Trainee - Regulatory & Compliance Oversight

Kick-start your career in Compliance

Are you curious about how financial institutions stay on the right side of regulations? Interested in how businesses manage risk and maintain high ethical standards?

We’re looking for a Trainee to join our Regulatory & Compliance Oversight team in London. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and build a strong foundation in financial services compliance.

What you’ll be doing

As a trainee, you’ll work across a variety of compliance activities, gaining exposure to different areas of the function. Your role will include:

Understanding regulations

• Tracking new and changing regulations and helping assess their impact

• Supporting the team in keeping the business up to date with regulatory developments

Risk & monitoring

• Assisting with compliance risk assessments across the business

• Helping monitor incidents, complaints and key risk indicators

Policies & training

• Supporting updates to internal policies and guidance

• Assisting with the rollout of compliance training for employees

Governance & reporting

• Helping organise internal meetings and committees

• Preparing reports and tracking follow-up actions

Working collaboratively

• Engaging with teams across the business, including Legal, Risk and front-office teams

• Supporting regulatory reporting and administrative processes

• You’ll gain broad exposure and develop practical skills along the way.

What we’re looking for

We’re interested in people who are:

• Curious about financial regulations and risk management

• Detail-oriented and organised

• Proactive and eager to learn

• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team

• Able to handle sensitive information responsibly

A degree (in any discipline) or relevant experience is welcome, but attitude and motivation matter most.

What you’ll gain

• A strong foundation in compliance and financial regulation

• Exposure to a wide range of stakeholders and business areas

• Opportunities to learn, grow and develop your career

• Hands-on experience with real business challenges

• Ongoing support and mentoring from experienced professionals

Why join us?

You’ll be part of a team that plays a key role in protecting the organisation and ensuring it operates responsibly and ethically. We value collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning — and we’ll support you throughout your career journey.

Ready to apply?

If you’re looking to start your career in compliance and want to learn in a supportive, dynamic environment — we’d love to hear from you.

People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like “hard work” and “dedication” together with “community” and “respect” has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it's what makes us different. It's what makes you different.

If you feel you have the required experience and qualifications, then please apply to the SG Resourcing Team, and we will manage your application. At Société Générale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business. As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender identity.