Market Risk Assistant Manager – Data-Driven & Impactful

OCBC Malaysia; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits

Learning opportunities

Community initiatives

Job summary

OCBC Malaysia is seeking an Assistant Manager in Market Risk Management to monitor risk exposures, analyse market sensitivities, and support risk management across trading activities. You will work with experienced risk professionals to develop analytical and problem-solving skills while gaining insights into modern risk practices.

The role focuses on risk analysis, front office engagement, limit monitoring, reporting, and automation using Excel, Power BI, VBA or Python.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, engineering or statistics.
• Strong interest in financial markets, derivatives, and risk management.
• Proficient in Excel and Power BI.
• Experience with large datasets and data visualization is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyse market risk exposures and key risk drivers to identify trends and assess portfolio risk.
• Engage Front Office to understand trading activities, hedging strategies, and positions.
• Monitor risk limits, investigate breaches, document observations and escalate with stakeholders.
• Prepare risk reports, dashboards and presentations for management and risk committees.
• Perform sensitivity analyses for interest rate, credit and FX risk to assess market movements impact.
• Support data analytics and visualization efforts to enhance risk monitoring and decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and automation using Excel, Power BI, VBA or Python.
• Participate in ad-hoc market risk projects, regulatory submissions and audits.

Skills

Risk analysis

Front office engagement

Limit monitoring

Risk reporting

Sensitivity analysis

Data analytics

Process automation

Ad-hoc projects

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

VBA

Python

Job description

OCBC Malaysia is seeking an Assistant Manager in Market Risk Management to monitor risk exposures, analyse market sensitivities, and support risk management across trading activities. You will work with experienced risk professionals to develop analytical and problem-solving skills while gaining insights into modern risk practices.

The role focuses on risk analysis, front office engagement, limit monitoring, reporting, and automation using Excel, Power BI, VBA or Python.