The Master of IT in Business (Financial Services) degree is a sector focused degree where students are trained in the processes, operations, technology solutions and related innovation strategies of banking and financial services.

Students are also trained in essential business methods and management concepts required for assuming more senior levels of responsibility in the realms of banking related technology and operations. The programme provides the necessary foundation for managing technology and operations across all segments of banking: retail, corporate, institutional and private.

The rationale for concentrating our Master of IT in Business (Financial Services) in the Financial Services sector is as follows:

•  Financial Services is a large, strategically important, and rapidly growing
    sector in Singapore as well as in Asia.

•  A significant number of local, regional and international banks and financial     institutions continues to locate major technology and operations groups and     hubs here.

•  SMU is well known and highly respected by companies in the Financial     Services industry.

•  The SMU School of Information Systems (SIS) already has strong working     relationships with all of the Technology & Operations executives in all of the     Singapore based banks, and in most of the international banks & financial     service firms based here.

•  Banks and other Financial Service institutions spend more money on IT than     any other sector of the economy, with the exception of the government.

THIS PROGRAMME IS DESIGNED FOR Professionals who aspire to become Technology and Operations leaders in the Banking industry.

Technology & Operations in Banking

Key Point: In today's banking environment, Technology & Operations goes beyond the particular organisational units within the bank called "Technology & Operations". Every organisational unit across the banking enterprise is critically dependent on Technology & Operations.

OUR STUDENTS ARE TRAINED TO

•  Move into senior management positions overseeing technology and     operations in Banking and Financial Services.

•  Become technology and operations managers who can work more     effectively with their top level executives on the business aspects of process     and technology change.

•  Lead and manage the technology and operational aspects of business     change initiatives.

•  Fulfil the vital bridging and integrative roles across the overlapping     boundaries of IT, Operations and the Banking line of business.

•  Acquire deep understanding of the connections between IT solutions,     processes, operations and innovation strategy in the Banking and Financial     Services sector.

•  Become senior process consultants, solution architects, and project     executives in banks and other financial institutions.

PROGRAMME FEATURES

• Specially designed curriculum that covers
       • general business management
       • IT and project management
       • in-depth banking specific process, technology and solution coverage
       • and a capstone project done in conjunction  with an employer or
         sponsoring company in the Financial Services sector.

•  The programme is taught by well-qualified and experienced faculty members     and industry professionals.

• The curriculum and industry interactions are jointly planned, designed and     executed in collaboration with Banking and Financial Services experts.

•  Regular interaction with industry leaders through seminars and projects.

•  The use of the unique SMU Banking Process Framework to provide a     systematic way of understanding and analysing linkages across
    Banking products, enabling processes, technology solutions and
    management supervision.

APPLICANTS TYPICALLY COME FROM THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUNDS:

•  Business process analysis and design

•  Business technology consulting

•  IT Infrastructure and data centre management

•  Operations

•  Risk management applied to technology and operations

•  Software application development

•  Software project management