V.I.E. Capital Market Surveillance

Hong Kong serves as the regional Compliance hub, with 100+ professionals organized into specialized teams. As a Trade Surveillance Trainee, you will be part of the Capital Market Surveillance team (CMS), supporting the monitoring of trading transactions to identify potential market abuse by clients or in-house traders while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Leveraging advanced surveillance technologies and analytical techniques, the department plays a vital role in safeguarding financial markets and protecting client interests. This position offers an excellent entry point into a leading financial services group, providing insights into compliance practices and organizational functions.

The CPLE/ASI/SUR/CMS team focuses on the surveillance of Global Banking Services (GBS) activities, encompassing Trade and Communications surveillance and processing Significant Shareholding Disclosures. The Trade Surveillance mission involves designing and reviewing controls to detect abusive or manipulative trading practices, while Communication Surveillance aims to implement systems to identify and track potential breaches of internal or external rules.

Operating globally within the Global Compliance Department, the Trade Surveillance function ensures adherence to regional obligations and alignment with the SG Code.

Responsibilities: 

• Conduct preliminary investigations into flagged trades and communications, documenting findings and preparing reports for different stakeholders, namely global trade surveillance, local compliance, and senior management
• Assist in real-time monitoring of trading transactions to identify potential market abuse or suspicious activities (insider dealing, ramping, wash trades, spoofing, etc.), ensuring timely intervention, by analyzing trading patterns
• Undertaking focused electronic communication monitoring potential market abuse behavior and identifying at-risk other non-market conducts (Benchmark Fixings, Market Abuse, Market Misconduct, Chinese Wall, Financial Crime, General Misconduct, etc.)
• Collaborate with senior compliance officers to address identified issues and participate in team discussions to analyze and interpret surveillance findings
• Maintain accurate and detailed records of surveillance activities and investigations in accordance with internal policies and regulatory requirements
• Provide appropriate proposals for the design and enhancement of CMS monitoring processes and surveillance controls
• Take ownership of reporting and monitoring tools, ensuring timely delivery of trade surveillance metrics and insights
• Support the management and delivery of daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly reports on trading activity, remediation, compliance metrics, and surveillance findings 
• Assist in data management and reconciliation processes related to surveillance
• Engage in transversal projects with various stakeholders to enhance information sharing and teamwork across the business unit and region

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 it is mandatory to provide us 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 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 degree in Corporate Finance, Legal and E&C, Data Analysis or related field

Language skills:

• Fluent English (B2-C1)

Technical, operational & Soft skills:

• Knowledge of trading practices and financial instruments, including equities, derivatives, and market regulations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate findings clearly and effectively to various stakeholder
• Proficient in Microsoft Word (use of Design, Layout, References & Review functionality), PowerPoint (use of Design & Format functionality), and Excel (use of formulas & VBA/macros for data manipulation and presentation
• Ability to multitask and collaborate with cross-functional teams, highly adaptable, and well-organized.

• Eager to learn and a proactive approach to professional development; Willing to work on a variety of assignment.

The VIE assignment in a nutshell
This VIE in Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong 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.