V.I.E. Trader Assistant

GLBA is the Global Banking and Advisory division of SGCIB. It offers a global advisory approach focused on strategic dialogue with clients. GLBA offers clients the whole range of services offered by SG CIB and the Group, with a particular focus on investment banking and commercial banking activities. GLBA provides tailor-made solutions to corporate, financial institutions, the public sector and family offices.

As a VIE, you will support Credit traders (high yield, leveraged credit) within the DCS team with market analysis, PnL monitoring, quantitative analysis/ pricing models as well as qualitative structural analysis and liquidity assessment.  DThe DCS team is a joint-venture between the Global Banking and Advisory and the Global Markets divisions. This joint-venture combines the bank’s capabilities in the credit space integrated in Credit Chains working closely with Origination and Credit Portfolio Management to de risk the bank in primary (Syndication) and secondary (Trading) and pursue Fund Financing and Securitization activities for clients of the bank (corporates, financial institutions, fund managers) leveraging a unified Credit Sales team.

Summary of the key purposes of the role:

• Your main role is to support DCS traders and closely interact with sales, middle office, risk and syndicate in their day to day activities to support the desk with risk management of exposures, reporting, sourcing and assessing opportunities, client support

During your mission you will be in charge of these responsibilities : 

• Assist with risk management and monitoring of market activity (P&L, risk metrics reporting, market indicators monitoring)
• Lead middle office interactions and co-ordination
• Support the desk with credit and financial analysis including peer analysis, secondary pricing, liquidity tracking
• Monitoring & analysis of financial markets, news and economic indicators
• Contribute to improving processes, automatise internal databases, improve internal tools for relative value analysis and risk management of the book. 

A questionnaire will be provided to you in order to check your VIE (Société Générale and Business France) eligibility. For an efficient analysis of your application, please make sure to truthfully answer all the questions.

Please note that for the missions outside the European countries, 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. Otherwise, we strongly advise you to launch asap the renewal of your passport.

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 degree from Business/Engineering/Economics School or University with a specialization in Finance
• A previous experience in corporate finance /investment banking/ structured finance would be appreciated

Language skills:

• Fluent in English (B2-C1)
• European languages a plus

Technical, operational & Soft skills:

• Rigorous, reliable and quality-oriented, keen attention to detail
• Analytical & problem solving, displays critical thinking, sound judgement
• Initiative, entrepreneurial skills, ability to work autonomously
• Ability to adapt to changing conditions, prioritise taks, work in a fast-moving environment
• Cooperation and team spirit
• Strong communication skills, ability to summarize key messages succintly
• Proficient/Good command of MS Office: Word, Excel (including VBA) and PowerPoint, command of Python programming language a plus

The VIE assignment in a nutshell
This VIE in London 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. 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.