Graduate Trainee - Risk Management (Global Market Risk) null

About Hong Leong Bank

Hong Leong Bank Berhad (HLB) is a regional financial services company based in Malaysia, with a presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. Hong Leong Bank is one of Malaysia's largest banks and operates about 200 branches in its home country.

Your role

As a trainee for this program, you will be responsible for the following roles:

Global Market Risk - Risk Control

• Understanding financial product nuances, risk-taking activities in Global Markets, and daily and intraday market risk limits and controls is essential for HLB Group, HLBB, HLISB, and HLBLIB.
• Regularly monitoring and reporting risk exposure for HLB Group, HLBB, HLISB, and HLBLIB.
• Understanding of technical risk metrics, using Value-at-Risk (VaR) for trading activities, and participating in regular risk factors and market data review.
• Understand how banks measure loss vulnerability in global markets through stress tests, review risk methodologies, and backtests on VaR models to assess forecasting accuracy.

Global Market Risk - Credit Risk

• Understanding financial product nuances, risk-taking activities in Global Markets, daily and intraday credit counterparty risk limits, and risk investigation and analytics for HLB Group, HLBB, HLISB, and HLBLIB.
• Regularly monitoring and reporting risk exposure for HLB Group, HLBB, HLISB, and HLBLIB, understanding risk metrics, and reviewing counterparty credit quality.
• Participate in credit counterparty risk stress tests, review market risk methodologies, and communicate with stakeholders to assess credit counterparty risk before onboarding and establishing limits.

Training, development & rotation

The Global Markets Risk Graduate Trainee will gain concentrated exposure in either one of the Global Markets Risk departments (Risk Control / Credit Risk), along with coaching and support from line managers. You will be equipped with knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience in the job and function.

Compensation & benefits

Besides receiving a main salary, you will get the following benefits:

• Medical benefits
• Bonus
• Annual leave
• Allowance
• The Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)

Career progression

The trainees will get intensive development in credit risk and risk control. It is an acceleration program where the trainees will be prepared to be the leaders at HLB. Upon the completion of the program, there will be a landing job, especially in the Global Market Risk Department. Your performance and skills will be strongly considered for future placement. 

Work-life balance

Based on information from another source, the average work-life balance rate given by employees at Hong Leong Bank is 2.9 out of 5. The workload given is also acceptable as described first. In addition, HLB applied common working hours, not exceeding more than 8 hours per day and more than 45 hours per week. However, you must work overtime at the end of the month of the year.

Culture & vibe

Hong Leong Bank offers an inclusive work environment for employees to develop their full potential and give back to the communities where HLB operates. According to employees' reviews, HLB has a very supportive and collaborative working environment. Moreover, the seniors and managers are welcome and friendly to trainees or new employees.

About you

To apply for this position, you have to meet the basic qualifications below:

• Fresh graduates with a CGPA of 3.2 OR 2nd Class Upper with majors in Finance, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Banking, or Statistics. 
• Candidates with less than 1 year of full-time working experience. 

How to apply

To apply for the job, click the “Apply on employer site” button below. Prosple will direct you to Hong Leong Bank Malaysia's official link for this vacancy. Make sure you have read all of the requirements and skills mentioned above.

Sources

Here are the sources used on this page:

• glassdoor.com/Reviews/Hong-Leong-Bank-Reviews
• hlb.com.my/en/personal-banking/about-us/careers/life
• hlb.com.my/en/personal-banking/about-us/careers/graduate-trainee-program