As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.
Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.
We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.
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Role Overview
The Business Operations Analyst is responsible for driving financial governance, procurement excellence, and operational performance across Infrastructure Services. This role integrates financial management, cloud cost governance, and operational analytics to optimize spend, improve efficiency, and enable data-driven decision-making across traditional and cloud-based technology environments.
Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Management & Governance
Lead end-to-end financial oversight including budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and cash flow optimization
Ensure adherence to financial controls, regulatory compliance, and governance standards.
Deliver monthly and quarterly financial reports, providing insights to senior leadership for strategic planning.
Achieve high forecast accuracy to enable effective resource allocation.
2. Cloud Financial Management (FinOps)
Manage and optimize cloud spend across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms, ensuring alignment with budget and business objectives.
Implement FinOps practices including cost allocation, tagging strategies, showback/chargeback models, and consumption tracking.
Monitor cloud usage trends and provide actionable insights to reduce waste and improve cost efficiency.
Collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams to right-size resources and optimize cloud architecture for cost-performance balance.
Establish governance frameworks for cloud financial controls, including spend thresholds, forecasting models, and anomaly detection.
Support vendor negotiations and commercial optimisation for cloud service agreements and renewals.
Integrate cloud financial reporting into enterprise dashboards for leadership visibility.
3. Procurement & Vendor Management
Manage end-to-end procurement lifecycle across technology domains (Network, IaaS, Storage & Backup, Core Systems, etc.).
Review quotations, negotiate contracts, and collaborate with Central Procurement Office to drive cost efficiency.
Oversee purchase orders, contract execution, and vendor performance management.
Drive cost optimization initiatives across hardware, software, maintenance, and professional services.
4. Project & Operational Oversight
Monitor project financials and progress to ensure adherence to budgets, timelines, and delivery milestones.
Maintain comprehensive project documentation and reporting for stakeholder transparency and alignment.
Enhance operational scalability through KPI tracking and structured reporting.
5. Process Optimization & Analytics
Analyse financial and operational data to identify inefficiencies and implement improvements.
Develop and maintain dashboards and consolidated reporting to support data-driven decision-making.
Improve operational efficiency, including:
100% renewal efficiency through process optimization
~40% reduction in manual reporting effort
6. Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with multiple stakeholders including:
Central Procurement Office
Accounts Payable
Financial Control & Group Finance
Technology and Infrastructure teams
Align financial strategies with operational goals to drive business performance and service delivery excellence.
7. Invoice & Payment Management
Oversee invoice processing and payment cycles to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal controls.
Key Skills & Competencies
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
IT Procurement & Contract Management
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
Cost Optimization & Budget Control
Data Analytics & Reporting (Dashboards, KPIs)
Project Financial Governance
Process Improvement & Automation
Experience & Qualifications
Proven experience in financial operations, procurement, or business operations within banking or technology environments.
Strong understanding of infrastructure services financial management.
Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, or related field; master’s preferred.
Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in financial operations, procurement, or business operations within banking or technology environments.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure services financial management.
- Experience with cloud cost management and FinOps across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, and financial governance.
- Experience managing procurement lifecycle, contract negotiation, and vendor management.
- Experience developing and maintaining dashboards, consolidated reporting, and KPI tracking.
- Experience monitoring project financials, timelines, and delivery milestones.
- Experience overseeing invoice processing and payment cycles with strong internal controls.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field.
- Master's degree (preferred).
- Ability to collaborate with Central Procurement, Accounts Payable, Financial Control, and Technology teams.
What We Do
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker. OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services. OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang. OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.
