V.I.E. Financial Engineer Pricing Assistant

You will use models and pricing tools to evaluate custom investment solutions for various clients in the Americas.
You will use your programming skills to script derivative payoffs and to further automate our processes.
You will work with sales people and traders to win and execute trades.
Your focus will primarily be on equity derivatives, but you may also work on hybrid derivatives that cover multiple asset classes.
This opportunity will allow you to gain experience working on a trading floor and will teach you knowledge about exotic derivatives.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Use proprietary tools and models to price derivatives
• Develop tools to increase the level of automation
• Generate reports for individual clients and internal use
• Generate new ideas for trades
• Run reports for individual clients

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.

Kindly note that it is also mandatory to provide us with a formal proof of your M2 diploma validation before the assignment start date. No VIE mission will start without this document.

*Grade sheets are not accepted as justification of the diploma.

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's degree from a Business/Engineering School or University with a specialization in Finance
• A previous experience in Sales and Trading would be appreciated

Language skills:

• Fluent in English

Operational, technical & soft skills:

• Good communication and presentation skills

• Proficient/Good command of MS Office

• Solid understanding of financial mathematics

• Good knowledge of option pricing theory

• Very strong computer programming skills (Python, VBA Excel)

• Good team spirit and capacity to work in a team

• Strong motivation to be successful

• Strong commitment

• High level of curiosity

• Easy to work with

• Able to think outside the box

The VIE assignment in a nutshell

This VIE in New York 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 18 months.

In case 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.

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.