VP System Analyst (BWCIF), Core Banking

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

You will be responsible for the end-to-end software development and support for all work transitioned from Group (which could be projects, quarterly change requests, L3 production fixes). This includes analysis and design to development, implementation, testing and support.

You will be expected to work with business analysts to understand business requirements and provide technical solutions. Your work will include DevOps, automation of software deployment on AS400, Silverlake and BWC (Bankwide CIF) Customer File.

You will also be responsible for quality assurance of the team delivery in conformance to the Bank-defined software delivery methodology and tools. You will partner closely with the Group domain team to plan and manage transitioned deliverables.

• Participate in application and solution design sessions.
• Analyse user requirements and convert requirements to design documents.
• Develop system documentation to capture key design decisions.
• Communicate complex technical issues to business users in a language they understand.
• Execute continuous service improvement and process improvement plans.
• Create technical documents for the solutions. Compile timely, comprehensive, and accurate documentation and or reports as requested.
• Perform design and development of applications according to change requests and project requirements.
• Design and update software database/tables. This includes, but is not limited to: Software Applications, Data Communication Processes and User Interfaces.
• Test, maintain and recommend software improvements to ensure strong functionality and optimization.
• Work with production support team members to conduct root cause analysis of issues, review new and existing code and/or perform unit testing.
• Independently install, customise and integrate software packages and programs.
• Compile and assess user feedback to improve software performance.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• At least 9 years’ experience in software development, preferably in core banking with functional business and system knowledge on Bank wide Customer Information (BWCIF)
• Knowledge of Silverlake’s banking software will be added advantage. 
• Possess strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and process design skills to translate analysis into solutions that meet business objectives.
• Communication (written and verbal) and inter-personal skills to manage technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple business units.
• Experience in providing effort estimation mandays, cost and prepare Functional Specification Document for proposed solution.
• AS400 RPG and COBOL programming skills (able to read and understand the program source code) will be preferred. 
• DevOps - ALDON (automation of software deployment on AS400) - Silverlake - BWC (Bankwide CIF) Customer File.

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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