Market Risk Assistant Manager – Analytics & Insights

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

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.