Model Risk Governance Officer

Bonus Type

Summary

This role sits within BOK Financial’s Enterprise Risk Management team, where the focus is on identifying and assessing model risk across the organization and ensuring models are used effectively to support sound business decisions. As a Model Risk Governance Officer, you’ll work across the bank to evaluate models, provide independent challenge, and deliver insights that help leaders operate within the organization’s risk tolerance. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys applying technical concepts in a real-world environment, partnering across teams, and influencing outcomes through thoughtful analysis and communication.

Job Description

In this role, you’ll lead model validation and governance efforts, providing independent review and effective challenge to models used across the bank. You’ll partner closely with model owners, developers, and business leaders to assess model design, performance, and controls—identifying risks, recommending practical enhancements, and supporting issue resolution. You’ll also oversee third-party validations, manage aspects of the model inventory and reporting, and contribute to the ongoing maturation of the model risk framework. Success in this role requires strong judgment, the ability to balance ideal vs. practical outcomes, and confidence navigating complex stakeholder conversations.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who can balance technical rigor with practical application and is comfortable challenging stakeholders while building strong working relationships.

Team Culture

This is a collaborative, team-oriented group within ERM that values accountability, curiosity, and strong partnership across the organization. The team operates with a high level of autonomy—individuals are trusted to own their work, manage their portfolio, and engage directly with stakeholders, including in situations that require thoughtful challenge or redirection. There’s an emphasis on continuous improvement, practical problem-solving, and maintaining a balanced, supportive environment while working through complex and sometimes ambiguous situations.

How You'll Spend Your Time

• Lead model validation and annual review activities, identifying risks and documenting findings
• Provide effective challenge to model design, performance, and controls, recommending practical enhancements
• Partner with model owners, developers, and business leaders to support governance and issue resolution
• Oversee third-party validation engagements, ensuring quality, scope alignment, and timely delivery
• Maintain model inventory and support reporting, documentation, and regulatory expectations
• Communicate insights, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and oversight committees
• Manage your own portfolio of models while identifying opportunities to strengthen governance and improve processes

Education & Experience Requirements

The required level of knowledge is normally acquired through a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Engineering or Mathematics and 3-4 years related model validation, risk management, audit, or compliance in a financial institution or an equivalent combination of education/experience.

• Demonstrated capabilities pertaining to policy review, model reviews/monitoring, certification standards, inventory management, and issues management.
• Extensive experience in report compilation and distribution
• Advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Self-motivation, discipline, task focus, and a proven record of delivering high quality results within strict deadlines.
• Intellectual curiosity; solid problem-solving abilities and attention to detail; and prompt follow-through
• Strong oral and written communication skills to effectively represent self and BOKF, as well as ability to translate complex findings and issues in a clear and concise manner to model owners
• General knowledge of financial theory, statistics, numerical analysis, principals of corporate finance and their applicability to financial institutions 
• General knowledge of model risk management