SGX Hiring! Intern - Financial - Regulatory Analytics (Spring 2027, Jan to Jun 2027) in - Ricebowl

Job Summary

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services. With about 40% of listed companies and 90% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange.

Do you have what it takes to be at the heart of the financial industry?

Be a part of this fast-paced world where your contributions count. SGX offers you the unique experience of gaining insights into the Exchange business and the finance value chain. You will be immersed in the respective specialist functions – at SGX, we believe that our interns are involved in real-time work from Day 1.

Note: Leave of Absence (LOA) may be required to take on the internship.

Member Supervision

Short overview on the Unit/Team:

The Member Supervision (MemSup) team is part of Market Surveillance & Supervision (MSS) within SGX RegCo. MSS is responsible for safeguarding the integrity, fairness and resilience of SGX's securities and derivatives markets through market surveillance, intermediary supervision and enforcement activities.

The MemSup team is responsible for the admission and ongoing supervision of trading and clearing members across SGX's securities and derivatives markets. The team monitors members' financial and operational soundness, assesses compliance with SGX Rules and regulatory requirements, conducts inspections and thematic reviews, and develops supervisory policies to support market integrity and resilience.

Within the team, the Financial Analytics function focuses on analysing financial, regulatory and risk exposure data submitted by members to assess their financial soundness, liquidity resilience, capital adequacy and emerging risk trends. The function supports risk-based supervision through quantitative analysis, ongoing liquidity reviews and the development of supervisory dashboards and regulatory reports. The team also supports Basel III-related calculations for SGX-DC and drives data analytics and automation initiatives to enhance supervisory processes and decision-making.

Learning Outcomes

The intern will gain practical exposure to financial risk supervision, regulatory analytics and capital markets oversight. Key learning opportunities include:

• Understanding the role of prudential supervision in overseeing trading and clearing members.

• Learning how financial and regulatory data are used to assess member risks and detect emerging trends.

• Gaining exposure to Basel III concepts and their application within clearing risk management frameworks.

• Understanding how capital, liquidity and risk metrics are monitored within a regulatory environment.

• Developing dashboards and analytical tools used for supervisory monitoring and management reporting.

• Learning how automation and data analytics can improve regulatory processes and decision-making.

Job Description

• Assist in maintaining and reviewing Basel III-related parameters used in the computation of SGX-DC risk metrics, including performing impact assessments and testing arising from new product launches.

• Support the development, enhancement and maintenance of supervisory dashboards and management information reports.

• Assist in weekly liquidity reviews and monitoring of key financial indicators of trading and clearing members.

• Generate and enhance monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc financial, regulatory and member surveillance reports.

• Perform data analysis on financial and regulatory returns submitted by members to identify significant trends, outliers and potential risks.

• Support automation initiatives using Excel, VBA, Python or other analytical tools to improve reporting efficiency and data quality.

• Assist in process reviews and data management initiatives to enhance supervisory workflows and reporting processes.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

Must have:

• Pursuing a Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Business Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel; including working with large datasets.
• Ability to analyse data and communicate key observations clearly.

Preferred:

• A driven and proactive individual who is able to multi-task and thinks creatively.
• Interest in financial markets, risk management, banking regulation or capital markets. Curiosity and willingness to learn about Basel III, prudential supervision and clearing risk management frameworks.
• Basic understanding of data visualisation and dashboard development.
• Knowledge of or keen interest in VBA, Python or other programming languages used for data analysis and process automation.