Overview

Hybrid
OCBC Singapore
Full time
JR00002826

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 Contribute to the dynamic world of global interest rate trading at OCBC. As an intern, you’ll play a crucial role in supporting our trading desk, developing financial models, and uncovering new trading opportunities. You’ll gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, applying your programming skills and analytical abilities to real-world market challenges.

How you succeed To excel in this role, you’ll need to be a proactive, analytical thinker with a strong programming foundation. You’ll thrive by taking initiative, embracing new challenges, and collaborating effectively with traders and quantitative analysts. Your ability to automate tasks, analyze data, and communicate effectively will be key to contributing to the success of the desk.

What you do Your responsibilities will include:

  • Developing and maintaining financial models and spreadsheets to support trading strategies.
  • Compiling and modeling historical data to identify new trading ideas and opportunities.
  • Writing Python code to collect data from Bloomberg for analysis and model development.
  • Supporting the desk’s daily tasks, including running cash flow and risk reports.
  • Collaborating with front office quants and traders to enhance our interest rate pricer and live PnL spreadsheet.

Who you work with OCBC Global Markets encompasses Treasury Advisory and Institutional Sales, Asset Liability Management, Trading, and Business Management. All working together, offering services that enable efficient business operations and enabling customers to focus on growth. You’ll be joining a dynamic team—ambitious, award-winning, and driven—focused on multi-product solutions that maximise opportunity for everyone. You included.

Who you are

  • Currently pursuing an undergraduate or postgraduate degree.
  • Possess strong programming skills in VBA and Python.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in Excel spreadsheet modeling and data analysis.
  • Have the ability to automate tasks and conduct independent data analysis.
  • Are willing to commit to a 6-month full-time internship.
  • Exhibit good communication and interpersonal skills.

Learning Objectives This internship will provide you with:

  • Practical experience in developing and maintaining financial models for interest rate trading.
  • Hands-on skills in data analysis, automation, and Bloomberg data extraction.
  • Exposure to the daily operations of a dynamic trading desk.
  • Opportunities to collaborate with experienced traders and quantitative analysts.
  • A deeper understanding of the factors driving global interest rate markets.

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 Bank

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.