TRAINEE: Finance Project & COO Team

RESPONSIBILITIES

Gather requirements from a wide array of stakeholders (Regulators, FO, Legal, Compliance, Operations, Finance, Risk, IT…); Produce the budget and project monitoring including time-tracking Write Business cases; analyzing the cost and value of each project & focus on what matter

PROFILE REQUIRED

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Previous experience in Production, Project Management or Business Analyst
• Knowledge of and experience in the financial industry including IT, RISQ & Front-Office
• Use of Microsoft Office applications with ease, including Visio.
• Coding skills is a plus to deal with IT experts but not a must.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Ability to assimilate, analyze and communicate a wide variety of information
• Ability to break down a problem into constituent parts
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with people on site as well as people in remote locations (All APAC, Paris, Bangalore…)
• Analytical and Problem-solving skills, disciplined person and able to work on strict timescales
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Strong organization skills
• Must be dependable and self-motivated
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous work-streams, dealing with multiple stakeholders and managing across numerous initiatives as well as ensure timely and robust delivery
• Strong and clear communication (verbal and written), ability to adjust communication style to audience
• Attention to details

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Degree in Finance, Information Systems, Technology or another related field

PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE

• 0/1 years of work experience
• Experience working in Project environment or COO function
• Working at a Head-Office or Regional Hub is a plus

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Enthusiastic self-starter with a “can-do” attitude and passion for delivery of high-quality solutions
• Team spirit
• Ability to handle multiple deadlines and associated pressures, to manage work independently and to be flexible within continually changing priorities.
• This is a fixed term 12 month Trainee contract with Societe Generale. You will form part of the team on a full time basis. In order to apply for the Trainee position please ensure you have completed your qualification and will be available to work full time for the duration of the Trainee contract.

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 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 117,000 employees in 66 countries and supports 25 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors worldwide (figures as of August 2023). 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 2,300 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 customised business solutions.

Department Description:

PURPOSE OF ROLE

Based in Hong Kong, the selected candidate will work on the Finance Projects & Operations for the APAC region including HK, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, India... The staff will oversee projects follow-up for the project managers with a strong cooperation with IT and other GBSU teams. Projects in scope are essentially regulatory, linked to accounting in our legal entities in Asia, performance management or liquidity monitoring related. The staff will also directly participate to the management of the operations for the Finance department in the Region. The job therefore implies a great level of autonomy, strong cooperation and organizational skills.

The candidate must have experience in monitoring projects with practical knowledge on time tracking, resource planning, milestone tracking and budget follow-up. The successful candidate will be capable of performing detailed analysis/scoping (on their own but first through a team of analysts) to understand and resolve current issues and develop/define the future state vision. This will require the individual to be skilled at extracting requirements from subject matter experts (Essentially IT but also Operations, Legal, Compliance, risk, Front-Office and of course Finance).

Hands-on approach with functional background, experience working closely with the Head-Office in Paris, IT and the Management Functions is a plus. Excellent communication skills and strong interpersonal skills as well.

The candidate will report to the Regional Manager working in close relation with APAC, Bangalore & Paris teams.