TRAINEE: Credit Sales Assistant

• Work and assist with Greater China Credit Sales Team on a day-to-day basis to provide services for institutional clients
• Assist sales on daily credit bond trading flow and repo enquiries; assist on trade bookings and maintain a comprehensive record of executed trades
• Reconcile trade details with clients, traders, middle and back offices, ensuring smooth process on both pre-trade and post-trade settlement. (Legal, Operations, Client Support, Valuation, and Trading)
• Coordinate after-sales services for clients including issues related to settlement, valuations publication etc.
• Assist sales on KYC affairs, including new client onboarding, periodical KYC review, reverse KYC and ad hoc subaccount onboarding requests

• Hold a relevant Bachelors or Master's degree in Finance, Economics or similar
• Demonstrate the capacity to work in a team environment, on collective success
• Good communication and organizational skills
• Pro-active, rigorous, able to multitask and work under pressure
• Fluent English and Mandarin are mandatory
• HKMA Enhanced Competency Framework (ECF) certification is preferred

Behavioral Skills

• Client - Understanding and Respect: When communicating with our clients/internal partners I listen in order to understand and anticipate their needs
• Team Spirit - Open mindset/Respect: I listen and share my views and my expertise in an open mode
• Team Spirit - Collective mindset: I favour the company's best interest over my team's results
• Innovation - Simplification: I make things & ideas simple
• Responsibility - Performance: I generate outstanding individual and collective performance
• Commitment - Inspiration/Vision: I inspire others by communicating a clear vision and strategy

This is a fixed term 24-month Trainee contract with Societe Generale. You will form part of the team on a full-time basis. In order to apply for the Trainee position please ensure you have completed your qualification and will be available to work full time for the duration of the Trainee contract.

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

SG CIB is the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of the Société Générale Group. Present in over 50 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia. SG CIB provides corporate, financial institutions investors and public sector clients with value-added integrated financial solutions.