Responsibilities
Front Office based role working on the Index Flow Trading Desk:
- Flow trading on Index options & Light exotics
- Involves quoting to clients, position management, risk hedging and related activities
- Maintain and develop Societe Generale's client franchise
- Work on IT specifications for new strategic developments for risk monitoring, position management, decision tools and trading automations.
Profile required
Trading experience in Equity Index options
- Technical expertise in Vanilla Options, futures/forwards, Varswaps, Volswaps, Forward Vol Agreements
- Good knowledge of Asian markets - exchange rules and regulations, retail behaviour, market opportunities
- Fluent in English
Behavioral Skills
- Client - Understanding and Respect: I listen to clients and colleagues in order to understand and anticipate their needs
- Team Spirit - Synergies: I make cooperation with colleagues in and outside my team a priority
- Innovation - Thinking out of the box/Creativity: I propose new ideas and solutions
- Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks
- Commitment - Inspiration: I support the vision and the strategy
Business insight
Company Description
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 seeks to build 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 employees and supports 25 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors worldwide (figures as of August 2023). We have a presence in 11 locations across Asia Pacific. With our regional headquarters in Hong Kong – a core hub of the worldwide Societe Generale Group – we employ around 2,300 employees in the region. In addition, Societe Generale's Global Solution Centre (SGGSC) in Bangalore and Chennai supports the Group in Asia Pacific and globally with customised business solutions.
Department Description
The Index Flow trading desk caters to external institutional clients as well as internal desks to provide liquidity on Asian indices, in the form of non-linear products ranging from plain vanilla options to light exotic payoffs.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.