Trainee - SGSS

Job description

Environment

People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like “hard work” and “dedication” together with “community” and “respect” has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it's what makes us different. It's what makes you different.

Mission

Description of the Business Line or Department - Summary of the business, coverage, services
http://www.sg-securities-services.com/en/

SGSS offer the following core services:
- Clearing Services
- Custody and Trustee Services
- Fund Administration and Asset Servicing
- Fund Distribution Services
- Liquidity management
- Global Issuer Services
The business line is an internal start up launched in 2015 to create a greater exposure for SGSS in the UK market.
The offer covers three distinct product lines with multiple clients on each:
- Wealth management
- Institutional clearing and settlement
- Fund Administration
The business is evolving rapidly as it continues to develop product sophistication and support ongoing client demand.

Summary of the key purposes of the role - Summary of the key objectives and primary goals (minimum 3)

The Change Management Officer will be supporting the Head of Change through the following responsibilities:
Change Management:
• Conduct impact analysis with the relevant teams to investigate ongoing change request in terms of solutions to be deployed, cost estimate and delivery time.
• Contribute to weekly/monthly review meetings to validate the priority and the cost funding of the ongoing projects/change requests
• Track and report the progress status of the change requests through the different business lines
• Monitor and update the allocated budget
• Collaborate with the business stakeholders, IT teams and the relevant third parties eg clients or suppliers
Continuous improvement / Ad hoc Project Management:
• Design, implement and manage the teams project/programme delivery plan (scope, planning, budget, deliverables, governance, actions, organisation and reporting)
• Maintaining a robust project/programme governance across teams
• Follow up of actions to maintain progress
• Provide regular and ad-hoc reports on progress, risks & issues and initiating corrective action where necessary
• Any ad hoc activities as agreed eg support on analytical tasks
• Act as a liaison between teams to facilitate efficient coordination of activities
• Coordinate training sessions for the operational teams with the other entities abroad
• Project Manage small operational initiatives eg Implement a KRI/KPI framework

Summary of responsibilities - Minimum of 6 responsibilities to be identified

- Facilitating the management and coordination of the change management process
- Facilitating and performing change request impact assessments
- Coordinating change with suppliers supporting SGSS products
- Engagement with clients to clarify requirements and manage delivery expectations
- Project management
- Liaison between technical and business teams
- Management reporting
- Analysis support eg working with business teams to identify new requirements

Level of Autonomy and Authority - Define the autonomy of the role and what the job holder can authorise and make decisions on - If applicable

Engagement across the business and wider SG European entity. There will also be frequent contact with suppliers and clients

Desired profile

Profile

Competencies - Define a minimum of 10 skills and technical knowledge that are essential for the Job holder to have

1. Good communications, verbal/written appropriate for clients, suppliers and all levels of management.
Able to convey complex subjects in simple terms.
2. Ability to understand complex processes and identify inter-relationships across subjects
3. High attention to detail.
4. Ability to coordinate multiple tasks with sound judgement of priorities and dependencies
5. Project management
6. Self starter, tenacious in their drive to deliver to objectives & timelines, ability to arbitrate priorities through negotiation
7. Financial services, capital markets experience
8. Fluent English, French desirable
9. Familiar with MS Office products excel, word, power point, project
10. Experience in a head office type environment

If you feel you have the required experience and qualifications, then please apply to the SG Resourcing Team, and we will manage your application. At Societe Generale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business. As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender reassignment.