TRAINEE: Trade Finance Origination
Responsibilities
- Assist in promoting international trade solutions and ongoing servicing of customers;
- Support in preparing sales presentations and in structuring tailor made trade finance solutions for corporate & investment banking clients;
- Support in planning and executing sales initiatives, modification of existing services, development of marketing strategies and establishment of sales objectives;
- Prepare commercial dashboards and KPIs;
- Contact with clients when necessary;
- Assist in new products implementation and new projects if any;
- Work closely with various departments within the bank and across different geographies for all trade finance-related topics.
Candidates with outstanding performance will be considered for early conversion to permanent roles.
What We Offer
Your life doesn’t revolve around your job. So, find the job that revolves around your life.
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.
Profile required
- Hold a relevant Bachelor or Master degree
- Preferably to have other work experiences
- Client centric mindset and behaviour
- Proactive and team player
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent command of MS Office (particularly Excel & powerpoint)
- Fluent in both spoken and written English
Behavioral Skills
- Team Spirit - Collective mindset: I favour the team’s interest over my own results
- Team Spirit - Open mindset: I listen and share my views and my expertise in an open mode
- Innovation - Simplification: I make things & ideas simple
- Responsibility - Accountability: I make decisions in my scope of responsibilities
- Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks
- Responsibility - Performance: I strive for high performance
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. 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/
Hybrid Work Environment:
Société 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.
Department Description
Trade Finance is part of Global Transaction & Payment Services (GTPS) Business Unit. Leveraging from a large Trade Finance network, Societe Generale accompanies exporters and importers by securing and financing their international trade transactions by offering a full range of products and services such as international guarantees, standby letters of credit, letters of credit, supply chain finance and receivables financing.