SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA | Trainee: COO Assistant
2 days ago
Responsibilities
RISQ/ASI/COO is the team that provides organizational and transversal support to RISQ/ASI, serving as the primary liaison between the Risk groups and various support partners. It coordinates cross-entity matters and manages the department resources, ensuring RISQ operating rules are applied and observed, promoting a secure and sustainable platform.
In those duties, the COO assistant trainee will assist the COO of RISQ/ASI who is responsible for:
- Preparing RISQ/ASI budget and monitoring budget and budget projections, in conjunction with the DFIN, and coordinating resource and logistics management.
- Reviewing certain cross-business projects and efficiency-related initiatives, ensuring that RISQ/ASI (including CROs) needs are considered and serving as the primary liaison with the global project teams.
- Serving as correspondent for RISQ/ASI, coordinating the RISQ/ASI effort to deploy and improve the Compliance framework.
- Managing communication inside and outside of RISQ/ASI, including preparation of the quarterly staff meeting, developing common values and a strong risk culture.
- Drafting and reviewing RISQ/ASI’s policies not related to Enterprise Risk Management (including Client Service Level Agreement, mission statement, RISQ/ASI operational risk policies, etc.).
- Coordinating various projects or risk assessments within RISQ/ASI departments and teams.
- Serving as correspondent for RISQ/ASI and its partners on environmental, climate, and related aspects, ensuring guidelines and training are cascaded as relevant.
RISQ/ASI/COO also acts as Operation Risk Manager (ORM), and in this respect is responsible for:
- Serving as secretary of RISQ/ASI’s ORC (preparing the committee and following up on actions).
- Coordinating the implementation of the first level controls for RISQ/ASI.
- Coordinating the periodic risk assessment of the department (Business Continuity, Business Impact Analysis, etc.).
- Monitoring the performance of RISQ/ASI’s operational risk framework (including market, credit risks, operational and transversal risks) and coordinating the oversight.
- Monitoring outsourced services.
- Conducting the first analysis of incidents, defining remediation actions, and escalating to management as needed.
- Coordinating follow-up on the implementation of self-identified findings or recommendations from the Audit Department or Control function within RISQ/ASI.
1st year:
- Understand RISQ SU and its activities in the Asia region.
- Develop skills in Operational Risk Management and related processes, tools, and framework.
2nd year:
- Gain deeper knowledge on ORM topics.
- Develop communication skills with heads of teams and other departments.
- Become independent and ensure proper documentation.
Candidates with outstanding performance will be considered for early conversion to permanent roles.
What We Offer
Your life doesn’t revolve around your job. So, find the job that revolves around your life.
The Trainee role is a full-time 24-month contract with Societe Generale, providing access to a diverse range of training materials to help you succeed, covering various aspects of businesses, including but not limited to technical skills, leadership development, communication skills, client service, and relationship management. To be eligible, please ensure you have completed your qualification and will be available to work full-time for the duration of the Trainee contract.
Profile Required
- Hold a relevant bachelor's or master's degree in business or similar.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Experience in Banking is preferred.
- Knowledge of finance market/counterpart risks and global knowledge of Information Systems is preferred.
- Ability to work independently.
- Proactive, problem-solving abilities, able to work under pressure and propose new ideas.
- Ability to work efficiently in a team setting.
- Good communication skills.
- Fluent English is mandatory.
Behavioral Skills:
- Team Spirit - Open mindset: I listen and share my views and my expertise in an open mode.
- Team Spirit - Synergies: I prioritize cooperation with colleagues in and outside my team.
- Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks.
- Commitment - Sustainability: I strive to develop my skills and knowledge.
- Innovation - Simplification: I make things and ideas simple.
- Innovation - Technology: I adopt new technologies in the solutions and projects I work on.
Why Join Us: Business Insight
Our Culture:
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit, and innovation. We engage and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I):
Our mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that enhances our competitive position and delivers innovative solutions to our clients.
Department Description:
The RISQ Division in Asia Pacific (RISQ/ASI) is responsible for identifying, measuring, monitoring, approving, and controlling risks pertaining to the Group’s activities in the Asia Pacific (i.e., conducted by SG’s Asia-Pacific Business Unit - “ASIA BU” or booked in one of the Asia-Pacific entities). RISQ/ASI oversees credit/counterparty, market, liquidity, structural, operational, and model risks while compliance and reputational risks are under the supervision of the compliance department (CPL). Strategic risk remains under the supervision of the Head of the ASIA BU.
RISQ/ASI comprises seven departments (RMA, CIB, OPE, CTL, ERM, ALM, and COO), plus representatives (“local CROs”) in various entities of Asia Pacific.
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