Assistant Vice President, Structured Project Finance Asia, Global Corporate Banking Division

OCBC Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Holistic, flexible benefits

Industry-leading learning & dev

Wellbeing and growth support

Job summary

OCBC Bank is seeking an experienced banker to drive ECA-backed financing and project finance across Asia. The role focuses on origination, structuring and execution for Korean sponsors, with close collaboration with global wholesale banking teams.

You will analyze credit, build financial models, and lead transactions from due diligence to documentation, balancing OCBC’s risk and client objectives in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in structured or project finance, ECA finance, or related fields.
• Strong credit analysis and structuring skills with clear recommendations.
• Advanced financial modelling and strong analytical capabilities.
• Commercially minded with interest in financing opportunities and client relationships.
• Fluency in Korean strongly preferred.
• High attention to detail and disciplined execution in multi‑workstream environments.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop ECA-backed financing and PF business, including Korean counterparties.
• Screen transactions, research markets and perform credit assessments.
• Prepare client proposals, indicative terms and deal materials.
• Lead due diligence, credit assessment, modelling, structuring and documentation.
• Assess financial information to identify key commercial and credit factors.
• Maintain models; run sensitivity and scenario analyses.
• Draft credit applications and internal recommendations for approvals.
• Develop financing structures balancing OCBC risk, return and capital.
• Track industry and ECA market developments for portfolio impact.
• Prepare market intelligence and internal management reports.

Skills

Credit analysis

Structuring

Financial modelling

Analytical skills

Commercial mindset

Korean language

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Team player

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 This is an opportunity to contribute to the continued growth of OCBC's Export Credit Agency (ECA) Finance and Project Finance (PF) franchise across Asia and beyond. As part of SPFA, you will be involved in the origination, structuring and execution of: ECA-backed financing transactions across OCBC’s target markets globally; and Project finance opportunities involving Korean sponsors. Working within a specialised product team, you will collaborate closely with sector coverage teams, overseas branches and product partners across Global Wholesale Banking to deliver tailored financing solution for clients. This role offers broad exposure across business development, credit analysis, transaction structuring and execution. It is well suited to candidates who enjoys working on complex financings and supporting mandates from origination through to financial close.

How it works

To succeed in this role, you will combine sound analytical ability and credit judgement with a solid understanding of project and structured finance. Experience in sectors such as Renewables, Power & Utilities, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure and other asset-intensive industries will be advantageous. You should be comfortable evaluating commercial, financial, technical and legal aspects of greenfield and brownfield projects, as well as ECA-backed corporate financings. Fluency in Korean is strongly preferred, as the role will focus on opportunities involving Korean sponsors, contractors and ECAs. You will be a proactive and dependable professional with excellent attention to detail, sound judgement and effective communication skills, capable of working with internal and external stakeholders across multiple geographies.

What you do

• Assist in developing ECA-backed financing and PF business, including mandates involving Korean counterparties.
• Perform transaction screening, market research and preliminary credit assessments.
• Prepare client presentations, financing proposals, indicative terms and other deal-related materials.
• Lead transaction execution, including due diligence, credit assessment, financial modelling, structuring and documentation.
• Assess project and corporate financial information and identify key commercial, structural and credit considerations.
• Maintain financial models and perform sensitivity and scenario analyses.
• Draft credit applications and transaction recommendation for internal approval.
• Help develop financing structurs that meet client objectives while balancing OCBC’s risk, return and capital objectives.
• Track developments across relevant industries and the ECA market, and assess potential implication for the business and portfolio.
• Prepare market intelligence, management reports and other internal materials as required.

Who you are

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in structured finance, project finance, ECA finance, infrastructure finance or related fields.
• Sound credit analysis and structuring skills, with the ability to articulate and defend credit recommendations.
• Strong financial modelling and analytic skills.
• Commercially minded, with an interest in developing financing opportunities and client relationships.
• Fluency in Korean is strongly preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and disciplined execution capabilities.
• Able to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities effectively.
• Effective interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A collaborative team player who thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

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.

Let’s build the bank we need for the future we want. Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team. 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.

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.