholders, and risk managers to communicate validation outcomes, challenge assumptions, and recommend improvements.

## **Scope of Responsibilities:**

- Independently manage multiple validation projects.
- Partner with business lines including Technology and Cybersecurity, Credit Risk, Finance, and Private Wealth.
- Balance regulatory expectations with business objectives.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of validation practices and governance.

## **Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:**

Individual contributor with opportunities to mentor junior analysts and provide technical guidance.

## **Education and Experience Required:**

Master's or Doctoral Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Business Engineering, Econometrics, or Science-based discipline,

Plus 4 years’ experience in model development or validation, with a combined minimum of >5 years’ higher education and relevant work experience.

Technical knowledge of advanced software packages used in analytics.

## **Education and Experience Preferred:**

- Master's or PhD in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Software Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics).
- 5–10+ years in model validation, development, or quantitative analytics.
- Strong knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Natural Language Processing (NLP).
- Good knowledge of model risk, SR 11-07, SR 26-2, and regulatory expectations.
- Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, Git, R, or similar tools.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $113,300.00 - $188,800.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

# **Location**

Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
## Skills

- Private Wealth Management
- Balance Sheet
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Cyber Security
- Stakeholder Management
- Quantitative Analysis
- Credit Risk
- Analytics
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Stress Testing
- Internal Auditing
- Python
- R
- Deployment Strategy
- Git (Version Control System)
- External Audit
- Pleadings
- Risk Modeling
- Econometrics
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (Rag)
- Statistics
- Model Validation
- Internal Controls
- Benchmarking
- Mathematics
- Auditing
- Natural Language Processing
- Doctoral Degree
- Large Language Models (Llm)
- Computer Science
- Machine Learning Model Development
- Communication
- Machine Learning
- Governance

## How to Apply

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