TRAINEE: Data Analyst/Scientist

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.

Responsibilities

You will report to the Head of Data Analytics and Innovation and work with one Data Scientists in IGAD Asia DataLab. The DataLab supports the entire Asia Internal Audit department (~ 45 staff) to cover audit activities for all SG Group Business entities across the Asia Pacific region.

Contribute to Audit missions with a focus on data analytics

• Support Asia Data Scientists and Auditors in the data collection and data preparation steps
• Implement Business Intelligence (BI) reports or dashboards in collaboration with experienced Auditors to help them identify risks and detect abnormal patterns in data
• Propose and implement other types of data analysis, controls and data science techniques using Python programming or other advanced data analytics solutions

Educate and Support Auditors throughout Asia  

• Guide and train Asia auditors in using basic data analysis tools and techniques
• Support auditors with their ad-hoc requests and questions around data analytics

Contribute to projects

• Implement data analytics solutions to automate audit controls (typically the one that can be reused from one mission to another)
• Implement and maintain BI dashboards for the regular monitoring of risks
• Contribute to the technology watch on Data Science/genAI topics

Through your interaction with the Data Scientists, you will have the possibility to learn the entire process of a data analytics project and explore various data science technics including machine learning algorithms implemented in real life cases (such as decision trees, isolation forest, natural language processing algorithms, process mining, etc.)

Candidates with outstanding performance will be considered for early conversion to permanent roles.

Working Experience / Technical Skills & Know how

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Data Science or a related discipline
• Good knowledge of Python programming is required
• Knowledge of SQL and database systems is a plus
• Knowledge of a BI solution is preferred (Microsoft BI, Tableau, Qlik View, etc.)

Skills & Competencies

• Sharp analytical mindset
• Comfortable in manipulating data
• Paying attention to details and quality
• Curious with an appetite to learn and develop data skills
• Creative thinking with a “can do” attitude
• Good level of integrity showing care in the manipulation of confidential or sensitive information
• Good communication skills with the ability to collaborate throughout Asia with staff who have different kind of level and background

Language Skills

• Fluent in verbal and written English

Behavioral Skills

• Innovation - Thinking out of the box/Creativity: I propose new ideas and solutions
• Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks 
• Responsibility - Performance: I strive for high performance
• Commitment - Sustainability: I strive to develop my skills and knowledge
• 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
   

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 an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates.  If you require any reasonable accommodations of assistance during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our HR staff know.

Department Description

The Inspection General and Internal Audit Division (IGAD) is Societe Generale Group’s 3rd line of defense. The Global Head of Inspection and Audit reports directly to the Group's Chief Executive Officer. Audit (1,100 staff) is organized in geographical and functional zones, while General Inspection (130 staff), on top of audit work, covers for the Group major risks, transversal and strategic topics. The main role of IGAD is to review operational entities in an objective and thorough manner with a risk-based approach to assess the level of risks, evaluate the compliance of the Group’s operations with policies and procedures and the effectiveness of the permanent control set up. IGAD issues recommendations to better manage risks and to increase the efficiency of the Group’s activities.

INS/DAT (aka IGAD DataLab) is a global and transversal organization within IGAD that plays a key role in reinforcing Societe Generale’s third line of defense through the use of Data Analytics.