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NEERAJ KUMAR

BANGALORE

Summary

Seasoned Credit Risk Analyst with over 3.5 years of experience in Model Risk Management. Demonstrated expertise in developing, validating, and monitoring credit risk scorecards and predictive models. Adept at performing backtesting, stress testing, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, analyze complex data sets, and provide actionable insights to enhance risk management frameworks.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

MODEL RISK MANAGEMENT SENIOR ANALYST

SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
BANGALORE
03.2023 - 10.2024

CREDIT RISK SCORECARD VALIDATION

  • Worked on validation focused on scorecard modelling, segmentation, vintage analysis, roll rate analysis, and bad flag creation for diverse customer profiles, optimising credit evaluation processes for new to credit , matured credit and non-credit customers.
  • Proficiently validated data complexities, overseeing teams to ensure precise handling of information crucial to validate credit scoring methodologies.
  • Prepared detailed MRM validation report corresponding to assessment done for the model's accuracy, performance and compliance with regulatory standards. The report details the methodology used, key findings and recommendations for improvements.

MODEL MONITORING

  • Monitored various models for changes such as model degradation, data drift and concept drift and ensuring that the models have an acceptable level of performance.
  • Calculated KS, Capture rates, Rejected population distribution, PSI, Segmentation distribution and other metrics of various models.

CONSULTANT (MODEL RISK MANAGEMENT)

EQUIFAX
BANGALORE
04.2021 - 02.2023

Model & Attribute Validations

  • As part of the Model Risk Management team validated multiple internal models like Discretionary Spend Index, Affluence Index, Score card for credit card portfolio etc.,
  • Keenly validated the attribute creation process of the Core 2.0 Attributes suit, which is a comprehensive credit attribute suite across a large number of industries, concepts and time frames.

On-Prem to GCP Transition Root Cause Analysis

  • Was a part the MRM Group that performed a Root Cause Analysis on the discrepancies in the 100s of data tables after moving from on-premises to the Google Cloud Platform, which directly or indirectly effecting the numerous crucial models.
  • Major contribution in the automation of the process lead to expediting the analysis resulting in quick and reliable actionable insights.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, QA

POLE TO WIN INTERNATIONAL
BANGALORE
10.2017 - 10.2019

QA TESTER

  • Managed ateam of 7 testers which worked on a race game application for Android and IOS platforms.

Education

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DATA SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Data Science

MANIPAL SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATION
BANGALORE
01-2021

BTECH - Electrical Engineering

SURYA WORLD TECHNICAL CAMPUS
PUNJAB
08-2015

Skills

  • STATISTICS
  • SQL
  • PYTHON
  • SAS
  • MACHINE LEARNING
  • BIGQUERY(GCP)
  • CREDIT RISK ANALYSIS

Timeline

MODEL RISK MANAGEMENT SENIOR ANALYST

SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
03.2023 - 10.2024

CONSULTANT (MODEL RISK MANAGEMENT)

EQUIFAX
04.2021 - 02.2023

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, QA

POLE TO WIN INTERNATIONAL
10.2017 - 10.2019

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DATA SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Data Science

MANIPAL SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATION

BTECH - Electrical Engineering

SURYA WORLD TECHNICAL CAMPUS
NEERAJ KUMAR