Data Scientist

As Data Scientist, within the IGAD Asia Hub located in Hong Kong, your main responsibilities will be to

Contribute to Audit missions as the data expert

As the data expert, fully integrated to an audit team, your main objectives will be to:

• Obtain a good understanding of the business and operational processes and the problem statement from auditors as well as from business and operational staff.
• Refine this problem statement with a data angle to define the key questions to be answered, and identify the relevant data sources and experts to help you.
• Liaise with our Data Extraction team or collect the data directly from the IT team for the data collection in compliance with information security and data protection policies.
• Manage the iterative data analysis process from data preparation, through the analysis itself and up to the documentation of the analysis and presentation of your conclusions.
• Support the audit team to help them do simple analysis and handle more advanced techniques and tools on data visualization, statistics, machine learning, etc.

Educate and Support Auditors throughout Asia

As the data champion for the entire IGAD Asia team your role will be to:

• Animate the data analytics community in Asia, and in particular,
• Train auditors on basic data analysis tools and techniques,
• Support auditors on simple requests and questions,
• Host knowledge sharing sessions to communicate on data analytics use cases.

Contribute to the Data Analytics community and to the effort on R&D and GenAI

As a member of the Global IGAD data analytics community

• Regularly synchronize with other Data Analysts & Scientists from the Paris Data Lab and from other locations to share and develop knowledge on tools and methodologies
• Coordinate with IGAD IT Team to develop IGAD’s data science platform as well as the offer in the data analytics tools provided to auditors
• Contribute to the technology watch on Data Science/genAI topics and to transversal projects

• You are graduated with a Master’s degree in Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Market Finance or a related discipline.
• Previous working experience in Market Finance is preferable.
• Real world experience in dealing with large datasets.
• Python, R or similar language
• Display of innovation, team spirit and time management
• Fluent English is mandatory 

Behavioral Skills

• Innovation - Thinking out of the box/Creativity: I propose new ideas and solutions
• Innovation - Technology: I adopt new  technologies in the solutions and projects I work on
• Team Spirit - Synergies: I make cooperation with colleagues in and outside my team a priority
• Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks 
• Client - Risk: I strive to satisfy clients while taking into account risks for the company\
• Commitment - Exemplarity: I embody the Group’s values 
  
   

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. It is placed under the authority of the Head of Inspection and Audit, who 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 major risks for the Group, transversal topics and strategic issues. And the best at the top of responsibilities: The main role of IGAD is to review operational entities in an objective, thorough and risk-based manner to assess the compliance of the Group’s operations, the level of actual risk, the enforcement of procedures and the effectiveness and relevance of the corresponding permanent control set up. IGAD issues recommendations in order to better manage risks and to increase the efficiency of the Group’s activities. INS/DAT is a global and transversal organization within IGAD that plays a key role in reinforcing Societe Generale third line of defense through the use of Data Analytics techniques and tools