Job Description

Company: 1011 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.

We seek a dynamic and experienced Business Analyst to drive the Trade Finance Program to ensure seamless integration of core Trade capabilities and AI solutions, process optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate workshops and cross-functional meetings to gather business requirements and define solution approaches.
• Analyze current business processes to identify AI integration opportunities.
• Collaborate with business sponsors, product managers, data scientist, technology partners to realize business needs into actual solution.
• Conduct data analysis to support decision-making and validate AI model readiness.
• Familiar with Associative data modeling, predictive & text analytics, classification, data exploration, summarization.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to develop use case benefits explanation, business requirement documents (BRDs), process maps, data dictionaries, client journey, user stories..etc
• Mentor and manage junior analysts, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Have proven track record of Enterprise Wide / Trade Systems Implementation
• Have relevant experience with Trade Finance Products or Operations
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and timely delivery.

• Prepare and present status updates, dashboards, and executive summaries to stakeholders.

Deliverables

• Process Flow Diagrams and Maps
• Data Dictionaries and Analysis Reports
• User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Project Plans, Risk Logs, and Status Reports

Tools & Platforms

• Jira, Confluence, Atlassian Intelligence
• TRADYSTREAM, TRADE SUN, LYOLDS

Job Requirements:

• Strong business domain knowledge in banking especially Trade Finance products and operations processes.

• Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and process design skills that can translate analysis into solutions that meet business objectives

• Paying attention to details and able to provide end to end solution to Business requirements.

• Change mindset, prior experience of Process Change / AI implementation is preferred.

• Understanding of technology and operational processes across functions / departments in the bank/market.

• Resourceful team player

• Familiar with change management processes and project management fundamentals

• Outstanding communications, influencing, negotiating and persuasion skills

• Passionate, diligent and resilient individual with ability to thrive in ambiguity

• Experience in scoping and evaluation – Defining overall considerations, including scalability, maintainability, cost, operations and technology principal risk to provide a recommendation

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/ business/ finance or equivalent

• Minimum 8 to10 years of Trade Finance banking experience

• Trade Finance prior experience (Operations or Product) is mandatory

• Trade Finance systems implementation experience is preferred

Additional Requirements

University-Bachelor

Be a Part of the 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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