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"Practice in Lodz – summer internships is a project organized as part of the "Youth in Lodz" program, whose aim is to enable students and graduates of Lodz universities to gain professional experience. The project can be attended by people up to 30 y.o. who are students or graduates (up to one year after graduation) of Lodz public or non-public universities. We look for students after second year of technical, mathematical, business, finance, economic or related studies

Join our team as a Model Developer Intern

If you have a strong interest in mathematics or IT and you're in your final year of studies, join our team as Model Developer Intern. During your internship you will develop, roll out, and maintain group-wide models for credit, operational risk and capital requirements.

Below you can find more information about Commerzbank and the cluster

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so we are. We are leaving the traditional bank behind us and are choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise. This is exactly why we need talented people who will join us on this journey. We work in inter-locational and international teamwork in agile methodologies.

Cluster Risk Models & Calculations is responsible for:

- Development, roll-out and maintenance of group-wide models for credit risk, operational risk, capital requirements and stress-testing (incl. tight monitoring of model performance). We are model owner and 1st line of defence for model risk.

- Implementation of models in calculation kernels (e.g. rating models, RWA-calculation, C-VaR, LGD-Service, OpRisk and Stress).

- Specification and implementation of rating tools as well as other central risk applications – used mainly by own Front-Ends in the credit process or in online applications.

- Calculation of the economic capital requirements (e.g. Credit Portfolio Model, AMA for OpRisk, business- and physical asset risk - incl. stressed conditions).

- Basis calculation for risk provisions (especially IFRS9 Stage Assignment and Lifetime-EL) and centre of competency for Asset Backed Securities

- IT-solutions for recording, management and calculation of the operational risk, tools for and management of the internal control system.

- Operational stability of the IT-Applications (e.g. wrt incidents or delays) but also optimization of IT-platform as well as minimization of manual processes.

- Tailor-made risk analysis (e.g. scenarios, impact analysis, Ad-Hoc requests) in particular for the management of the current COVID-19 crisis. Professional response on customer requests.

- Main contact for regulators, chartered accountant and internal auditors concerning model development and implementation.

- Implementation of important regulatory and strategic initiatives: e.g. implementation and fulfillment of new regulatory requirements for AIRB rating models, acceleration of rating calculation, enablement of digital credit journey, improvement of credit decision and streamlining of credit processes.

Which technology & skills are important for us?

- Bachelor degree or being at last years of master studies in statistics, econometrics, mathematics, or related field
- Interest in banking and economics, statistics, IT or related field
- Good acquaintance of MS Office tools – Excel and Word
- Have very good knowledge of R/Python
- Good analytic thinking with attention to details
- English B2 level – it is our business language

"Practice in Lodz – summer internships is a project organized as part of the "Youth in Lodz" program, whose aim is to enable students and graduates of Lodz universities to gain professional experience. The project can be attended by people up to 30 y.o. who are students or graduates (up to one year after graduation) of Lodz public or non-public universities. We look for students after second year of technical, mathematical, business, finance, economic or related studies

Join our team as a Model Developer Intern

If you have a strong interest in mathematics or IT and you're in your final year of studies, join our team as Model Developer Intern. During your internship you will develop, roll out, and maintain group-wide models for credit, operational risk and capital requirements.

Below you can find more information about Commerzbank and the cluster

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so we are. We are leaving the traditional bank behind us and are choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise. This is exactly why we need talented people who will join us on this journey. We work in inter-locational and international teamwork in agile methodologies.

Cluster Risk Models & Calculations is responsible for:

- Development, roll-out and maintenance of group-wide models for credit risk, operational risk, capital requirements and stress-testing (incl. tight monitoring of model performance). We are model owner and 1st line of defence for model risk.

- Implementation of models in calculation kernels (e.g. rating models, RWA-calculation, C-VaR, LGD-Service, OpRisk and Stress).

- Specification and implementation of rating tools as well as other central risk applications – used mainly by own Front-Ends in the credit process or in online applications.

- Calculation of the economic capital requirements (e.g. Credit Portfolio Model, AMA for OpRisk, business- and physical asset risk - incl. stressed conditions).

- Basis calculation for risk provisions (especially IFRS9 Stage Assignment and Lifetime-EL) and centre of competency for Asset Backed Securities

- IT-solutions for recording, management and calculation of the operational risk, tools for and management of the internal control system.

- Operational stability of the IT-Applications (e.g. wrt incidents or delays) but also optimization of IT-platform as well as minimization of manual processes.

- Tailor-made risk analysis (e.g. scenarios, impact analysis, Ad-Hoc requests) in particular for the management of the current COVID-19 crisis. Professional response on customer requests.

- Main contact for regulators, chartered accountant and internal auditors concerning model development and implementation.

- Implementation of important regulatory and strategic initiatives: e.g. implementation and fulfillment of new regulatory requirements for AIRB rating models, acceleration of rating calculation, enablement of digital credit journey, improvement of credit decision and streamlining of credit processes.

,[Development, roll-out and maintenance of group-wide models for credit risk, operational risk, capital requirements, Calculating, analyzing and reporting risk figures for regulatory, economic and accounting purposes, Analysing and implementing new requirements coming from business departments and regulator with regards to risk figures calculation and reporting, Conduct technical, business and data quality analyses, Solving problems (both business & model related, support technical fixes)] Requirements: MS Office, Excel, R, Python, SQL Tools: Confluence, GitHub, SharePoint, GIT, Agile, Scrum. Additionally: Training budget, Lunch card, International projects, E-learning platform (mindtools), Free coffee, Bike parking, Shower, Modern office, No dress code.

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