Trainee - Bond Syndicates
Responsibilities
Description of the Business Line or Department
The Syndicate (SYN) team acts as an intermediary between issuer clients and investor clients. The role of SYN is to advise on pricing, to define an execution strategy, to distribute bond issuance through Fixed Income sales, and on occasion manage the unsold portion of a deal. Most of the deals brought to the market by SYN are done on a best effort basis (sized and priced to demand).
Summary of the key purposes of the role
- Helping the corporate team to preparing pricing using Zeus
- Managing the database of market deals
- Production of analytics and statistics
- Supporting with preparation of presentations for internal clients under the supervision of a senior person.
- Supporting in transaction execution
- Helping to produce and update internal documentation
Summary of responsibilities
- Updating the database
- Basic pricing and preparation (under the supervision of a senior person)
- Working in collaboration with the middle office
- Working with SYN support to ensure smooth settlement of transactions
- Basic monitoring of the PnL of the desk
- Assisting with ad hoc administrative tasks as required
- Assisting with Roadshow organisation
- Gathering feedback through discussions with Fixed Income sales
Profile required
Competencies
- The ideal candidate will hold a degree or equivalent in a Finance-related subject
- They should be able to demonstrate a good basic knowledge of financial markets and products
- Good level of competency in mathematics
- Knowledge of bonds / bond mathematics highly advantageous
- Proficiency MS Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Excellent communication and presentational skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to manage own workload and take initiative to work autonomously where required
- Ability to organise own time and work to strict deadlines in a busy office environment
- Excellent level of written and verbal English essential
- Additional European language skills advantageous
Why join us
People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like “hard work” and “dedication” together with “community” and “respect” has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it's what makes us different. It's what makes you different.
Business insight
If you feel you have the required experience and qualifications, then please apply to the SG Resourcing Team, and we will manage your application. At Société Générale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business. As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender identity.