TRAINEE: Trader Assistant on the Synthetic Trading desk
Responsibilities
1st year:
- Familiarize yourself with the business line and desk activity
- Learn about Asian market specificities and products traded on the desk
- Assist the desk on daily report production and analysis
- Run simple tasks related to the desk day to day activity
2nd year:
- Grow understanding of the desk specific risk and workload to propose automation and solutions
- Increase contribution to the desk well-functioning by extending the involvement to our daily activity
- Look for opportunities on the desk scope by screening flows, news, and market levels
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 Bachelor’s or Graduate’s degree in Engineering, Computing, Finance or Economics
- Graduates with some working experience gained from other sectors are also welcomed
- Proficient in Python / VBA
- Proactivity and rigor are essential
- Fluent in English is mandatory
- Fluent / Advanced in Mandarin is a plus
Behavioral Skills:
- Team Spirit - Collective mindset: I favour the team’s interest over my own results
- Client - Risk: I strive to satisfy clients while taking into account risks for the company
- 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
- Innovation - Technology: I adopt new technologies in the solutions and projects I work on
- Commitment - Sustainability: I strive to develop my skills and knowledge
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/
Department Description:
At Societe Generale, you will be joining the Global Markets division (MARK) of SG Corporate and Investment Banking. MARK offers a
cross-asset approach along all its offerings: Research, Investment & Risk Management Solutions, Execution and Prime Services to asset managers, pension funds, companies, private banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, family offices, sovereign funds and distributors worldwide.
The Synthetic Trading desk is a trading team belonging to the EQD/PRIME business line within the Global Banking & Investor Solutions division.