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

This is an exciting role to be able to work with front office traders/sales and experienced risk managers to manage the market risk of the trading portfolio. The role allows you to work with market risk sensitivities, VaR, stress test scenarios, new treasury products as well as regulatory capital requirements, providing a holistic view of market risk management.

How you succeed

  • Sound basic knowledge of Treasury products, market risk sensitivities and VaR, and good understanding of financial markets.

  • Able to build relationships with key stakeholders like front office traders/sales, risk managers and infrastructure team.

  • Meticulous with strong analytical skills, and the ability to learn quickly and adapt in a fast‑paced environment
     

What you do

  • Build rapport and work closely with front office to analyse and understand the market risk exposures, mainly in FX, Equity & Commodity treasury products.

  • Monitor risk against pre-set risk limits. This entails preparing the daily risk reports and assessing the completeness and accuracy of the market risks

  • Analyse risk reports by explaining trading positions and activities, understanding trading and hedging strategies.

  • Assess Market Risk Weighted Assets (MRWA) requirements for treasury products, with a good understanding of capital regulations for Market Risk in MAS Notice 637

  • Design stress test scenarios to identify areas of vulnerability within the trading portfolio.

Who you work with

Group Risk Management works independently to protect, build, and drive our businesses. The team support good decision-making. With strong risk analysis. And a crucial, comprehensive role in sharpening our competitive edge. Optimising risk-adjusted returns. It’s about seeking and adopting best-in-class practices. Protecting the group from unforeseen losses. Keeping risk within appetite. Embracing change and managing growth in one of the world’s strongest bank

Who you are

  • Sound basic knowledge of Treasury products (including derivatives), market risk sensitivities and VAR, and good understanding of financial markets.

  • Meticulous, versatile and possess good interpersonal skills.

  • Able to work independently with minimal supervision.

  • Well versed with MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.

  • Proficient in VBA, programming experience is an added advantage.

  • A good understanding of Market Risk Weighted Assets (MRWA) is beneficial.

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.