Assistant Manager, Data Analytic - Group Compliance

AmBank Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AmBank Group in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Data Analyst to design, develop and deliver analytics across Group Compliance. You will work with compliance functions to extract data, drive process improvements and boost productivity while aligning with bank-wide strategic growth.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Statistics/Data Science and at least six years in banking with three in data analytics, plus strong experience with PowerBI/Tableau and Python or R.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Statistics/ Data Science.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the banking field, with at least 3 years in data analytics.
• Proven track record of delivering impactful insights and recommendations based on data.
• Familiarity with data visualization best practices and tools (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.).
• Knowledge of programming languages such as Python or R is preferred.
• Certification in relevant analytics tools or methodologies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deliver analytics across Group Compliance.
• Identify opportunities to extract and utilize data for process re-engineering and productivity gains.
• Provide analytical recommendations aligned with bank-wide strategic growth plans.
• Generate data-driven insights to improve efficiency across LOBs and functions.
• Create models (propensity, segmentation) for customer personalisation and resource prioritisation.
• Assess new data sources and tools to enhance analytics capability and reduce false positives.
• Support analytics for Projects, Monitoring & Testing, Advisory, and Transactions Monitoring.

Skills

PowerBI

Tableau

Python

R

Education

Bachelors in CS/IT/Statistics/Data Science

Job description

• This role is responsible for the design, development and delivery of analytics work supporting all the functions within Group Compliance.
• The Data Analyst will work with Group Compliance functions to identify opportunities to extract and utilize data more effectively for purposes of process re-engineering and to harness productivity within Compliance and other areas of the Bank.
• To provide analytical recommendations in tandem with bank-wide strategic growth plans.
• To know and understand business user data challenges and manage their expectations.
• To generate insights in tandem with productivity of the bank across all LOBs.
• To create and deploy propensity, segmentation, and other models for greater customer personalisation and prioritisation of resources.
• To assess new data sources and analytical tools, enhance analytics capability for advanced analytics to detect new typologies and reduce false positives.
• To create data‑driven approaches for the purpose of generating new insights through new techniques, different datasets, and information visualisation.
• Perform analysis to identify false positive alerts in collaboration with the Transactions Monitoring Unit.
• Perform continuous analysis of alert volumes to ensure the transactions monitoring system works according to design.
• Work on analytics support for other functions within Group Compliance (projects, Monitoring & Testing, Advisory, Transaction Monitoring).
• To identify and escape risks inherent in particular situations or transactions.
• To assess, control, monitor, and report the impact of risks—regulatory or financial.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Statistics/ Data Science
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the banking field, with at least 3 years in data analytics.
• Proven track record of delivering impactful insights and recommendations based on data.
• Familiarity with data visualization best practices and tools (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.).
• Knowledge of programming languages such as Python or R is preferred.
• Certification in relevant analytics tools or methodologies is a plus.