TRAINEE: Corporate Actions Officer

• Perform the processing, reconciliation, and booking of all corporate action events accurately and within the specified timeline
• Manage and update corporate action information in internal systems, ensuring its accurate reflection in related booking systems.
• Ensure the quality and completeness of recorded data, implementing controls to maintain data integrity.
• Review and interpret announcements related to corporate actions from various data sources, providing guidance to the team.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of market specifications on corporate action events across the APAC region.
• Coordinate the collection and processing of elections from trading desks and clients on various voluntary events.
• Analyze and regularize reported discrepancies, implementing corrective measures as necessary.
• Provide assistance to traders by responding to specific requests with effective and innovative solutions.
• Ensure accurate and timely posting of corporate action movements to client accounts.
• Streamline workflows through automation and process Review in collaboration with global corporate actions teams.
• Monitor and Manage risks associated with corporate action events, implementing risk mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to defining specifications and performing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new information systems.
• Document and update procedures linked to sensitive processes and controls, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.
• Respond promptly to incidents, developing and implementing long-term action plans to prevent recurrence.

• Hold a Bachelors or Masters degree in Finance, Business Administration, or similar discipline is preferred.
• Proven experience in a similar role within the financial services industry.
• Strong understanding of global securities operations, specifically corporate actions.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills: with an ability to use these collaboratively, explain and challenge, as appropriate.
• Proficiency in financial software systems and databases.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of industry regulations and guidelines related to corporate actions

  Behavioral Skills

• Team Spirit - Collective mindset: I favour the company's best interest over my team's results
• Team Spirit - Synergies: I make developing synergies within the Group a priority
• Team Spirit - Open mindset/Respect: I listen and share my views and my expertise in an open mode
• Responsibility - Performance: I generate outstanding individual and collective performance
• Innovation - Thinking out of the box/Creativity: I encourage and demonstrate positive out of the box thinking
• Commitment - Inspiration/Vision: I inspire others by communicating a clear vision and strategy

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:

Societe 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

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking is a part of Global Banking & Investor Solutions (GBIS). Corporate Action Middle Office sit within GBTO/EQD. Global Banking Technology & operations (GBTO). GBTO deliver Technology and Operations excellence in our day-to-day services to Global Banking and Investor Solutions (GBIS) Business Units and their clients.The Corporate Action Middle Office team in Asia covers the full APAC scope for global clients including Australia/New Zealand, Hong Kong/China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, India, and other South-East Asia locations.