Product Owner cum Business Analyst, Finance COO (One-Year Direct Contract)

About the role

Group Finance at DBS aims to deliver world-class standards in reporting, financial planning and finance processes, providing insights that support decisions on product development and customer profitability, as well as capital management, business planning, forecasting and tax and accounting advisory. This pivotal role oversees the digital transformation of finance business processes, from understanding the current landscape to developing and adopting AI-powered automation. It is a full-time fixed-term contract of one year.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse existing finance business processes to identify pain points, inefficiencies and digital transformation opportunities, and turn business requirements into clear technical specifications for engineers.
• Gather feedback with business users, map processes with BPMN tools and document end-to-end data lineage.
• Advocate for AI and ML tools and act as liaison between finance stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Partner with engineering teams on the design of scalable digital products and implement quality assurance, testing and validation.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and deliver user training and adoption strategies.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, Finance or a related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in technology leadership, product management or business analysis, preferably in financial services.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent communication skills with cross-functional teams.
• Aspirations to build a career in banking and to drive change with AI capabilities.

Required skills

• Familiarity with large language models, BPMN and data lineage tools such as OpenMetadata is an advantage.
• Comfort with emerging technologies.