Credit Risk Manager – Corporate Banking

OCBC company; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits

Community initiatives

Professional development

Wellbeing support

Job summary

OCBC Bank invites applications for a senior credit risk/ lending role based in Malaysia. The position focuses on making credit decisions, conducting portfolio reviews and providing guidance across business units to ensure sound risk management and compliant approvals within established authority.

It also requires active participation in NPAP/NPAC processes and sign-offs for high‑risk facilities, with emphasis on enhancing risk criteria and early action when warnings arise.

Qualifications

• Provide credit decision/approval within authorised lending authority limit.
• Engage with business units on opportunities including joint calls and site visits with guidance on structuring facilities.
• Identify early warning signs and initiate remedial actions for deteriorating credits.
• Define and enhance Target Market and Risk Acceptance Criteria.
• Perform targeted portfolio reviews and formulate action plans to minimize risks.
• Collaborate with business heads to improve lending and approval processes and provide coaching to credit officers.
• Attend and approve NPAP/NPAC processes and committees as delegated by CRO.
• Sign-off and endorsement for FI/NBFI/Sovereign/trading credits before submission to FICRM Singapore.
• Empanelment of valuers and annual performance reviews; evaluate EF empanelment for CFS and EMB.

Responsibilities

• Provide credit decision/ approval of credit propositions, credit reviews, temporary excesses and transaction exceptions within authorised lending authority limit.
• Engage with business units on potential opportunities including joint calls and site visits where necessary and providing guidance and advice on structuring facilities.
• Work closely with business units to timely identify early warning signs and initiate appropriate remedial actions for deteriorating credits.
• Work with BU to define, review and enhance Target Market and Risk Acceptance Criteria.
• Perform targeted portfolio reviews in response to events/developments that may have an adverse impact on overall credit quality and to formulate action plans to minimize/manage risks identified.
• Together with business heads, to be actively involved in formulating business and risk strategies, to improve credit lending & approval process and provide coaching/guidance whenever required to the other business and risk credit officers.
• Early Action Committee/MY Wholesale Ratings Technical Committee.
• Credit Functional specialist for New Product Approval Process (NPAP).
• Attend and approve new products submitted to New Product Approval Committee (NPAC) as delegated by CRO.
• Local sign-off and endorsement for all FI/NBFI/Sovereign/trading credits prior to submission to FICRM S’pore.
• Approver for empanelment of valuers and annual performance review.
• Evaluation and approval of EF empanelment for CFS and EMB whereby developer fails the RAC.

Job description

OCBC Bank invites applications for a senior credit risk/ lending role based in Malaysia. The position focuses on making credit decisions, conducting portfolio reviews and providing guidance across business units to ensure sound risk management and compliant approvals within established authority.

It also requires active participation in NPAP/NPAC processes and sign-offs for high‑risk facilities, with emphasis on enhancing risk criteria and early action when warnings arise.