TRAINEE: Credit Sales Assistant

Trainee|Hong Kong|Corporate & Investment banking

TRAINEE: Credit Sales Assistant

  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Trainee
  • Corporate & Investment banking

Responsibilities

  • Work and assist with Greater China Credit Sales Team on a day-to-day basis to provide services for institutional clients
  • Assist sales on daily credit bond trading flow and repo enquiries; assist on trade bookings and maintain a comprehensive record of executed trade
  • Reconcile trade details with clients, traders, middle and back offices, ensuring smooth process on both pre-trade and post-trade settlement. (Legal, Operations, Client Support, Valuation, and Trading)
  • Coordinate after-sales services for clients including issues related to settlement, valuations publication etc.
  • Assist sales on KYC affairs, including new client onboarding, periodical KYC review, reverse KYC and ad hoc subaccount onboarding requests

Profile required

  • Hold a relevant Bachelors or Masters degree in Finance, Economics or similar
  • Demonstrate the capacity to work in a team environment, on collective success
  • Good communication and organizational skills
  • Pro-active, rigorous, able to multi task and work under pressure
  • Fluent English and Mandarin are mandatory

 Behavioral Skills

  • Client - Understanding and Respect: When communicating with our clients/internal partners I listen in order to understand and anticipate their needs
  • Team Spirit - Open mindset/Respect: I listen and share my views and my expertise in an open mode
  • Team Spirit - Collective mindset: I favour the company's best interest over my team's results
  • Innovation - Simplification: I make things & ideas simple
  • Responsibility - Performance: I generate outstanding individual and collective performance
  • Commitment - Inspiration/Vision: I inspire others by communicating a clear vision and strategy

This is a fixed term 12 month Trainee contract with Societe Generale. You will form part of the team on a full time basis. In order to apply for the Trainee position please ensure you have completed your qualification and will be available to work full time for the duration of the Trainee contract.

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

  • Promote SG cash credit franchise to Greater China financial institution clients, including banks, insurance companies, securities houses, and asset management companies
  • Producer role within the FIC FI business in Greater China, focusing on cash credit, financing business such as repo, TRS
  • Develop business relationships and new revenue with the existing clients and expand new accounts.
  • Develop product knowledge and bring in market intelligence to the bank
  • Work closely with DCM, Syndication, and trading teams to place public primary and PP transaction. Additionally, working closely with E-trading team to onboard most secondary trading activities onto e-trading platform

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.

Reference: 24000AIT
Entity: Societe Generale Hong Kong Branch
Starting date: immediate
Publication date: 2024/04/11
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