TRAINEE: Market Risk Analyst

Responsibilities

• Perform trade bookings and assist with pre-trade/post-trade workflows.
• Be the liaison and coordinate efforts with functions across the Bank (Middle/Back-Office, Risk, Onboarding, IT, Legal).
• Coordinate and lead efforts for KYC/Onboarding of new clients.
• Run business analytics reports (P&L, Hit Ratio).                  
• Work in full autonomy with regard to the 1st year responsibilities listed above
• Develop/learn market knowledge (products payoffs, investment strategies, trading/markets practices).
• Maintain and improve trading/derivatives analytics for idea generation (charting tools, back testing).
• Develop and maintain coded tools to improve task automation and identify opportunities to improve overall processes.

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.

Profile required

• Relevant Bachelors or Masters degree in Finance/Engineering or similar
• Good coding skills (Python, and VBA preferred), with good problem solving-skills.
• Strong interest in Financial Markets and Derivatives (option pricing theory and greeks), willing to expand knowledge with practical experience.
• Strong attention to details. Process oriented. Value consistency.
• Possess a growth mindset and is focused on the long-term
• True team player, willing to work as a partner and able to build strong relationships.
• Knows how to prioritize tasks, and able to work/deliver under-pressure in a fast paced environment.
• Fluent in English; with clear/concise communication skills. Enjoy working in cross-cultural environment.
• Willing to learn, to be challenged and to make an impact.

Behavioral Skill

• Client - Client focus: I put long term relationship with our clients at the center of my actions, whatever my position 
• Responsibility - Performance: I strive for high performance
• 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
• Team Spirit - Collective mindset: I favour the team’s interest over my own results
• Commitment - Exemplarity: I embody the Group’s values 

Business insight

Company Description

Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth. Committed to the positive transformations of the world’s societies and economies, Societe Generale seeks to build together with its clients, a better and sustainable future through responsible and innovative financial solutions. Active in the real economy for over 160 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 126,000 employees in 65 countries and supports 25 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors worldwide (figures as of January 2024). We have a presence in 11 locations across Asia Pacific. With our regional headquarters in Hong Kong – a core hub of the worldwide Societe Generale Group – we employ around 2,200 employees in the region. In addition, Societe Generale's Global Solution Centre (SGGSC) in Bangalore and Chennai supports the Group in Asia Pacific and globally with customized business solutions.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organization, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.

We are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates.  If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Department Description

You will be part of the Equity Derivatives department within SG Global Markets. More specifically you will work in the Equity Derivatives Sales team based in Hong Kong. The team covers Global Institutional clients, ranging from traditional Asset Managers to the most sophisticated Hedge Funds. In close collaboration with the Trading team, the desk deals in a wide range of Equity Derivatives products (including Equity swaps, vanilla and exotic options, volatility and variance swaps) on Asia-Pacific Equity.