Overview

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At Bank of Singapore, we are constantly on the lookout for exceptional individuals to join our team. We promote a culture of openness, teamwork and fairness. Most importantly, we invest in our people through our programmes that develop them on both professional and personal levels. Besides attractive remuneration packages, we offer non-financial benefits and opportunities to develop your potential within OCBC Group’s global network of subsidiaries and offices. If you have passion, drive and the will to succeed, rise to the challenge today!

Start your career with Bank of Singapore as a Business Expense Management Specialist (AVP) in the Business Insights & Sales Management team! 

General Description

As the Business Expense Management Specialist within the Business Insights & Sales Management team, you will play a critical role in overseeing and optimising the COO department’s expense management processes.

Together with a senior lead, you will support cost efficiency initiatives, ensuring compliance with financial policies, and providing insights to support operational and financial decision-making.

This role requires a detail-oriented leader with strong analytical skills and the ability to collaborate across multiple departments.

Responsibilities

The main duties for the candidate include, but not limited to:

  • Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of expense management of functions across COO Office.

  • Monitor and analyse department-wide expenses to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for cost savings.

  • Develop, implement, and maintain interactive data visualisation tools using Power BI and Tableau to provide clear insights into expense performance metrics.

  • Prepare and present detailed reports and dashboards on expense performance to the COO Office and executive management. In particular, the candidate plays an active role in preparing and presenting monthly marketing spend trajectory and key metrics, which includes deeper insights through data and well thought out analysis, recommendations on budget reallocations among events to ensure dollar optimisation.

  • Drive expense budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis to support the COO Office and senior leadership in financial planning. Concurrently, the candidate will coordinate the annual budget exercise across all COO units consolidate and face off Finance in the whole expense budgeting process, as well as track and monitor units actuals against budgets.

  • Collaborate with Finance and business units to ensure accurate and timely expense reporting and reconciliation, which includes tracking invoice payment status, invoices’ recharges to Front Office and year end accruals collation for Finance submission.

  • Implement and manage expense control measures to ensure compliance with corporate governance and regulatory requirements.

  • Coordinate with internal audit and compliance teams for periodic reviews and audits related to expense management.

  • Lead cross-functional initiatives aimed at optimising operational efficiency and reducing unnecessary expenditures.

  • Stay updated with industry best practices and emerging technologies in expense management and financial controls.

Requirements

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Finance, Computer Science or Economics).

Industry Experience

5–8 years of experience in Financial Services, specifically within Private Banking, Wealth Management, or Premier Banking.

Technical “Data Savvy” Competencies

  • Advanced Data Manipulation: Mastery of SQL for data extraction and Python/R for advanced statistical analysis.

  • BI Visualization: Expert-level proficiency in Tableau, PowerBI, or QlikView (moving beyond simple charts to complex, interactive drill-downs).

  • Excel Power User: Ability to build complex financial models, including VBA/Macros and Power Pivot.

  • Data Governance: Familiarity with banking data privacy standards (e.g., PDPA, GDPR) and CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics).

  • Familiarity with financial and banking databases (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv) is an advantage.

Skillsets & Professional Attributes

  • The “Translator” Ability: The rare skill of explaining complex data methodologies to non-technical stakeholders.

  • Commercial Acumen: Understanding the why behind the numbers

  • Exceptional problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to perform forensic data analysis and technical audits under stringent regulatory deadlines.

  • Independent and hands on at work.

  • Takes initiatives in streamlining processes and driving automation.

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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.