TRAINEE: Market Activities Auditor

Responsibilities

• Understand the business thoroughly, across its different business lines and locations
• Use data analytics technique for some investigation works
• Contribute to develop new tools and processes to increase audit capacity and efficiency
• Monitor continuously its evolution thanks to regular interaction with business partner
• Report audit findings/reviews to management, recommending appropriate and practical actions to address any issues identified
• Participate to the knowledge sharing initiatives amongst the market activities auditors' team worldwide

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.

• Hold a relevant bachelor's or master's degree in finance, Engineering, Business or similar
• Preferably, have working experience in market activities: Front Office, Operations (Middle and Back Office), Risk controls
• Knowledgeable in programming skills (e.g. VBA, Python, etc.)
• Knowledge of investment banking and financial products including derivatives and of related rules and regulations
• Good analytical skills, at ease with data
• Good communication, presentation and report writing skills
• Positive attitude and able to work with all levels of staff
• Creativity in doing audit (e.g. Identifying the key risk, designing smart controls, etc.)
• Fluent English is mandatory, fluent Mandarin/Cantonese preferred

Through this traineeship, the candidate will acquire solid business knowledge around global markets activities and the various functions in an investment bank, and obtain strong experience on audit work, data analytics and coding.

Behavioral Skills

• Team Spirit - Synergies: I make cooperation with colleagues in and outside my team a priority
• Team Spirit - Open mindset: I listen and share my views and my expertise in an open mode
• Innovation - Thinking out of the box/Creativity: I propose new ideas and solutions
• Responsibility - Accountability: I make decisions in my scope of responsibilities
• Responsibility - Performance: I strive for high performance
• Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks 

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 is one of the leading financial services groups in Europe. Based on a universal banking model, the Group combines financial strength with a strategy of sustainable growth, putting its resources to work to finance the economy and its clients’ projects.

With our regional headquarters in Hong Kong – a core hub of the worldwide Societe Generale Group – we employ over 10,000 employees in the region. Our expertise here ranges from corporate and investment banking to asset management, securities services, global transaction banking and specialized financial services.