Risk Business Analyst, Far Tech - SAS

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. 

Job Responsibilities

• Business knowledge with Banking Background, specifically in Risk Management and Treasury
• Strong functional knowledge and experience in the Risk domain, covering Liquidity Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Fraud and Operational Risk management
• Understanding of Treasury and Retail products
• Working with risk users to understand the business requirements for reporting of Interest Rate Risk in Banking Book (IRRBB) and Liquidity Risk/ Operational risk and Fraud management
• Translating the business requirements into proper Design and Functional Specification documents.
• Working with Technology to participate in system design, build, user acceptance test, troubleshooting and ensuring that risk user needs are being met in any implementation
• Working with other upstream systems to create seamless end to end processes
• Working with Change Request Committee to provide plan, status update, and documentation
• Providing regular communication with teams on implementation activities
• Investigating and resolving issues raised by risk management users
• Meeting the tight deadlines and schedules
• Monitor and manage risks /issues related to requirement and solution analysis
• Provide status update related to technical delivery to Project Manager/Technical Delivery Manager

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 Requirements

Job Requirements
•    A Bachelor or Maser degree in Computer Science, Statistic, Information Technology, and relevant discipline from reputable institutions
•    A minimum of at least 6 years’ work experience as a System Analyst in Risk management domain
•    Base SAS programming is an advantage
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

The candidate should:
•    Have good interpersonal and communications skills
•    Have strong people & team leadership skills
•    Have good organizational skills and stakeholder management skills, with experience at coordinating multiple stakeholders in a diverse organization
•    Have good presentation skills
•    Be a self-starter, and able to work independently
•    Able to work within ambiguity
•    Have strong delivery ability and able to see end-to-end closure of issues to hit delivery commitments with focus & discipline
•    In depth experience in operating systems (Unix, Linux, Windows) & Middleware (Weblogic, MQ, IIS, WebSphere, Tomcat, Connect Direct, SFTP)
•    Strong knowledge on server hardware in VM and Physical server environments & Application Infrastructure Service Delivery.
•    To be a quick learner - Gain working level knowledge in any new tools and technology as needed

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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