Insider Threat Analyst

Posting Date: 24 Jun 2025

Location:

MY

Company: UOB Innovation Hub 2 Sdn. Bhd.

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices.

Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values — Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

UOB Innovation Hub 2 (InnoHub 2) is a newly set up technology centre located in Kuala Lumpur as part of UOB Group Technology and Operations to deliver innovative financial technology solutions that enable business growth and technology transformation.

About The Department

The Technology and Operations function is comprised of five teams of specialists with distinct capabilities: business partnership, technology, operations, risk governance and planning support and services. We work closely together to harness the power of technology to support our physical and digital banking services and operations. This includes developing, centralising and standardising technology systems as well as banking operations in Singapore and overseas branches.

Job Responsibilities

Insider Threat Analyst is an operational role within UOB’s Group Security Operations Centre. The incumbent will be responsible for the continuous monitoring, analysing, and investigating of insider threats. The candidate must have good analytical and investigative skills to recognize and detect anomalous behaviour.

Key Responsibilities

To supervise and perform day-to-day monitoring, triaging, and investigating of potential suspected anomalous usage behaviour alerts
To work with internal teams to validate alerts within stipulated SLA
To coordinate and support HQ in investigation of escalated cases to closure
To perform continuous review and improvement on current monitoring operations to enhance effectiveness of monitoring
To be able to recognize and report on issues, and work with HQ to resolve the issues
To gain in-depth understanding of internal business applications to be able to analyse, recognize and identify potentially anomalous activities
To perform analysis on usage behaviour trends to discover potentially fraudulent activities
To prepare routine and ad-hoc reporting and statistics on state of operations
To work with internal cyber security teams to ensure investigations are comprehensive
To manage team members’ case load and provide guidance on investigations

Job Requirements

Education

Diploma/Degree in Business Information Technology/Business Analytics from recognized academic institutions

Technical Skills and Experience

Minimum 7-10 years of relevant experience as an insider fraud/threat analyst in a financial institution
Excellent analytical and investigative skills
Experience with the use of analytical platforms
Experience with machine learning-enabled platforms would be advantageous
Experience in conducting review exercises, identifying of gaps in monitoring operations and providing proposed improvements
Knowledge of Cyber Security would be advantageous
Relevant working experience in security operations environment will be advantages

Soft Skills

Good communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong writing and presentation skills
Ability to adhere to work processes and procedures

Other Requirements

Ability to work independently
Ability to work well with a team

Be a part of UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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