Financial Supervision & Control Junior Analyst

Job description

Responsibilities

As part of the Finance Second Level Control team, the Financial Controller will have the opportunity to use his/her skills to participate in rigorous reviews and assessments of Société Générale Americas' financial and regulatory control framework.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Participating in reviews of controls over financial and regulatory reporting.

• Designing testing plans on high risk processes and or areas.

• Validating the flow of transactions from the point of origin to the final reporting.

• Analyzing and quantifying the impact of identified findings on the regulatory reporting and the financial statements.

• Preparing and presenting areas of improvement to senior management and responsible business units.

• Developing strong partnerships with multiple teams in the organization, such as Liquidity, Regulatory Reporting, and Technology.

• Being a subject matter expert in terms of internal control, accounting, and regulatory risk.

• Staying up to date on emerging GAAP, IFRS, and liquidity regulatory changes and assessing their impact on the firm's policies and control framework.

Profile Required

Qualifications:

Good understanding of audit techniques (risk approach, substantive testing, high view analysis…).

Financial Products knowledge.

Understanding of accounting treatment of financial products.

Experience Needed:

Approximately 2-3 years of experience working in the financial sector in a similar capacity.

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Advanced degree or CPA a plus.

Languages:

English and French speaking and writting.

Business Insight

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SGCIB) is the third largest investment bank in the European Economic Area and is present in more than 75 countries around the world.

The head office of its Canadian securities broker is located in Montreal and has approximately 100 employees. Société Générale Group's SGCIB division has positioned itself as a front-line player in the trading securities and derivatives on the Canadian market. A Société Générale entity specializing in information technology is also based in Montreal.

Société Générale Group was established in Canada since 1974 and has today more than 400 employees and consultants based in its Montreal, Toronto and Calgary offices.

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, sexual or gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.

Job code: 200000YP
Business unit: SG CIB
Starting date: Immediate
Date of publication: 08/02/2020