Inspector
Inspector
Be involved in strategic studies and auditassignments on behalf of the Group’s top management
Are you willing to participate to a 4 to 6-months mission in Paris, Czech Republic, India or the United States? Are you looking to be continuously stimulated and improve on a wide range of professional skills? Within General Inspection, you will take part in strategic analyzes and audits in France and abroad.
Your role will be to assist the Group in the identification, prevention and management of its risks, as well as help the bank’s senior management in its strategic decision making. At the end of each mission, you will present your conclusions, write a report and issue strategic and operational recommendations to the top management.
Being part of the General Inspection team is a real fast-track within your career.
The department is recognized for the excellence of its teams and the importance of its missions. You will benefit from a complete training program, a broad variety of missions across all the businesses of Societe Generale, in a young and innovative working environment (including working with teams of data scientists).
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JOB
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Diversity of the topics covered
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Missions of several months in France and abroad
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Responsibilities early on in your career and direct exposure to the senior management
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Consulting and strategic audit role on high added value topics
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Frequent evolution in the job position and attractive compensation
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Constitution of your professional network within the bank
recruits per year
nationalities
of time spent abroad on average
Hello, my name is Pauline, and I'm a Senior Inspector within the General Inspection, which I joined in 2018 as part of the Société Générale Group. The General Inspection team is made up of around 100 people based in Paris. We carry out assignments lasting between 4 and 6 months, both in France and abroad, to help support and inform Executive Management's decision-making. We are independent from the business lines and work as generalists, which means we can cover a wide variety of topics across retail banking, investment banking, support functions, or IT. After completing my master’s degree in applied mathematics, I knew I wanted to work in finance, but I wasn't exactly sure in which area. I only knew I was looking for three key things. The first is the variety of assignments, which allows me to keep learning and challenge myself. The second is to maintain the international dimension in my career. And finally, I was looking for a highly collaborative environment with lots of interaction. I think General Inspection offers all these three key things. At Société Générale, General Inspection has two distinctive features. The first is the opportunity to take on management responsibilities very early in your career. After around three years, we have the opportunity to lead an assignment. The second is that General Inspection opens the door to a wide range of career opportunities afterwards. In fact, because of its generalist nature and a career accelerator, it gives us the chance to move into many different roles, both in France and abroad, across retail banking, investment banking, or support functions. To illustrate the diversity of assignments we work on within the General Inspection, I'll mention two examples. The first was a review of the IT transformation of our bank in the Czech Republic, Komerční Banka, which gave me the chance to live in Prague for six months. It was a very interesting assignment focused on one of the bank's key priorities: client digitalization. The second was an assignment looking at the de-risking of our market activities following the COVID crisis, to ensure the relevance of our risk management. If I had to highlight two key skills to be a successful Inspector, I would say curiosity and adaptability. In fact, we move between different topics, teams, and environments with every assignment. Also, mission leaders must manage people with very different backgrounds: universities, business schools, and engineering schools. And that's one of our greatest strengths! Each year, we hire around 30 inspectors. So, if what I've shared today sounds interesting to you, feel free to apply and join us!
You should be…
Result-oriented in challenging environments
Teamwork-oriented
Curious
Mobile
Applications are open to graduates from Business, Engineering and Political Studies programmes, Post-Graduate University or Advanced Master’s programmes, in France and internationally.
How to join us
To get to know each other and make sure that you will thrive within Societe Generale, please follow the below steps.
December 2026
Logic and personality tests
January 2027
In Paris or online
Verbal logic test, case study, written synthesis
February 2027
In Paris or online
Presentation to 3 members of the General Management or of the Group Management Committee
March 2027
Contract signing or employment promise, cocktail reception with the successful candidates and the bank’s senior management
September 2027 or January 2028
Induction process within General Inspection
The adventure has just begun!
Join the General Inspection team at Societe Generale and benefit from a fast-track career path in 3 steps:
- Junior Inspector: upon joining Inspection and up to 3 years’ experience
You will contribute to missions (audit work, strategic analyses, etc.) and share your conclusions in written and oral presentations.
You may be offered to become a Head of Assignment after your first two years of mission within the department. - Senior Inspector: from 3 years’ experience and up to 6 years’ experience
You will lead high-stake missions and have growing managerial responsibilities.
You will increasingly be in contact with the Bank’s senior management, presenting your conclusions up to General Management (CEO and Deputy CEO). - What next?
This fast-track career within General Inspection will lead you to jobs with high levels of responsibilities across all of the Group’s businesses, according to your personal preferences.