Compliance Strategy & Governance Manager

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, Thailand and Vietnam, 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 Compliance function is a strategic partner and a trusted business enabler to the Board and senior management. It is our responsibility to ensure that the Group continuously fulfils its regulatory obligations in today’s tight and dynamic regulatory landscape. To do that, we work closely with internal stakeholders to identify and to assess regulatory risks. This collaboration also includes developing practical solutions that integrate regulations into operational requirements as well as actively shaping and promoting stronger compliance culture and literacy in the Bank.

Job Responsibilities

Data infrastructure and pipeline

•        Create, build, and maintain the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data

•        Deliver high-quality, production-ready data pipelines that bring and cleanse data from source systems to support AFC model build

Support model development and deployment

•        Liaise closely with relevant stakeholders (e.g., Data Management Office) to identify and assess suitability of data for AFC models

•        Liaise with Business Analyst and ensure assembled data sets used for model build meet business requirements

•        Support Data Scientist(s) in developing model narratives

Enhancement and support

•        Identify, design, and implement enhancements for internal process related to data

•        Performs data analysis required to troubleshoot data related issues and support the resolution of raised data issues.

•        Support UOBV in adopting and/or migrating to new production environment, if needed

Team Contributions

•        Support the validation team in defining and maintaining minimum standards of model performance

•        Keep up to date with changes to regulatory requirements, recommendations and industry standards in analytics and management of AML / AFC risk, and propose updates to minimum standards of model development

Model Validation

•        Conduct independent validation of AFC / AML models as per the standards defined

•        Review further action by model owners on areas of attention identified in previous reports related to the same model, and call out gaps

Job Requirements

• The role is expected to have 5 - 7 years of experience working in technology and/or data analytics space, preferably 2 - 3 years of experience working in with advanced analytical models/tools/applications (e.g., machine learning, data-lake) in banking areas.

• Prior experience working on large-scale analytics projects (eg. Data Lake)

• Comfortable working with structured and unstructured data and distributed databases. Familiar with best practice development and validation standards

• Basic understanding and knowledge of banking, risk management, regulatory recommendations and industry standards related to AML/AFC/compliance risks. Experience in or familiarity with analytics related to AML/AFC/Compliance risks are advantages.

• Ability to clearly communicate complex results in an easy-to-understand manner and tailoring them to different audiences.

• Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.

•  R and / or Python, with practical knowledge of data wrangling and machine learning libraries (e.g., Pandas, Keras, Tensorflow, Sklearn)

• Experience in data engineering tools, schema design, dimensional data modelling, robotic process, natural language processing and network link analysis

• Bachelor’s degree

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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Competencies

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