VP, Financial Information Management - System Production Support, 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

FIM System Production Support works across Group Finance to understand the business objectives, requirements and processes of the various Finance stakeholders and provide end-user maintenance of our Finance systems and related processes.

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

• Ensure timely and accurate service delivery in accordance with Service Level Agreement
• Understand system set up implications due to changes in requirements or new products, and updates the necessary system configuration and procedure.
• Review and ensure operational problems, issues and queries are resolved promptly and satisfactorily
• Review and ensure SOPs are updated and comply with procedures
• Identify areas of improvements for implementations
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and work closely with IT and relevant stakeholders to support implementation including performing User Acceptance Testing

Job Requirements

• Degree in Accounting / Finance/ Business or its equivalent professional certificates
• At least 8 to 10 years demonstrated experience in banking industry and conversant with current accounting policies and banking regulations
• Have a good understanding of technology and operational needs of one or more of the following subject areas:
  • Financial accounting
  • Financial reporting
  • Performance management
  • Regulatory reporting related to Finance and Risk within a banking environment to support regulatory submission
• Aptitude for system related work, good knowledge of project planning and implementation including requirement gathering, system testing and system end-user maintenance
• Proven business analysis skills, including developing business / functional requirement, user test strategy and test scripts
• Strong capability in process control and operational risk management
• Familiarity with the Moody’s Risk Authority software for Basel Credit and/or Market Risk is a plus.
• Experience in SQL, MS PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Strong skills on data analysis via tools such as OBIEE, Power BI or Qlik Sense
• Experience or knowledge in Business Process Reengineering (BPR) 
• Experience and confidence in dealing with various levels of management
• Proven team player with strong interpersonal skills, possesses drive, initiative and is a self-starter
• Strong communication skills and superior attention to details
   

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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