Global Markets Front Office Risk Management

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.

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Why Join

The FORM (Front Office Risk Management) team is the first line of defence within the Global Markets Division that supports the Asset Liability Management, Trading and Sales teams in managing financial risk (i.e. market risk, credit risk, capital and collateral management). The coverage spans across businesses in different international locations and financial asset classes. 

How you succeed
To succeed in this role, you'll need to stay up-to-date with market trends and developments, and be able to analyze complex data to identify potential risks. You'll work closely with our risk management teams to develop and implement effective risk management strategies, and provide support to our front office teams to ensure that they have the tools and resources they need to manage risk effectively.

What you do

• Support the front office desks in optimizing their capital and collateral/margining usage

• Drive new capital and collateral related initiatives; working with the front office, project managers and developers on its design and development

• Respond to queries and challenges from the business, second line risk functions, finance teams, auditors or regulators; ensuring sound risk management and controls are adhered to

• Drive a sustainable business growth strategy by developing new risk management approaches, tools, and analytics to create efficiencies within the team and implement better controls to cater for new products and markets

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. Dynamic. Driven. It's about multiproduct solutions that maximise opportunity for everyone. You included.

Who you are 

• Ideally 3-10years of relevant experience in risk analytics/management; preferably with experience in implementing various regulatory initiatives (e.g. FRTB, UMR, IBOR transition, Climate Risk, Central Clearing, etc.)

• Fresh graduates are also welcome to apply

• Good university degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g. Financial Engineering, Computing, etc.)

• Strong ability deciphering data to perform quantitative analysis

• Analytical and independent thinker with good written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex technical subjects in a simple straightforward manner to senior management

• Self-driven, able to provide creative or alternative solutions to address business problems to achieve objectives

• Strong team player with good interpersonal and organizational skills

• Flexible and adaptable to the fast-changing requirements of the business and industry

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.