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Risk Manager, Model Validation & Governance

Germany, Berlin · Job Posted December 26, 2025
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Solaris is a tech company with a full German banking license. Our Banking-as-a-Service platform enables businesses to offer their own financial products. With our straightforward APIs, our partners can access and integrate a wide range of solutions such as digital banking, payments, cards, identification and lending services. As a market leader we are driven by bringing transformational change to the financial services industry. We are looking for a Risk Manager, Model Validation & Governance to manage and carry out the independent validation of risk models, scorecards, and pricing tools at Solaris SE. This includes Pillar 1 & 2 (ICAAP/ILAAP, credit risk, market risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, risk bearing capacity) models as well as other models or assessment used in the bank, e.g. pricing. This is a newly created critical role in the Financial Risk Management function that ensures the robustness and regulatory compliance of our models, so we are seeking a professional manager to support in evolving our validation framework.

Job Responsibility

  • Manage and carry out all independent model validation activities in line with regulations (MaRisk, CRR, KWG)
  • Collaborate with the senior manager and act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for regulatory requirements, liaising with model developers, auditors, and regulators
  • Develop and maintain the overall model validation framework in line with our risk strategy and risk management requirements
  • Validate methodologies used for credit risk application, behavioral models, ICAAP, and ILAAP, including proposals for measures to deal with known limitations and restrictions of the measures and procedures
  • Governance and monitoring of overall model performance
  • Prepare comprehensive model risk reports and present them to senior leadership and key stakeholders upon request
  • Support the senior manager to coordinate and participate in meetings with internal/external auditors, regulators, and other third-party stakeholders upon request

Requirements

  • More than 3 years of relevant work experience in Risk Management within a banking/financial institution
  • Solid economic, business, accounting, mathematical, or statistical knowledge
  • Good understanding of regulatory validation requirements, banking law, and regulatory standards
  • Uncompromising integrity and a strong ethical compass
  • Analytical with exceptional attention to detail
  • Ability and willingness to defend your position and analytical findings against resistance
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, capable of explaining complex topics to diverse audiences
  • Proven ability to manage relationships with various stakeholders, including senior management and regulators
  • Good written and spoken English proficiency is required, proficiency in German is desirable

Nice to have

Proficiency in German

What we offer

  • Home office budget
  • Learning & development budget of €1000 per year and a transparent growth framework to support your career goals
  • Competitive salary and a variable remuneration program
  • Monthly meal allowance
  • Deutschland ticket subsidy
  • 28 vacation days, increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years with Solaris
  • Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year
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