Job Description

Responsibilities

Responsibilities The RISQ Division's mission is to contribute to the sustainable and predictable growth of the SG Group by overseeing and independently challenging the objectives and strategies of the Business Lines. RISQ’s mission is to independently analyze, challenge, opine and monitor on the risk-taking activities of the Business Lines in order to get to the best possible outcome for the Bank. The RISQ division in the US supports all the activities in the Americas Region (US, Canada and Latin America), which is almost exclusively SGCIB-oriented. Within the RISQ Division, the Enterprise Risk Management department has the following remit, across all risk types to which SG’s Americas operations (SG AMER) are exposed:

• Coordinate risk analysis reporting to risk committees, including SG’s Enterprise Risk Committee, Executive Committee’s Risk Committee, and SG’s Board of Directors Risk Committee;
• Establish, and monitor adherence to, Risk Appetite Statements for SG AMER and its business lines;
• Coordinate and enhance SG AMER’s risk identification and assessment framework, and conduct periodic risk identification and assessment campaigns;
• Coordinate and enhance SG AMER’s stress testing framework, and conduct periodic stress testing exercises;
• Coordinate the Permanent Control framework in SG AMER;
• Organize and monitor SG AMER’s risk management framework, risk committees, and roles and responsibilities for all lines of defense;
• Oversee SG AMER’s policies and procedures; and
• Contribute to the development and usage of a “Governance, Risk and Compliance” (GRC) information system architecture across SG AMER.

During your VIE mission you will be in charge of these responsibilities: The risk professional sought for this position will be a member of the Permanent Control & Governance (PCG) team being part of the SG US Enterprise Risk Management Team, reporting to the Head of Permanent Control & Governance (located in New York). He/she will also be part of the “Risk Automation & Innovation” functional group made of risk professionals located in Montreal, tasked with enhancing RISQ’s usage of relevant data and analytics to support risk management.

• Development, update, discussion and socialization of various enterprise risk management governance policies and documents, such as the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, ensuring their alignment with applicable regulations and SG Group documents.
• Oversight and management of SG AMER’s policies and procedures, ensuring that they are fully compliant to SG AMER ‘s policy on policies.
• Oversight and management of SG AMER’s Issue Management framework, ensuring proper identification of risk, reporting and governance.
• Oversight and management of SG AMER’s Event Management framework, ensuring proper identification of risk, reporting and governance.
• Coordination of permanent control with the first level and second level of controls (control execution supervision, result reporting and
• Business analysis and project management on development of new functionalities of controls and issue Management in the GRC system.
• Support transversal topics such as Regulatory Exams, change-the-bank activities, systems design, and presentations of SGUS risk profile to Senior Management both in the US and at Head Office level.As a member of the Risk Automation & Innovation group, the risk professional will also work with all RISQ teams to improve the efficiency of risk monitoring and enhance the development and usage of risk analytics through automation and digitalization
  

Profile required

Profile You are graduated with a Bachelor or Master’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics or related subject. You have 1+ years in the banking industry, preferably in a risk or compliance environment Fluent written and spoken English and French Competencies:

• Strong presentation and excellent oral / written communication skills; proven experience in delivering strong, well-structured presentations for senior leadership.
• Effective interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Ability to interact with business lines, management and support functions and to provide effective challenge to members of business line and of risk management across the organization.
• Effective communication and analytical skills.
• Efficiency and ability to achieve results under tight deadlines and high pressure; strong problem-solving abilities.
• Quick learner and self-starter with a hands-on approach.

Technical Skills & Knowledge:

• Knowledge in risk management organization and governance.
• Understanding of key activities linked to a financial institution operating a large capital markets activity, inclusive of trading portfolios and lending activities in the Americas.
• Experience in project management, with a technological edge, from users’ perspective; prior involvement in innovation projects preferred.
• Knowledge of data management and risk main principles and regulations.
• Quantitative and technical skills needed for risk reporting and analysis; knowledge of applied statistics preferred.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); working knowledge of a business intelligence tool (Power BI, Tableau, etc.).
• Understanding of scripting languages (Python, R, SAS, Java, MATLAB, etc.), functional knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and APIs is a Plus.

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. 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. Please see Civiweb www.civiweb.com, in order to have more details regarding your financial indemnities. We would like to draw your attention to the fact there that your VIE mission could potentially get postponed, depending on the evolution of the health crisis and subjects to the decision made by the Crisis and Support Centre of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE). In addition, the selected candidate will only be paid upon confirmation from Business France and arrival in the country of assignment. To facilitate the examination of your application by our English-speaking managers, we thank you for applying in English.

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.


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

Reference: 22000NRP
Entity: SG CIB
Starting date: 2023/01/01
Publication date: 2022/08/10