Career Arc Returnship Program - Global Markets
Responsibilities
This is a six-month program with the potential to be hired full time.
Societe Generale’s Career Arc Returnship program is designed to give professionals like you a chance to re-enter the workforce and refresh and sharpen skills through a 6-month paid internship. During the internship you will be given the opportunity to perform meaningful work in a supportive environment while reacclimating to the banking world. We value a variety of backgrounds and levels of talent and are looking for individuals with previous equity sales and trading experience in areas including prime services, program trading, research sales, equity derivatives sales, equity derivatives trading, derivatives structuring, quantitative strategies, and derivatives strategy.
- The role is a high-client-touch role that requires good communication skills to build relationships and trust with our clients
- Manage coverage of all US insurance companies, ensuring that other cross-asset teams are also introduced to these relationships across Global Markets (50+ clients)
- Responsible for managing and implementing day-to-day execution of equity derivatives and light exotic options
- Train and manage junior personnel within the team
- Work with internal trading, strategy and engineering teams to generate new trade ideas to proactively pitch to clients
- Entertain clients and proactively setup meetings with to develop deeper relationships, deliver content, and introduce SG’s cross-asset capabilities
- Develop strong knowledge of SG’s Proprietary Index Suite and pitch QIS strategies to our insurance clients
- Have expertise of our FIA index offerings in order to submit FIA proposals to clients and manage post-launch educational support
- Interact with internal trading and engineering teams to price vanilla and light exotic products and facilitate client trade inquiries
- Manage all post-trade operations and coordinate with middle office, back office, and documentations teams for bookings
- Work with automation, engineering, operations and COO teams to continuously identify issues and improve processes
- Responsible for client onboarding and KYC processes
- Be up to date on insurance market and accounting principles
Profile required
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.
- Exceptional communication and sales skills
- Strong understanding of QIS strategies
- Deep knowledge of the US Annuity market (FIA, RILA, VA)
- Introductory knowledge of regulatory and accounting regimes in the US
- Detailed knowledge of insurance company hedge programs
- Role requires high operational efficiency and extreme attention to detail
- Can work in high pressure environment
- Superior people skills to ensure constructive dialogue and positive cooperation, both internally with product lines, and externally with clients
- Deal-driven and highly energetic professional
- Knowledge of Structured Products and/or FX & Rates Derivatives is a strong plus
- Experience and understanding of EQD options and exotic instruments
- Experience marketing QIS strategies
- Senior salestrading experience of EQD options
- Must have covered US insurance companies
Business insight
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 (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-culture/)
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 (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-about/diversity-and-inclusion/)
HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT:
For most positions, 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.
COMPENSATION & SALARY RANGE:
Base salary range does not include overtime pay, bonus and/or other benefits, where applicable. Actual base salary offer will vary based on skills and experience.
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.