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V.I.E. Risk Officer

Montreal, Quebec
Mid Level
full_time

Top Benefits

Integration into teams and daily learning alongside experts
Real career accelerator experience
Various opportunities at the end of the VIE in France and abroad

About the role

Reference 25000CV6

Responsibilities The RISQ division's mission is to contribute to the development of the SG Group's activity by facilitating the objectives of the Business Lines while maintaining independent oversight through risk evaluation and monitoring. The RISQ division in the US supports all the activities in the Americas Region (US, Canada and Latin America), which is almost exclusively with the Global Banking and Investor Solutions (GBIS) activities.

In the Americas, the Credit Risk division of the Risk Department oversees all credit risk-taking in SGUS' lending and trading activities; including approving requests for exposure submitted by the business lines; providing an objective and independent view of exposures to watch list or default-rated Obligors and the optimum strategies to be pursued in their management, and analyzing the quality of the portfolio.

Tasks and responsibilities: Within the Credit Risk Portfolio Management & Governance (CRE/PMG) team of the Americas Credit Risk department, the responsibilities include and are not limited to:

  • Working closely with the Credit Analysis Group (CAG) and the Asset Restructuring & Recovery Management (ARM) teams to:
  • develop a good understanding on credit risk metrics
  • develop a good understanding of their processes and practices
  • perform governance related tasks with the teams
  • assist the teams in different tasks requiring transversal coordination
  • challenge established processes, and optimize production processes
  • Produce daily, weekly monthly and quarterly controls and reports to ensure effectiveness and compliance of SGUS Credit Risk processes including but not limited to Legal Lending Limit controls, Large Regulatory Exposures, Credit Triggers back testing, etc.
  • Contribute to the coordination of committees and meetings involving different teams from Front-Office, Middle-Office, and Risk departments
  • Assist in addressing any Internal/External Audit and Regulatory requests, and participate in the different remediation actions
  • Continuous enhancement of SGUS Credit Risk processes and systems using coding language and latest available technologies to:
  • streamline and optimize processes efficiency
  • actively contribute to the digital transformation of Credit Risk processes and monitoring
  • build risk dashboards and reports to improve risk monitoring or better emphasize tracking of Key Risk and Performance Indicators
  • Contribute actively to key Credit Risk, Transversal and Regulatory projects requiring:
  • transversal coordination and liaison between different stakeholders in the US but also in Europe and in Asia
  • good technology and system understanding to liaise efficiently with key Stakeholders including the Information System department

A questionnaire will be provided to you in order to check your VIE (Société Générale and Business France) eligibility. For an efficient analysis of your application, please make sure to truthfully answer all the questions. Please note that for the missions outside the European countries, a VISA is necessary. Please make sure your passport is valid up to 6 months after the end of the VIE contract to not delay your departure. Otherwise, we strongly advise you to launch asap the renewal of your passport. Required Profile required PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship. To facilitate the examination of your application by our English-speaking managers, we thank you for applying in English. Studies & experience:

  • Graduate with a Master degree with a specialization in Mathematics,Engineering, Finance, Data Science or related fields
  • Programming skills (under Python with restitution using PowerBi technologies)
  • Knowledge of relational databases and experience with SQL queries
  • A previous experience in Credit Risk management would be appreciated, and in Project Management and/or in project requiring data science analytical skills would be a plus

Language skills:

  • Solid English verbal and written communication skills

Operational, technical & soft skills:

  • Good communication and presentation skills
  • Strong analytical mindset
  • Self-motivated and a proactive attitude with strong desire to learn
  • Reactive, detail-oriented, driven to work in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic and deadline-foduced work environment
  • Proficient/Good command of MS Office

The VIE assignment in a nutshell This VIE in Montreal is to begin as soon as possible, but you need to plan 3 months between your application date and the beginning of your VIE assignment. It will last 24 months.

In case a visa is necessary, please make sure your passport is valid up to 6 months after the end of the VIE contract to not delay your departure.

The VIE is a specific contract, under Business France’s eligibility criteria, opened to candidates under 28 and from the member states of the European Economic Space. For further information (including your financial indemnities), please see Mon VIE-VIA Business France.

Why join us As soon as you arrive, you will be integrated into our teams and will learn every day alongside our experts, who will support you in your tasks. Gradually, you will become more independent in your projects, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

At the end of your VIE, various opportunities could be offered to you, in France and abroad.

Business insight At Societe Generale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating?

You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.

Diversity and Inclusion Societe Generale is an equal opportunity employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. We are committed to recognizing and promoting the talents and achievements of our employees and staff, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or status protected under applicable law. We strive to write our postings as inclusively as possible. If, however, one gender is used alone in this display, it designates persons of all gender identities.

About Societe Generale

Banking
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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 and its teams seek to build, day after day, 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 members of staff in 66 countries and supports on a daily basis 25 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors around the world by offering a wide range of advisory services and tailored financial solutions. The Group is built on three complementary core businesses:

  • French Retail Banking which encompasses the SG and Boursorama brands. Each offers a full range of financial services with omnichannel products at the cutting edge of digital innovation;

  • International Retail Banking, Insurance and Financial Services, with networks in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and specialised businesses that are leaders in their markets;

  • Global Banking and Investor Solutions, which offers recognised expertise, key international locations and integrated solutions.

Societe Generale is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Refinitiv Diversity and Inclusion Index, Euronext Vigeo (Europe and Eurozone), STOXX Global ESG Leaders indexes, and the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Index (World and Europe).