Job Description

VP, Risk Manager, Group Risk

Posting Date: 31 Jan 2024

Location:
Singapore (City Area), Singapore, 048624

Company: United Overseas Bank Ltd

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

The Retail function provides Personal and Business Banking customers with financial solutions tailored to their needs. We help them manage their money wisely and meet their financial goals through an extensive range of products and services. These include deposit, insurance, secured and unsecured loans, investment and wealth advisory services.

Personal Financial Services

We design and provide products and services that empower our customers to enjoy greater banking convenience while they extract more value from their money. In particular, we are focused on promoting and developing healthy saving and investment practices across generations.

Job Responsibilities

Risk Analytics and Modelling is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk. May include establishing risk management procedures and processes to ensure adherence to policies. The Analytics, Modeling, & Reporting area is responsible for analyzing and reporting on data sets for a particular area to evaluate, recommend and support the implementation of business strategies and operational processes. Specializes in developing quantitative and analytic models, and applications to support the business by assessing market, credit, and/or operational risks of new and existing financial products. May include risk model validation which specializes in the review, independent testing, and validation of all internal risk models prior to implementation, and throughout the lifecycle.

Job Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a quantitative programme, such as Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Finance and Economics degree with quantitative focus. MBA / post graduate degree is an added advantage
• 8+ years of experience in credit risk management/decision science in a retail banking environment. Experience in Unsecured Lending and Machine Learning is highly desired
• Team player who can work well with cross functional teams in UOBS and regionally, good communication skills (verbal and written) and self-motivated. Ability to collaborate with other business partners and stakeholders to address key business challenges and opportunities
• Self starter, flexible with a proven ability to lead teams, as well as being able to take ownership and drive projects to completion.
• Good computing skills: SAS - Programming, Enterprise Guide, Enterprise Miner; SQL and database familiarity. Familiarity with Python is an added advantage.
• Excellent communicator (verbal and written) and meticulous.

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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