Graduates
At Société Générale we offer graduates a range of exciting opportunities across multiple disciplines and business areas. Working within a diverse and highly regarded global financial institution, Société Générale will offer you comprehensive training and development, and the opportunity to work in a challenging and dynamic working environment. As a graduate level employee, you will gain responsibility from the outset, you will have the chance to learn from experts in their field and to make genuine contributions to the success of the business.
Graduates at Société Générale come from a diversity of academic and cultural backgrounds. They do however share some common themes - academic excellence, team spirit, excellent communication skills and being the best at what they do. Many also have previous work or internship experience and speak more than one language – talents which make them stand out from the rest of the crowd.
Meet our People
Our Graduate testimonials will give you an insight into the different entry levels roles within the company, some typical career paths and the day to day experiences of working in Société Générale.To view our current opportunities and to submit an application click here.
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Ketan D.
After being introduced to Société Générale during a university internship, Ketan has moved up the ladder. He is now a project manager in the IT department of the Corporate & Investment Banking division, moving forward in an environment that he finds stimulating, both professionally and personally.
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Kelly B.
Kelly is an operations officer at SG Hambros. As well as having the opportunity to experience a variety of aspects of banking activity, all within the same organisation, both in the UK and abroad, Kelly really enjoys the atmosphere at the bank. Team building events, the women’s football team, the jogging club, the fitness club… there’s a lot to do!
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Elsa F.
Elsa discovered Société Générale through an international graduate program and is now in charge of marketing equity derivative products in the UK and northern Europe. What does she enjoy the most? Meeting people from different backgrounds in a young and stimulating working environment.
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Afusat O.
Afusat is an application support analyst, making sure that software are released as smoothly as possible. She knows that in her day to day work she can count on a particularly friendly and helpful support network.
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Eric F.
When he first joined to the bank, Éric was surprised by the huge investment that Société Générale made in information technology. He is an IT engineer and is now a front office developer, with the opportunity to develop new tools for the trading teams and work with cutting edge systems.
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Cédric P.
As a business auditor within Société Générale’s investment bank branch, Cédric is part of the department looking after internal monitoring in Europe. He had always wanted to work for the Group impressed by its image and its strong social responsibility activity.
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Olga A.
Olga is a member of the Corporate & Investment Banking reserve based finance team, in charge of financing and investments in the oil and gas sector. She believes individual talent, teamwork and a culture of diversity are all trademarks of the Société Générale.
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Marius C.
Marius first encountered Société Générale when he was organising the recruitment fair at his university. He now works in the CIB division in London, and thanks to “brilliant mentors”, he has progressed very quickly.
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Bob D.
Bob had applied to Societe Generale following a thought-provoking job advert. He took up the challenge and ended being promoted to IT team leader in the settlements and services division of the investment bank. He has benefited from the wide experience of his team members.
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Alexandre K.
After an internshipin the department that provides finance to soft-commodities producers companies in Eastern Europe, Alexandre transferred to London. He sells interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives to corporates, and emphasises that he and his colleagues all have the same goal: to better serve their customers.
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Alex B.
Since joining SG Hambros, Alex has for the most part worked for high net worth Russian clients. Promoted to assistant private banker, he feels that “he has a great career path ahead of him” with Société Générale.