Markets Operations & Static Data Lead — Assistant Manager

OCBC Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Professional development

Job summary

OCBC Group in Singapore is seeking a Markets Operations - Static Data Management Analyst, Assistant Manager/Manager to maintain accurate static and reference data across Treasury platforms, enabling reliable trade capture, settlement and reporting.

The role requires governance of data, maker-checker controls, and collaboration across Finance, Risk, Compliance and Technology. Office-based at Tampines with emphasis on accuracy and timeliness.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Good knowledge of Treasury products such as securities, derivatives, foreign exchange and money markets.
• Good understanding of front-to-back trade processing and the related operational risks and controls.
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with sound judgement and accountability.
• Able to prioritize effectively and work accurately in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment.
• Improvement-oriented mindset with an interest in automation, data quality and operational efficiency.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; familiarity with Murex, SWIFT or other Treasury platforms is advantageous.
• Experience in static data, reference data, instrument or counterparty setup, settlement instructions, or Treasury systems is advantageous.
• High level of attention to detail and an understanding of how data changes affect trade processing, accounting, settlement and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain approved counterparty, issuer, instrument, security, settlement-instruction, calendar, portfolio, product and other reference-data records in Murex, TSDS and relevant platforms.
• Review requests for completeness, validity and required approvals before processing, and clarify incomplete or ambiguous instructions with requestors.
• Perform maker or checker activities in accordance with segregation-of-duties requirements and maintain clear before-and-after evidence.
• Apply data standards, naming conventions, mapping rules and effective dates consistently across systems and entities.
• Monitor static-data requests and exception queues, prioritize time-critical requests, and meet agreed service levels and operational cut-offs.
• Investigate data issues and downstream breaks, perform root-cause analysis, coordinate remediation and prevent recurrence.
• Maintain controlled repositories for validated settlement instructions and supporting records, and ensure changes are traceable and auditable.
• Support periodic control activities such as dormant-record reviews, access reviews, data-quality checks, reconciliations and procedure reviews.
• Assess static-data implications for new products, new entities, system changes and projects; participate in requirements gathering, testing and implementation.
• Work with Global Markets, Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Technology and external data providers to resolve data dependencies and control gaps.
• Identify opportunities to automate data sourcing, validation, enrichment, publication, monitoring and exception handling.
• Maintain current procedures and reference guides; support training, cross-skilling, business continuity and knowledge transfer.
• Provide holiday support where required to ensure continuity of critical static-data and Markets Operations activities.
• Comply with Bank policies, data-governance standards, operational risk requirements and applicable regulatory obligations.

Skills

Degree

Treasury products

Trade processing

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Murex

SWIFT

Data quality

Automation

Attention to detail

Education

Degree

Tools

Murex

SWIFT

Job description

OCBC Group in Singapore is seeking a Markets Operations - Static Data Management Analyst, Assistant Manager/Manager to maintain accurate static and reference data across Treasury platforms, enabling reliable trade capture, settlement and reporting.

The role requires governance of data, maker-checker controls, and collaboration across Finance, Risk, Compliance and Technology. Office-based at Tampines with emphasis on accuracy and timeliness.