Graduate Analyst, Global Markets

RESPONSIBILITIES
What We Offer

Our Graduate Program is a two-year elite program with the following aims:

• Provide you with a unique opportunity to kick off your dream career
• Build solid foundations for your future growth and development
• Give you a chance to contribute to the development and success of the bank

During the two-year program, intensive and comprehensive talent management approach will be adopted to develop your skills and professional expertise.

Program Structure

You will be part of the Global Markets group which brings together the Equities, Fixed Income & Currencies capabilities with the objective of providing investors with one integrated multi-asset market solutions team.

You will take on three eight-month rotations amongst the following teams.

For your first rotation, you will join one of the following transversal functions to give you a comprehensive overview of the bank and capital markets, as well as the regulatory framework:

• Global Markets Marketing
• Business Management Office

Depending on your profile, you will follow either a Sales Stream OR a Trading Stream for the second and third rotations.

For the Sales Stream, the second and third rotations will be:

• As a Sales Assistant, you will service different types of clientele (Hedge Funds, Corporates, China Desk) or asset classes (Fixed Income, Credit, FX, Cash Equity, Equity Derivatives).

For the Trading Stream, the second and third rotations will be:

• As a Trading Assistant, you will support the desks covering Flow Products, Exotic Products or Prime Brokerage activities within any of the asset classes covered by our Hong Kong teams (Fixed Income, Credit, FX, Listed and OTC Equities).

PROFILE REQUIRED

We are looking for exceptional university graduates with the following attributes and competencies

• Bachelor’s degree or above from an accredited university with excellent academic results
• Fresh graduates or candidates with less than one year’s working experience after graduation
• Passionate for a long-term career development in the banking industry
• Strong leadership potential and interpersonal skills
• Good commercial acumen
• Superior analytical, critical-thinking and communications skills
• Self-motivated, mature, and possessing a strong drive for excellence
• Open to different ideas and cultures and enjoy being part of a team
• Ability to solve problems and propose new ideas
• Good coding skills (for example VBA and/or Python) is a plus
• Excellent command of English

BUSINESS INSIGHT

Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Founded in 1864, we have been playing a vital role in the economy for over 150 years. With more than 117,000 employees based in 66 countries worldwide, we accompany 25 million clients throughout the world on a daily basis. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial strength with a strategy of sustainable growth.
 
ASIA-PACIFIC (ASIA), as one of the Business Units of Societe Generale, operates in 12 locations across the Asia Pacific region, employing over 2,500 employees with the regional headquarter located in Hong Kong. Our activities here are centered on Societe Generale's Global Banking & Investor Solutions pole (GBIS), a major growth engine for the Group and a key pillar of Societe Generale's universal banking model. Our expertise in Asia Pacific ranges from Corporate & Investment Banking (Advisory, Financing and Global Markets) to Asset Management, Global Transaction Banking and specialised financial services like Equipment & Vendor Finance and Vehicle Leasing & Fleet Management. In addition, Societe Generale's Global Solution Centre (SGGSC) in Bangalore and Chennai offers customised business solutions to the Societe Generale Group globally including ASIA.