Solution Architect – Treasury and Securities (VP)

OCBC Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 230,000 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Holistic benefits

Learning & development

Job summary

OCBC Bank seeks a Solution Architect – Treasury and Securities (VP) to lead front-to-back architecture across front office, risk, operations, and finance. You will design resilient, low-latency platforms handling FX, fixed income, derivatives, and trading workflows, integrating pricing, risk and settlements.

You will define the target state architecture, ensure alignment with enterprise roadmaps, and produce detailed artefacts.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in enterprise or solutions architecture.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native tech and microservices.
• Experience with low-latency, high‑reliability systems.
• Familiarity with Treasury market data and vendor platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver target state Treasury & Securities architecture.
• Lead solution design across trade capture, pricing, risk, settlements, and custody.
• Ensure designs align with enterprise blueprints and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with delivery teams, traders, risk, and finance stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise / solutions architecture

Cloud-native technologies

Microservices

Kubernetes

Low-latency systems

Treasury domain knowledge

Stakeholder management

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Oracle

Kafka / MQ

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.

Solution Architect – Treasury and Securities (VP)

Why Join Imagine being part of a team that shapes the future of banking technology. As a Technology Architecture professional at OCBC, you'll play a key role in designing and implementing innovative solutions that transform the way we deliver financial services. You'll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, collaborate with talented individuals, and develop your skills in a dynamic and supportive environment.

How you succeed

Lead front‑to‑back architecture for Treasury and Securities across front office, risk, operations, finance/ledger, and digital asset businesses. This includes FX, MM, fixed income, derivatives, ALM, funding & liquidity, hedge accounting, and securities trading (equities, bonds, structured products). Architect resilient, low‑latency, high‑integrity platforms integrating pricing, risk, position‑keeping, order management, market connectivity, confirmations/settlements, collateral, clearing, custody, and regulatory reporting for both retail and institutional clients.

What you do

Drive Target State Treasury & Securities Architecture Define and deliver the bank’s target state architecture across Treasury and Securities, covering trade capture, order/execution workflows, pricing services, market data ingestion, risk analytics, settlement, clearing, custody, and integration with core banking, finance, and payments. Establish reference architectures for low latency trading channels, exchange connectivity, FIX/FAST protocols, market gateways, and STP processing for retail and institutional clients. Align Solution Design with Enterprise Strategy Demonstrate strong understanding of architecture strategy and roadmap, ensuring solution designs consistently align with enterprise blueprints, guidelines, roadmap and guiding principles. Deliver Comprehensive Solutions Design Artefacts Produce detailed solution artefacts (trade & market‑data models, sequence diagrams, deployment topologies, resilience/run‑books, NFRs) across application, data, and infra. Define and evolve architecture and integration patterns for market data, pricing/risk (real time/batch), P&L explain, confirmations/settlements, collateral/margin, limits/controls, and accounting/GL.

Deep Domain Expertise with Agility

Possess in-depth knowledge of Treasury domain expertise across one or more: Treasury asset classes: FX, MM, fixed income, derivatives. Pricing, analytics, and valuation services. Position management and inventory optimization. Market & liquidity risk (VaR/ES, Greeks, IRRBB, LCR/NSFR). ALM/FTP and hedge accounting. Securities trading: equities, fixed income, structured products, ETFs. Retail & institutional low latency trading channels and order flows. Post trade processing: clearing, custody, settlement (e.g., SWIFT, DvP, CCPs, CSDs). Trade reporting and regulatory obligations (MiFID, MAS, EMIR, etc.) Collaborate and Govern Effectively Identify and raise architecture deviations and manage tech debt resolutions to Architecture / Platforms forums for timely resolution and alignment. Hands-On Engagement with Delivery Teams and Users Hands on engagement with trading, risk, operations, and finance stakeholders; as well as across delivery, partnering closely with engineers, data scientists, and platform teams to ensure solutions adhere to design and best practices (data quality, observability, resiliency, cost).

Who you are

Preferably 7+ years in enterprise / solutions architecture and cloud-native technologies such as microservices, Kubernetes, kafka/MQ, redis, databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle). Strong knowledge of cloud architecture and infrastructure setup. Experience with low‑latency and high‑reliability systems, market‑data integration, and FO‑to‑BO/STP processing; familiarity with Treasury vendor platforms is a plus. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across all levels. Proven ability to define new architectures, lead projects independently, and drive adoption of best practices. Strong analytical and decision-making skills; proactive and resourceful. Experience in Infrastructure, Cloud, Payments, Core Banking domains is an advantage.

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.