Assistant Vice President, Risk Data Solutions

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• Develops and execute strategies for overall improvement in the efficiency of Risk Data Solutions & Strategy (RDSS) Unit's operations and the quality of data in the RDM.
• Understand the data needs of different teams in Group Risk and propose solution / process enhancements that will benefit majority of the data users, meet Basel and other regulatory requirements.
• Drive, manage or participate in strategic and key focus projects (e.g. enhancement of data marts, implementation of new data solutions, data quality initiatives, new systems integration, streamlining and automation of processes on ERI's data platforms, etc.); and ensure the implementation is delivered with quality within the stipulated timeframe.

Business Performance and Management

• Ensure RDM monthly reporting cycles are completed successfully in a timely manner.
• Review new product papers, systems interfaces, data and process changes and propose solution enhancements that are necessary to facilitate Credit / Market Risk Weighted Asset (RWA) computation, Single Counterparty Exposure Limit (SCEL) and Non-Retail Portfolio reporting and analytics.
• Plan and prioritize for work deliverables to be delivered based on a realistic timeline.
• Work together with relevant Risk reporting and GT teams on RDM data enrichment and ensure that data mapped into the RDM meets Basel IRB and other regulatory requirements
• Responsible for Data Integration from CIMB Entities/Subsidiaries/Branches to the RDM for Group Risk reporting.
• Provide support and guidance to Data Management teams in regional entities to align processes, infrastructure solution and capabilities, where applicable.
• Promptly escalate critical data quality and data governance related issues to the Data Owners / System Owners and track progress for resolution.

People Management

• Lead / guide an effective and cohesive team that operates seamlessly between departments, division and across borders.
• Engage with key stakeholders effectively to derive clear communication, implementation strategies, expectation of deliverables and timeline.
• Initiate ideas for continuous improvement of team members' skillsets and expertise in data management and operational efficiency of RDM.
• Provide guidance to the team on the RDM data model extension/enhancement to cater for new data requirements.
• Manage external vendors and GT team supporting the SAS RDM and RWA solution to ensure effective support, efficient system enhancement and optimal system performance.

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensures the department's operations are in compliance with Group, local and regional regulations
• Ensures the data required for regulatory reports submission are accurate and ready for usage as per agreed SLA

Job Requirements

• Qualification: Degree in IT / Information Management / Computer Science from a reputable university

• Relevant Work Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in data warehouse / data mart

• implementation
• Minimum of 7 years working in the banking industry
• Minimum 3 years of experience in project management (added advantage if Risk related projects).
• Minimum 3 years of prior leadership / team lead role in an established banking/financial institution

Technical/Functional skills

Mandatory

• Knowledge in SAS application (SAS-EG / SAS-Base).
• Knowledge on data warehouse, data lake and/or data mart implementations
• Knowledge in Data Management and Data Governance processes / controls.
• Knowledge in data integration and solutioning.
• Ability to write SQL queries for data profiling and issues investigation
• Ability to design logical data models
• Knowledge in Basel, SCEL, and other related regulatory requirements.
• Sound knowledge in banking product data and features.
• Knowledge in core banking application, loan origination systems
• Knowledge in risk systems (e.g. credit scoring and rating systems, limit monitoring systems, Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) computation engines, risk data marts)
• Basic project management experience.

Added Advantage

• Knowledge in loan credit administration and operational process flow (e.g. loan application, approval, disbursement, monitoring, etc)
• Understanding on ETL design best practises
• Knowledge in Visualization tools such as Tableau, QlikView.

Personal skills (Soft Competencies [Core/Leadership])

• Strong communication, writing and presentation skills (English)
• Excellent analytical skills
• Good stakeholder management skills and ability to communicate effectively with both IT and business divisions (local and regional)
• Strong presentation and influencing skills, required for discussions with stakeholders; and knowledge transfer sessions (internal and/or external to the department)
• Strong team work culture