Senior Associate / Associate, Market Risk Business & Data Analyst

About the role

The Risk Management Group works with business partners to manage the bank's risk exposure by balancing the goal of maximising returns against an acceptable risk profile, partnering with origination teams on financing, investments and hedging opportunities. This Senior Associate / Associate position combines market risk business analysis with data analysis work.

Key responsibilities

• Gather, collate and analyse user requirements from business and risk stakeholders.
• Provide clear business specifications and functional designs for end-to-end system implementations, specifically for Market Risk.
• Analyse and assess the impact of requests so that system and technical designs are sound and adequate for Market Risk needs.
• Devise comprehensive test plans, including test scenarios and test cases, for system deliverables.
• Perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, simulation testing and live verifications.
• Plan, schedule and adhere to enhancement timelines to meet agreed deliverables.
• Provide Business-as-Usual (BAU) support, including data sourcing, extraction and analysis, for stakeholders on the Source Data and the Market and Liquidity Risk Data Store.

Required profile

• Degree in Banking, Engineering, Computer Science or a related quantitative discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant business analysis experience.
• Proven experience bridging the gap between technology and business users to define and document business requirements for system solutions.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience in Market Risk.
• Experience implementing Market Systems or innovative digital solutions within a financial institution is a distinct advantage.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Required skills

• Proficiency in SQL and Excel.
• Some understanding of Python, MongoDB and QlikView.

The role is based in DBS Asia Central, is full time and regular. The employer offers a competitive salary and benefits package.