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Chief Information & AI Officer Location: hybrid Atlanta, San Diego & Orlando Full-time, Executive ... Build the governance that makes speed defensible - model risk management, data protection, quality ...

Chief Information & AI Officer Location: hybrid Atlanta, San Diego & Orlando • Full-time, ... Build the governance that makes speed defensible - model risk management, data protection, quality ...

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How much do model risk officer jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 15, 2026, the average yearly pay for model risk officer in California is $104,219.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $81,400.00 and $128,300.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a model risk officer?

Model Risk Officers are professionals responsible for managing and overseeing the risks associated with the use of quantitative models in financial institutions. They ensure that models used for decision-making, such as credit risk, market risk, or capital assessment, are accurate, reliable, and compliant with regulatory requirements. Their duties include validating models, identifying potential weaknesses or limitations, and implementing controls to mitigate model-related risks. Model Risk Officers play a critical role in safeguarding an organization against financial losses or regulatory penalties that may arise from model failures.

What are some common challenges faced by model risk officers when collaborating with different departments?

Model Risk Officers often work closely with teams in risk management, quantitative analytics, audit, and IT. A common challenge is ensuring effective communication between technical model developers and non-technical stakeholders, as complex model concepts must be clearly explained for informed decision-making. Navigating differing priorities—such as balancing regulatory compliance with business objectives—can also present difficulties. Successful Model Risk Officers proactively foster cross-functional relationships and use clear documentation to bridge these gaps, ensuring model risks are well-understood and appropriately managed across the organization.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a model risk officer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Model Risk Officer, you need strong quantitative analysis skills, a background in finance or mathematics, and experience with model validation principles, typically supported by an advanced degree in a quantitative field. Familiarity with risk management frameworks, statistical modeling software (such as SAS, R, or Python), and relevant regulatory guidelines (like SR 11-7) is essential. Excellent critical thinking, communication, and stakeholder management skills help you explain complex model risks and recommendations effectively. These skills ensure robust model governance, regulatory compliance, and informed decision-making within financial institutions.

What is the difference between Model Risk Officer vs Quantitative Analyst?

AspectModel Risk OfficerQuantitative Analyst
Required CredentialsAdvanced degrees in finance, statistics, or related fields; certifications like FRM or CFADegree in finance, mathematics, or economics; often CFA or related certifications
Work EnvironmentFinancial institutions, risk management teams, regulatory complianceInvestment banks, asset management firms, hedge funds
Employer & Industry UsagePrimarily in banking, insurance, and financial services for risk oversightAcross finance sectors focusing on modeling, trading, and investment analysis

The Model Risk Officer focuses on identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with financial models, ensuring compliance and accuracy. In contrast, a Quantitative Analyst develops and implements complex models for trading, valuation, and investment decisions. While both roles require strong quantitative skills and similar credentials, their primary functions and work environments differ, with the Model Risk Officer emphasizing risk management and regulatory adherence.

What job categories do people searching Model Risk Officer jobs in California look for?

The top searched job categories for Model Risk Officer jobs in California are:

Infographic showing various Model Risk Officer job openings in California as of September 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 80% Full Time, 16% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 86% Physical, 3% Hybrid, and 11% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $104,219 per year, or $50.1 per hour.

Data Risk Manager

Los Angeles, CA • On-site

Accenture
IT Services • 10K+ employees

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 3 days ago

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8.7

Company rating: 8.7 out of 10

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Job description

In Strategy & Consulting we work with C-suite executives, leaders and boards of the world's leading organizations, helping them reinvent every part of their enterprise to drive greater growth, enhance competitiveness, implement operational improvements, reduce cost, deliver sustainable 360 stakeholder value, and set a new performance frontier for themselves and the industry in which they operate. Our deep industry and functional expertise is supported by proprietary assets and solutions that help organizations transform faster and become more resilient. Underpinned by technology, data, analytics, AI, change management, talent and sustainability capabilities, our Strategy & Consulting services help architect and accelerate all aspects of an organization's total enterprise reinvention.

We are:

Risk, and we give Chief Financial Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Data Officers and their execs the sounding board they need and the industry best practices they seek. We've got the deep industry experience, the functional insights, the data power, and the digital tech leadership to help our clients make important changes. Through our capabilities in Finance, Risk, Compliance, Data, Controls, GenAI and Transformation we solve our clients' toughest problems, to get ready for the future.Visit us here to find out more about Finance Risk Compliance.

You are:

A critical thinker and a clear communicator. You're always looking for better and more efficient ways to govern and manage information to improve business and risk decision-making to deliver tangible benefit. When you say it's time to bring in new solutions or change the way things are done, clients listen. They know you'll walk them through the process - in person and on paper. Everyone's happy, because they have the right methods and tools and new ways to create value.

The work:

  • Design and deliver Finance, Risk, and Compliance data strategies and governance approaches that allow for new insights and executive decision-making and enable AI evolution.
  • Establish transparency into the way data moves through the organization to provide leaders with greater trust in their information.
  • Develop and implement effective data quality and control frameworks.
  • Create approaches to modernize the Finance, Risk, and Compliance data landscape, instituting data product models and defining AI-enabled architectures.
  • Converse with business, risk, data and technology client executives to connect
  • Support and share knowledge with project teams and use analytics to find new ways of working that put people and process first.
  • Manage project teams, deliverables and budgets across workflows.
  • Attract new business by creating thoughtful proposals and building strong client relationships
  • Help grow the practice by championing Accenture initiatives and products
  • Stay on top of how new regulations and technologies affect our clients' businesses - and ours

Travel: Travel as needed based on client expectations.

Here's what you need:

  • 3+ years of experience in Finance, Risk and Regulatory Management consulting from a competitive firm.
  • 5+ years working in Finance, Risk and Regulatory Compliance with experience in one or more of the following:
    • Data Strategy and Governance: Defining functional and enterprise data strategies, establishing and implementing data governance frameworks, aligning with regulatory expectations and industry leading practices.
    • Data Transparency: Mapping functional and technical movement and transformation of data throughout the data lifecycle, while capturing metadata, advising on tooling and automation.
    • Data Quality and Controls: Defining quality and control frameworks, implementing data controls, and establishing quality metrics.
    • Data Modernization: Creating Finance and Risk data products, advising on Finance, Risk and Compliance functions in the cloud, and modernizing legacy data and analytical tool sets, enabling the use of AI.
    • Functional Relevance:
      • Finance: forecasting and planning, balance sheet management, treasury management
      • Risk: financial risk management; non-financial risk management including technology risk, third party, resiliency, enterprise & operational risk; risk governance
      • Compliance: Financial Crime - AML, KYC, Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring; Fraud, consumer protection
  • Bachelor's degree

Bonus points if:

  • GenAI experience
  • Experience working in Financial Services
  • For banking, capital markets and/or insurance industries, working knowledge of data regulation across regimes such as BCBS, Dodd Frank, FBO, FINRA, SEC, FinCEN, OCC, FDIC, CCAR, etc.
  • Operating model and transformation experience from front- and back-office


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We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 10/26/2026.
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Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $94,400 to $293,800
Colorado $94,400 to $253,800
Connecticut $94,400 to $253,800
District of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300
Illinois $87,400 to $253,800
Maine $80,400 to $216,200
Maryland $94,400 to $253,800
Massachusetts $94,400 to $270,300
Minnesota $94,400 to $253,800
New York $87,400 to $293,800
New Jersey $100,500 to $293,800
Ohio $87,400 to $235,000
Virginia $87,400 to $270,300
Washington $100,500 to $270,300

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