Assistant Manager, Market Risk Management

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad is seeking an Assistant Manager in Market Risk Management to monitor risk exposures, analyse market sensitivities, and support risk management activities across trading. You will develop analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills while gaining practical insights into risk management in today’s financial markets.

You will collaborate with Front Office and stakeholders to understand trading activities, monitor limits, and contribute to reporting and automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, engineering, statistics or related field.
• Strong interest in financial markets, treasury products, derivatives and risk management.
• Knowledge of interest rate, credit and FX market risk concepts is advantageous.
• Proficient in Excel and Power BI; VBA or Python knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyse market risk exposures, risk sensitivities and drivers to identify trends.
• Engage Front Office to understand trading activities and hedging strategies.
• Monitor risk limits, investigate deviations, and escalate issues timely.
• Assist in risk reporting, dashboards and presentations for committees and stakeholders.
• Analyse sensitivities for IR, credit, FX and other market risks.
• Support data analytics and visualisation to enhance monitoring and decision making.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and automation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Quantitative skills

Problem solving

Excel proficiency

Power BI

VBA

Python familiarity

Data visualization

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, or a related discipline

Tools

Power BI

Excel

VBA

Python

Job description

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

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