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Director Financial Planning & Analysis

Job in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19894, USA
Listing for: Merrick Bank
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-23
Job specializations:
  • Finance & Banking
    Risk Manager/Analyst, Financial Analyst
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 170000 - 230000 USD Yearly USD 170000.00 230000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position Summary and Role Impact

The Director, Loss Forecasting & CECL serves as a subject matter expert responsible for executing and enhancing the credit loss forecasting and allowance for credit losses (ACL/CECL) framework across consumer lending portfolios. This role independently performs complex quantitative analyses to assess portfolio performance, forecast expected credit losses, evaluate reserve adequacy, and support management decision-making. The Director partners closely with Credit Risk, Finance, Accounting, Model Risk Management, and business stakeholders to evaluate emerging portfolio trends, assess macroeconomic impacts on expected credit losses, support reserve methodology enhancements and reserve governance activities.

This position is a highly analytical individual contributor role requiring deep expertise in consumer credit risk, and data analytics.

Essential Functions

The main responsibilities are:

  • CECL Forecasting & Analytics – Execute quarterly CECL reserve estimation and forecasting processes for consumer lending portfolios. Perform detailed analyses of expected credit losses, reserve drivers, and quarter-over-quarter changes in ACL balances. Evaluate portfolio performance trends and identify key drivers impacting forecasted losses and reserve levels. Assess the impact of macroeconomic forecasts, scenario weighting approaches, and portfolio assumptions on reserve estimates.

    Develop reserve attribution analyses and supporting recommendations for management review. Support qualitative adjustment assessments through quantitative and qualitative analysis of emerging risks and portfolio trends.
  • Model Monitoring & Methodology Enhancement – Perform model monitoring, back‑testing, benchmarking, and sensitivity analyses to evaluate forecasting performance and reserve reasonableness. Assess differences between model projections and actual portfolio outcomes and identify potential drivers of forecast deviations. Recommend enhancements to forecasting methodologies, assumptions, segmentation strategies, and analytical approaches as needed. Support model development, validation, implementation, and ongoing monitoring activities.
  • Governance & Audit Support – Prepare analytical materials and supporting documentation for reserve governance committees and management reviews. Maintain documentation supporting reserve methodologies, assumptions, judgments, and controls. Support internal audit, model validation, regulatory, and external audit requests. Ensure compliance with CECL policy, governance standards, and regulatory expectations.
Requirements for Success
  • Education & Experience – Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Accounting, Data Analytics, or any quantitative field. 5+ years of experience in consumer credit risk, financial analysis, portfolio analytics, or equivalent financial services experience.
  • Preference for experience supporting CECL, reserve estimation techniques, loss forecasting.
  • Knowledge, Skills and Capabilities – Experience analyzing large datasets and performing complex quantitative analyses. Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with SQL, SAS, Python, R, or similar analytical tools. Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex analyses into clear business insights. Ability to communicate complex analytical findings to technical and non‑technical audiences. Ability to effectively partner across Risk, Finance, Accounting, Model Risk Management, and business teams.
  • Compliance with Laws & Regulations – Responsible for complying with all the Bank’s internal control policies and procedures. Responsible for understanding and complying with all laws and regulations to which the Bank is subject.…
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