Associate/VP – Development & Structured Export Finance (Finance & Accounting)

POSITION OBJECTIVE

• Originate, structure and execute Korean ECA supported financial advisory and arranging business as GLBA/FNA/DSE product banker.
• Achieve quantitative targets and qualitative targets for DSE Korea as a team

PRINCIPAL RESPONSABILITIES

• Be responsible for the Development & Structured Export Finance (DSE) business in Seoul, reporting to the Head of DSE Seoul.
• Originate, structure, and execute competitive and innovative export financing solutions
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Korean Export Credit Agencies (ECAs).
• Manage and monitor the DSE portfolio to ensure asset quality and policy compliance.
• Achieve agreed business targets and support cross‑selling in collaboration with other Business Lines.
• Act as Deal Leader, overseeing transaction structuring, approvals, documentation, and execution.
• Serve as a key liaison between clients and headquarters‑based product, industry, and account management teams.
• Ensure strict adherence to risk management, compliance, ESG principles, and internal governance.
• Act as a key contact point for local authorities and regulators when required.
• Contribute to strategic and cross‑functional initiatives to strengthen the Bank’s export finance franchise in Korea.
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage transaction, operational, and compliance risks, ensuring full alignment with the Bank’s risk culture and zero‑tolerance standards.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or a related field
• Significant experience in structured export finance, project finance, or corporate banking, with direct exposure to ECA‑backed transactions
• Proven ability to originate, structure, and execute competitive and innovative financing solutions, acting as Deal Leader across the full transaction lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of credit, transaction, operational, and compliance risks, with experience working under strict governance, approval, and documentation frameworks in an international banking environment.
• Excellent client relationship management and stakeholder coordination skills, including close interaction with corporates, ECAs, internal product teams, risk, legal, and compliance functions.
• Fluency in Korean and English is required

Behavioral Skill

• Client - Sales and Marketing Strategy: I contribute to adapt our offer to our clients'/internal partners' needs
• Client - Client  focus: I put long term relationship with our clients at the center of my actions, whatever my position 
• Team Spirit - Synergies: I make cooperation with colleagues in and outside my team a priority
• Team Spirit - Collective mindset: I favour the team’s interest over my own results
• Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks 
• Responsibility - Performance: I strive for high performance
   

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/

Societe Generale is committed to offering inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates.  If you require any reasonable accommodation of assistance during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our HR staff know.

Department Description

Global Banking and Advisory (GLBA) is at the heart of supporting societal and environmental progress. As bankers, we advise our clients and provide them with direct and indirect capital to support projects that have a huge positive impact.
GLBA combines a recognized wholesale coverage with world-class product, financing and advisory expertise within one team, enabling us to best support our clients.

Development and Structured Export Finance (GLBA/DSE) provides financing and advisory solutions to importers and exporters in relation to exports, as well as investment towards sustainable development and energy transition. Within its mission statement, GLBA/DSE is responsible for Export Credit Agencies and Specialised Public Institutions.