TRAINEE: Global Banking and Advisory Business Management Office APAC

What We Offer

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The Trainee role is a full time 24-month contract with Societe Generale where you will have access to a diverse range of training materials to help you succeed, covering various aspects of businesses, including but not limited to technical skills, leadership development, communication skills, client service and relationship management. To be eligible, please ensure you have completed your qualification and will be available to work full time for the duration of Trainee contract.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

Provide support as and where needed to further the key missions and objectives of the BMO team:

Strategy & Business Development

• Supports GLBA regional management in the preparation and monitoring of the GLBA business plan and budget in Asia Pacific (materials, analysis, consolidation).
• Contributes to strategic and operational reviews: prepares packs, KPI views, key messages and follow-ups.
• Performs ad-hoc analyses and business studies at the request of management / stakeholders (client, country, product, platform, risk topics).
• Contributes to the NPC process: timelines, documentation readiness checks, stakeholder coordination and action tracking.
• Contributes to projects impacting GLBA and its support functions (governance, process improvements, automation, data quality).

Business Management & Performance Steering

• Produces and maintains dashboards / reporting to monitor NBI, costs, headcount, scarce resources, ensuring data consistency and clear commentary.
• Acts as a day-to-day working interface with support functions to collect inputs, follow up open items and coordinate deliverables.
• Prepares inputs and minutes/action trackers for regular business and support-function meetings; monitors follow-ups and delivery.
• Supports country COOs / local stakeholders on topics with a local dimension (reporting, governance cadence, process alignment), escalating as needed.

Operational / Regulatory / Compliance Risk

• Supports the maintenance and rollout of procedures ensuring business is conducted under a proper framework, including local regulatory requirements (documentation, controls evidence, trackers).
• Supports interactions with 2nd/3rd line functions by preparing materials, coordinating responses, tracking remediation and evidence.
• Contributes to Permanent Supervision / controls implementation by maintaining checklists, collecting attestations/evidence and supporting issue remediation follow-up.
• Contributes to BCP coordination for the perimeter (inputs collection, contact lists, dry-run preparation, action tracking).
• Supports operational risk monitoring (incidents, operational losses, controls gaps): log maintenance, analysis, action tracking and timely escalation to the relevant owners.

Coverage Support

• Produces and maintains client support materials for Relationship Managers (briefing notes, client packs, presentations and ad-hoc commercial materials).
• Supports client franchise initiatives (e.g., targeted campaigns, deposit push, commercial programs) through data preparation, coordination and follow-up.
• Supports the review and maintenance of the client database in liaison with KYC / relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment with norms and segmentation rules (data quality checks, remediation tracking).
• Coordinates client profitability and performance campaigns through consolidation, quality-checks and delivery tracking.
• Supports client events coordination and communication budget tracking (planning support, execution logistics, post-event follow-ups).

Academic Background and Certifications, Experience

• Hold a relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, Economics, Business or similar 
• Understanding of banking products and financial industry 
• Previous working/internship experience in the financial field is preferred
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Clear and effective oral and writing communication skills
• A team player that is self-driven, responsive, possesses a positive attitude, resourceful and with the ability to work independently 
• Flexibility, pro-activity, curiosity and capable to multi-task
• Rigorous, meticulous, and reliable

Operational Skills

• Analytical skills and proactive approach to problem-solving
• Good team spirit and ability to cooperate with different teams in different locations
• Capacity to understand and manage risks 
• Ability to prioritize and operate under tight deadlines

Behavioral Skills

• Client - Understanding and Respect: I listen to clients and colleagues in order to understand and anticipate their needs
• Client - Sales and Marketing Strategy: I contribute to adapt our offer to our clients'/internal partners' 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 - Sustainability: I strive to develop my skills and knowledge
  
   

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. Please visit our APAC career website: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/building-your-career-with/ for more information.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I):

Our 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 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

Check out our DE&I initiatives: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei/

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates.  If you require any reasonable accommodations of assistance during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our HR staff know.

Department Description

The BMO team supports GLBA management, Coverage Teams) and GLBA Business Lines in Asia Pacific by contributing to robust governance, ensuring global/regional/country processes and regulations are kept up to date and consistently applied, supporting business performance monitoring, and helping manage operational / regulatory / compliance risks.