The Kijang Graduate Programme 2025

The Kijang Graduate Programme (KGP) provides unique exposure to Bank Negara Malaysia's diverse roles in shaping the nation. We offer three tracks under this programme, namely the Graduate Analyst, the Supervision Graduate Analyst, and the Digital Graduate Analyst tracks.

Graduate Analyst (General Track)

The Graduate Analyst track gives you a broad understanding of central banking. Over the course of 18 months, you will rotate among the Bank's three sectors, allowing you to learn about the various career paths available which are:

• Monetary Stability
  • The Monetary Stability Sector develops and implements monetary policy in order to keep inflation low and steady while promoting long-term economic growth. The sector also promotes an exchange rate system that is most appropriate for Malaysia's economic situation.
• Financial Stability
  • The Financial Stability Sector is responsible for ensuring the financial stability of Malaysia at all times. This assures that financial services, including as lending, financing, insurance, takaful, payments, remittances, and others, can reliably and fairly serve individuals and enterprises.
• Corporate Management
  • The Corporate Management Sector is responsible for ensuring the Bank's operational effectiveness in three areas: external engagement, organizational development, and operations.

Supervision Graduate Analyst (Supervision Track)

The Supervision Graduate Analyst track provides you with the broadest exposure to the financial services industry. You will have first-hand exposure to the operations and intricacies of financial institutions, develop strong risk assessment capabilities, and gain a comprehensive understanding of the interlinkages between the financial stability mandate and other mandates of the Bank. Over the course of 18 months, you will be rotated across the Bank’s supervision functions, providing you with the opportunity to engage with industry leaders and experts as well as preparing you for a fulfilling career as a Supervisor.

Supervision Sector

In Bank Negara Malaysia, the role of supervision is to preserve the stability and integrity of our financial system by ensuring the safety and soundness of financial institutions. Using a risk-based supervision framework, we conduct continuous surveillance and risk assessments on financial institutions to ensure that any vulnerabilities are addressed and emerging risks are pre-emptively identified. We also support the development of the financial sector, particularly in the areas of digitalisation, financial inclusion, climate change and Islamic finance.

A summary of the relevant responsibilities of departments with supervision functions:

• Financial Conglomerates Supervision
  • Supervision of 8 domestic banking groups encompassing their conventional, Islamic, and investment banking businesses as well as overseas branches/subsidiaries. We also review the operational readiness of digital banks.
• Banking Supervision
  • Supervision of foreign banks, stand-alone investment banks, all Islamic banks including Islamic banking subsidiaries of foreign banks, and development financial institution.
• Insurance and Takaful Supervision
  • Supervision of insurance companies, reinsurance companies, takaful operators and retakaful operators.
• Risk Specialist and Technology Supervision
  • Risk specialist teams providing in-depth analysis to support supervision and policy development – credit risk, market risk, operational risk, technology risk and cyber risk.
  • IT supervision of banks, insurers and takaful operators.
• Payment Services Oversight Department
  • Supervision of payment systems operators (e.g., RENTAS, PayNet), payment services regulatees (e.g., e-money issuers, non-bank payment cards, merchant acquirers) as well as money services business (e.g., money changers, remittance service providers).
• Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department
  • Supervision of the designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs) and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) consisting of 13 sectors e.g., lawyers and accountants to ensure compliance to the anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) reporting obligations.
• Consumer and Market Conduct Department
  • Supervision of all banks, development financial institutions, insurance companies, takaful operators, insurance and takaful brokers, financial advisers, money brokers and loss adjusters to ensure compliance to the Bank’s standards and policies on fair treatment of financial consumers.

Digital Graduate Analyst (Digital Track)

The Digital Graduate Analyst track gives you a deep dive into the central bank's digital infrastructures and financial sector technology resiliency. Over the course of 18 months, you will cycle through three of the Bank's digital and technology departments, gaining in-depth experience in digital strategy and operations, IT risk and supervision, and data science work.

Digital & Technology Teams

On the regulatory and supervisory front, the work engages with issues that may affect the financial sector – such as operational resilience, cybersecurity, as well as IT and technological risks. These include identifying potential vulnerabilities among these institutions, and striving to be the Bank’s specialists on these risks.

On the corporate front, the work ranges from exploratory work on digital innovation leveraging new technology, to the delivery of full-fledged solutions that are custom-built for the Bank’s operations – all aimed at empowering our stakeholders with IT tools and services that can help improve their productivity. We also focus on data science and analytics applications, cybersecurity and infrastructure operations to ensure that the technology ecosystem in the Bank is resilient, secure and dynamic in meeting the organisation’s rapidly evolving needs.

Entry Requirements

All candidates must meet the following entry requirements:

• Malaysian citizen;
• Academic qualification:
  • Undergraduate or Master's degree:
    • Expected to achieve, or has achieved, either a second class upper (2:1) final degree classification, or a CGPA of 3.5/4, or a WAM of 75% in an undergraduate or master's degree in any discipline from a reputable academic institution.
• OR
• Professional accountancy qualification:
  • Expected to achieve, or has achieved, an average score of 65 across all papers with minimal resits in a professional accountancy qualification from a reputable academic institution.
• Obtained final results by 1 April or 1 September; and
• Have less than a year of full-time work experience post-graduation.

For more details on the Kijang Graduate Programme, visit The Kijang Graduate Programme - Bank Negara Malaysia