V.I.E. Business Central Dealing Local Transfer Agent

The Italian Local Transfer Agent's (LTA) main responsibilities are the following ones:
• Look after to the administrative activities relating to subscriptions, redemptions and switch orders received by the Distributors appointed in Italy by a Management Company that promotes a foreign Fund in Italy

• Send the orders to the foreign Transfer Agents based in Luxembourg, Ireland, France, Malta, etc.

• Intermediate the Payments related to subscriptions, redemptions and dividends from/to the Distributors and from/to the Transfer Agents

• Calculate the withholding tax on capital gain

• Manage portfolios transfers between Distributors

• Send to Investors notice calling for general and extraordinary meetings (proxy voting forms management) and any other document the Company requests the investors to provide with

The same transfer agent activities are carried out also for Institutional Client under the Order Routing service perimeter (RTO) for UCITS and AIF Funds.

You will assist the Head of Fund Order Processing in the short period and have autonomy in the medium-long period on:

1) Managing the orders received from domestic banks in foreign mutual funds
2) Following up the correct deals of the orders to the relative transfer agent in order to process it correctly
3) Monitoring and analysis of the accounting impact of such operations on cash account of SICAV
4) Recovering all operations not automatically loaded from the procedure, providing the partial or total rejection of operations (after notification to Clients).
5) Recording requests about refunds, subscriptions, switches, received from Clients
6) Realizing the reconciliation of accounts inflows/refunds and BOE of each SICAV or OICR
7) Sending the operations executed to the counterpart

Due to the VIE eligibility criteria, a questionnaire will be provided. Please make sure to answer all the questions for an efficient analysis of your application.

PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship.

To facilitate the examination of your application by our English-speaking managers, we thank you for applying in English.

Studies & experience:

• Graduate with a Master’s degree from a Business School or University with a specialization in Economics

Language skills:

• Fluent in English
• Elementary Italian (A2/B1 level) is preferable 

Technical, operational & soft skills:

• Basic knowledge of Investment Funds
• Intermediate level in Excel
• Elementary level in Access
• Team Spirit
• Accountability
• Risk awareness
• Client focus

The VIE assignment in a nutshell

This VIE in Turin is to begin as soon as possible, but you need to plan 3 months between your application date and the beginning of your VIE assignment. It will last 12 months.

In case a visa is necessary, please make sure your passport is valid up to 6 months after the end of the VIE contract to not delay your departure.

The VIE is a specific contract, under Business France’s eligibility criteria, opened to candidates under 28 and from the member states of the European Economic Space. For further information (including your financial indemnities), please see Mon VIE-VIA Business France.

As soon as you arrive, you will be integrated into our teams and will learn every day alongside our experts, who will support you in your tasks. Gradually, you will become more independent in your projects, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

At the end of your VIE, various opportunities could be offered to you, in France and abroad.

At Societe Generale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious. 
Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA. 
If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating? 
You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.