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Societe Generaleabout 14 hours ago

Hybrid

Montreal, Quebec

Senior Level

full_time

20+ vacation days + 4 personal days

Maternity, paternity, parental, adoption leave

Health spending account $2,000/year and personal spending $1,000/year

Reference 25000GX1

Responsibilities ABOUT THE JOB: Within Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, the Global Markets Division brings together the Research, Investment and Risk Management Solutions, Execution and Clearing, Prime Services, Equities, Fixed Income, Futures and Currencies & Commodities structuring capabilities with the objective of providing investors with one integrated multi-asset market solutions team. The business uses an advisory and innovation mindset, focused on client needs, with a global leader in financial markets engineering. Global Markets is a leading player in derivatives, with unrivaled over the counter and listed derivatives expertise, as well as cross-asset and economic research. Our prime services' offering is a unique combination of execution, clearing, custody and financing services.

This position is integral to a dynamic team that bridges trading, sales, risk management, and technical development within Global Markets. The role focuses on enhancing trading and sales efficiency, ensuring robust risk and compliance management, driving process improvements through automation, and leading projects with clear, effective communication. The team works closely with front office stakeholders to deliver value-added solutions, streamline workflows, and maintain high standards of operational and conduct risk controls.

What will be your DAY-TO-DAY? In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Trading / Sales efficiency and value creation

• Collaborate with trading & sales teams to understand their needs and provide tailored support solutions including but not limited to increased use of Coalition Data.
• Liaise with trading teams to facilitate effective communication and resolve any issues related to trade execution and client inquiries.
• Assist trading & sales personnel by providing market insights and data analysis to enhance their trading / sales strategies and client interactions.
• Oversee the trading & sales processes to ensure timely and effective service delivery to internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with trading desks to ensure alignment on product offerings and client requirements, ensuring that sales teams are well-informed.
• Provide training and resources to trading & sales staff on new products and tools to enhance their effectiveness in the market.

Risk Management and Compliance efficiency

• Ensure compliance with organizational risk management policies and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor risk exposure and implement mitigation strategies in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Execution and streamlining of front office controls, supporting overall operational/conduct risk management in the front office through daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual BAU responsibilities.

Process Improvement and Technical Development

• Identify opportunities for automation and process improvements within Organizational Risk Management and Sales Support functions.
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize workflows and enhance operational efficiency (using Python and leveraging on low code/no code internal solutions).
• Develop and automate complex workflows and systems using Python or leveraging SG tools to streamline IT processes and infrastructure management.
• Demonstrate expertise on business processes, life cycles, and data drivers.

Project Management And Communication Skills

• Responsible for project planning, work product quality, project execution.
• Communicate with excellence, upstream and downstream, complex ideas verbally and through documentation.

Required Profile required Skills and Qualifications: Must Haves:

• Product Knowledge: Familiarity with the features, benefits, and risks associated with various Global Markets products (Equity and Fixed Income).
• Project Management: Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies.
• Frameworks: Familiarity with risk management frameworks and regulatory requirements.
• Python: Strong proficiency in scripting and automation tasks.
• SQL: proficiency in SQL (MSSQL, posgre).
• API: consuming API's such as RESTFul APIs, Knowledge in no code/low code platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on process improvement.

Competencies: Strong organizational and communication skills.

Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including trading, sales, risk management, and compliance.

Languages: French and English Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States . Due to US Federal Securities law applying to this position, candidates who will apply for this position will be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"). Why join us OUR BENEFITS: WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AT SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE Competitive compensation & benefits offering, including but not limited to:

• Minimum of 20 Vacation days + 4 personal days
• Supportive Maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave policy
• Health spending ($2,000/year) and personal spending ($1,000/year) accounts with 75+ eligible reimbursement categories (health, training, electronics etc.)
• Fully sponsored virtual healthcare assistance and Employee Assistance Program to you and your immediate family
• Various Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to engage with such as Pride and Allies, American Women Network, Black Leadership Network, One planet, etc.
• A culture of continuous development by encouraging our employees various training programs (online training and coaching platform such as Coursera, GoFluent, Pluralsight, First Finance, and others)

Business insight Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our Recruiters know.

OUR CULTURE: At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. For more information about our Culture and Conduct initiatives, please visit this link )

D&I: Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link )

HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT: Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols. Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area. The applicable business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.

Diversity and Inclusion Societe Generale is an equal opportunity employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. We are committed to recognizing and promoting the talents and achievements of our employees and staff, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or status protected under applicable law. We strive to write our postings as inclusively as possible. If, however, one gender is used alone in this display, it designates persons of all gender identities.

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Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth. Committed to the positive transformations of the world's societies and economies, Societe Generale and its teams seek to build, day after day, together with its clients, a better and sustainable future through responsible and innovative financial solutions.

Active in the real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 117,000 members of staff in 66 countries and supports on a daily basis 25 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors around the world by offering a wide range of advisory services and tailored financial solutions. The Group is built on three complementary core businesses:

• French Retail Banking which encompasses the SG and Boursorama brands. Each offers a full range of financial services with omnichannel products at the cutting edge of digital innovation;
• International Retail Banking, Insurance and Financial Services, with networks in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and specialised businesses that are leaders in their markets;
• Global Banking and Investor Solutions, which offers recognised expertise, key international locations and integrated solutions.

Societe Generale is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Refinitiv Diversity and Inclusion Index, Euronext Vigeo (Europe and Eurozone), STOXX Global ESG Leaders indexes, and the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Index (World and Europe).