AVP, Financial Information Management (SQL, Data Mapping, IFRS 9) - 1 Year Contract, Group Finance

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.

About the Department

Group Finance

Group Finance fulfils a dual role of governance and value-add in support of UOB’s performance and strategic objectives. We are responsible for the financial, regulatory and performance reporting of UOB Group, and fulfilling our mandate as stewards of the Bank’s resources by ensuring the right levels of controls and oversight over the use of the Bank’s resources. At the same time, we support senior management and the businesses by providing insights into the performance of the Group and its businesses and geographies in order to support enhanced decision making over both the short and long term in order to achieve optimal and sustainable financial outcomes for our shareholders.

Financial Information Management (FIM), Group Finance

Financial Information Management (FIM) drives the strategic roadmap for the Bank’s financial systems and partners with stakeholders and GTO Technology specialists to deliver solutions to support the growth of UOB.​  We aim to protect and enhance Group Finance value through optimizing the use of our systems and tools as we implement a controlled architecture.

Job Responsibilities

The candidate will be part of Financial Information Management (FIM) within Group Finance under the Change Management organization structure. Your key responsibilities include:

• Gather and document user requirements
• Assess functional impact of changes to Finance applications
• Assess the user configuration setup required for application changes
• Review functional design and ensure that business requirements are met
• Responsible for end-to-end User Acceptance Testing activities such as
  • define test approach, prepare test scripts and execute User Acceptance Test, analyse test results and ensure that reported issues are resolved
• Transition project to production support teams with proper documentation and training
• Provide support in resolving post implementation issues during warranty period

Job Requirements

• Degree in Accounting / Finance/ Business or its equivalent professional certificates
• 6 - 8 years of experience as a Business Analyst in a project setting within Banking / Financial Services Industry
• Proven business analysis skills: experience in developing business requirements documents, test strategy and test scripts for User Acceptance Test
• Strong proficiency in SQL
• Strong understanding of Data Architecture, Data Mapping, Data Warehousing, and strong ability in querying and analyzing data
• Analytical and has aptitude for system related work
• Prior work experience as a business analyst with experiences gained in any of the following areas is a plus:
  • IFRS 9 Reporting or Basel III reporting
  • Front-to-back projects for Trade Finance Products
• Experienced and confident in dealing with various levels of management
• Self-starter with resilience and resourcefulness
• Possess strong organizational skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

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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