Overview

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.

 Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.

 We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.

Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Why Join

As a part of the Sustainability Advisory Team within the Global Wholesale Banking Sustainability Office, you will play a key role in supporting the team in driving the transition engagement through partnership initiatives, market intelligence, research and analysis. You will be part of a team that is passionate about engaging the broader ecosystem and driving the initiatives with clear strategic, commercial, and sustainability angles. This role offers a unique opportunity to combine sustainability and industry expertise with the financial sector.

How you succeed

To succeed in this role, you will need to be strategic thinker with an eye for the details as well as a keen executer. You will work closely with the broader Sustainability Office team to support client engagements on energy transition and sustainability through deliverables that will involve in-depth market and company research, analysis, and meeting materials preparation. Your role will also involve working closely with the Corporate Banking team on Partnership Initiatives and executing the partnership projects across the markets where OCBC has presence.

What you do

  • Engage key internal and external stakeholders to drive the partnership initiatives related projects and deliver relevant content, participate in ideation phases, and facilitate the discussions and meetings.

  • With the focus on energy transition for hard-to-abate sectors, support the team to build strong sustainable and transition financing capabilities across key markets to contribute to business growth, client value creation, and market leadership.

  • Develop deep understanding of relevant and emerging sustainability standards and regulations through market research and analysis.

  • Engage stakeholders on transition opportunities and risks to open doors to new business and financing opportunities.

  • Contribute to thought leadership creating useful content on transition and sustainability to our stakeholders.

  • Being open, adaptable, resilient, and flexible given the evolving nature of the role driven by macroeconomic and industry changes and implications on sustainability and energy transition

Who you are

  • A university degree and at least 8 years of professional experience.

  • Learning and growth mindset with curiosity and resilience to stay abreast of market trends and developments in sustainability, policies and industries.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and develop innovative solutions.

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

  • Passionate about energy transition and committed to making a positive impact on the environment and society

What we offer:

Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

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About

OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.

OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang.

OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.

OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.