Role Overview
We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Data Analyst to be part of us. The role will focus on analysing large datasets, generating actionable insights, and supporting strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will have strong data management skills, financial domain knowledge (Preferably Regulatory Reporting, Risk and Compliance in a corporate banking products), and the ability to communicate findings in a clear, business-oriented manner.
Key Responsibilities
- Collect, clean, and validate data from multiple banking systems (e.g., loan management, treasury, trade finance, payments).
- Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis on corporate banking portfolios, including lending, deposits, trade finance, and treasury products.
- Work with stakeholders to identify business needs and translate them into data-driven solutions.
- Conduct trend, variance, and scenario analysis to support pricing, profitability, and client segmentation.
- Ensure compliance with data governance, quality, and regulatory reporting standards.
- Partner with technology teams to improve data pipelines, automate reporting, and implement advanced analytics use cases.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in data science, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Minimum 7-12 years of experience as a Data Analyst, ideally within banking or financial services.
- Familiarity with statistical analysis tools (Python, R) preferred.
- Good understanding of corporate banking products (loans, deposits, trade finance, treasury, payments).
- Knowledge of risk, compliance, and regulatory reporting frameworks in banking.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
- Excellent communication skills to translate technical data into business insights.
Preferred Attributes
- Experience in data warehousing, ETL, or big data platforms (Ex: Snowflake, Hadoop, Spark).
- Exposure to machine learning techniques for credit/risk scoring or client segmentation.
- Strong business acumen with an ability to connect data insights to revenue, cost, and risk drivers.
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams within a fast-paced banking environment.
Regulatory scope (for alignment):
- MAS 610 / Notice 1003 reporting (granular data & taxonomy; DCG submissions).
- Liquidity – MAS Notice 649 (MLA & LCR), MAS Notice 652 (NSFR), MAS Notice 640 (Asset Maintenance for foreign bank branches).
- Submission channel – MAS Data Collection Gateway (DCG) via MASNET (XML/XLS payloads, validations, due-date alerts).
1) Track Checklists (Prepare before workshop)
A. Finance – Regulatory Reporting & Controls
- Production flow: Source → Staging → Reg Data Mart → Transform/Rules → XML/XLS → DCG; list all manual touchpoints & key-person risks.
- Reconciliations: GL↔️MAS (balances, P&L impacts), period-over-period variances, thresholds & narrative packs.
- Liquidity mechanics: LCR/MLA steps (HQLA sourcing, runoff/inflow rates, intragroup), NSFR scope confirmation (ASF/RSF mapping).
- Large exposures & asset maintenance (branch): aggregation logic, connected parties, qualifying asset inventory & ratio.
- DQF: critical fields (industry/country/collateral/credit quality), preventive vs detective controls, exception dashboards.
- Toolchain: current platform coverage (templates/rule packs), spreadsheet/Alteryx governance, audit trail.
- Cut-over calendar: Day-X timings, sign-off chain, resubmission protocol (DCG).
- Finance deliverables: As-is process map & RACI; GL↔️MAS reconciliation policy & variance playbook; DQ rules for high-risk fields; submission calendar & signer matrix.
B. Risk – Credit • Market • Liquidity • Operational
- Credit data to MAS: staging/NPA/forbearance flags, PD/LGD/EAD, collateral haircuts & cadence; industry/country tags; off-BS exposures.
- Concentration & LE: counterparty hierarchy/LEI mapping; related-party detection; intragroup aggregation.
- Market/Treasury interfaces: trading/banking book positions, HQLA eligibility & encumbrance tracking (align to 649).
- Liquidity assumptions: LCR runoff factors, inflow caps, operational deposits; NSFR ASF/RSF mapping library.
- Stress testing/IWST: scenario data pulls, ownership, documentation for MAS Q&A; traceability to reported numbers.
- Operational risk: incident thresholds for MAS notification; KRI linkage where reportable.
- Risk deliverables: Risk data dictionary & lineage (source→ MAS field); LE aggregation spec; Liquidity Assumptions Register (owners/approvals); Stress-test data pack template.
C. Compliance – Reg Change • Governance • Assurance
- Applicability matrix: Branch obligations across 610/1003, 649/652, 640; disclosures alignment with HO where relevant.
- Reg change mgmt.: horizon scanning, impact assessment, vendor rule-pack uptake, SOP & training updates.
- Submission governance: maker-checker, manual-adjustment policy, late-change protocol, retention.
- Issue mgmt.: MAS Q&A playbook, resubmission controls, corrective action tracking.
- Assurance: control testing plan, Internal Audit alignment, inspection readiness (“brown envelope” kit).
- Compliance deliverables: Obligations register (owners/due dates); Reg-change SOP; Controls inventory (design + OET schedule); MAS correspondence log & RACI.