Assistant Manager, Market Risk Management

OCBC; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Flexible benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Wellbeing and career growth

Job summary

OCBC seeks an Assistant Manager in Market Risk Management to monitor exposures, analyse market sensitivities, and support risk activities across trading. You’ll build strong analytical and communication skills while contributing to risk oversight and process improvements.

The role emphasizes front-office engagement, data-driven reporting, and the development of risk insights using Excel, Power BI, and Python. A competitive career path awaits in a dynamic, learning-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, engineering, statistics, or related discipline.
• Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and data visualization tools is expected.

Responsibilities

• Analyse market risk exposures, risk drivers, and sensitivities.
• Collaborate with Front Office and stakeholders on trading activities and risk limits.
• Prepare risk reports, dashboards and presentations for risk committees and management.
• Monitor limit breaches and escalations; investigate and document observations.
• Support data analytics and visualization initiatives to enhance risk monitoring.
• Participate in risk analytics, regulatory submissions, and process improvements.
• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline reporting processes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Quantitative skills

Problem-solving

Data interpretation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, mathematics, engineering, statistics or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

VBA

Python

Job description

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

Gain first hand exposure to how a global bank manages market risks across a diverse portfolio of financial products. As a Assistant Manager in Market Risk Management, you'll work alongside experienced market risk professionals to monitor risk exposures, analyse market sensitivities, and support risk management activities across the trading business. You'll have the opportunity to develop your analytical, quantitative, and problem‑solving skills while gaining practical insights into how risk is managed in today's financial markets

How You Succeed

To excel in this role, you'll need to be intellectually curious, detail‑oriented, and comfortable working with data. You'll collaborate with the team to analyse market risk exposures, investigate risk movements, and support process improvement initiatives. Your ability to interpret complex information, communicate findings clearly, and continuously seek opportunities to improve processes will be key to delivering value and building a strong foundation in market risk management.

Who You Work With

Market Risk Management plays a critical role in safeguarding the bank by monitoring and managing exposures arising from financial market activities. You'll work alongside market risk professionals responsible for overseeing trading and banking portfolios, and ensuring risks remain within approved risk appetites. You'll gain valuable exposure to risk management practices, financial products, and the interaction between market movements, portfolio performance, and risk outcomes.

What You Do

• Risk Analysis: Analyse market risk exposures, risk sensitivities and key risk drivers to identify trends, investigate significant risk movements, and assess changes in portfolio risk profiles.
• Front Office Engagement: Build effective working relationships with Front Office and relevant stakeholders to understand trading activities, hedging strategies, portfolio positioning, and emerging risk exposures.
• Limit Monitoring & Escalation: Monitor risk limit excesses and exceptions, conduct investigations, document observations, and ensure timely escalation and follow-up with relevant stakeholders.
• Risk Reporting: Support the preparation of risk reports, dashboards and presentations for management, risk committees, and other stakeholders, ensuring information is accurate, timely and insightful.
• Sensitivity Analysis: Perform analysis of interest rate, credit, foreign exchange, and other market risk sensitivities to assess the potential impact of market movements on portfolio performance.
• Data Analytics & Visualisation: Support the analysis of large datasets and contribute to the development of reporting and visualisation tools that enhance risk monitoring and decision‑making.
• Process Enhancement & Automation: Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, strengthen controls, increase operational efficiency, and support automation initiatives through tools such as Excel, Power BI, VBA or Python.
• Ad‑hoc Projects: Participate in market risk initiatives, regulatory submissions, audits, system enhancements, and other projects as assigned.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, or a related discipline.
• Strong interest in financial markets, treasury products, derivatives, and risk management.
• Sound understanding of financial market concepts and basic treasury products.
• Knowledge of interest rate, credit, foreign exchange, and other market risk concepts would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem‑solving skills.
• Meticulous, detail‑oriented, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders effectively.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
• Familiarity with VBA, Python, AI tools, or other programming languages will be an added advantage.
• Experience working with large datasets, reporting tools, and data visualisation techniques would be advantageous.
• Effective presentation and communication skills, with the ability to translate analytical findings into meaningful insights.
• Curious and passionate about market risk management, risk analytics, and quantitative modelling

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.