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Prime Fixed Income Financing Trainee

Employer
SOCIETE GENERALE
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
Dec 9, 2022

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Job Function
Other
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
Chez Société Générale, nous sommes convaincus que vous êtes le moteur du changement et que le monde de demain sera fait de toutes leurs initiatives, des plus petites aux plus ambitieuses.
Aux 4 coins du monde, que vous nous rejoigniez pour quelques mois, quelques années ou toute votre carrière, ensemble nous avons les moyens d'avoir un impact positif sur l'avenir. Créer, oser, innover, entreprendre font partie de notre ADN.
Si vous aussi vous souhaitez être dans l'action, évoluer dans un environnement stimulant et bienveillant, vous sentir utile au quotidien et développer ou renforcer votre expertise, nous sommes faits pour nous rencontrer !

Description of the Business Line or Department

The Fixed Income Financing desk is part of the Fixed Income Prime Brokerage offering and part of the larger Prime Services Clearing group.

The focus of the desk it to provide fixed income financing and short coverage solutions for the Fixed Income Prime Brokerage clients of SG primarily via Repo transactions.

The desk covers the EMEA and APAC activity for the clients of Societe Generale international Ltd and SG Americas.
Clients are primarily Hedge Funds, PTG's and investments managers who operate relative value rates trading strategies.

Summary of the key purposes of the role

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to learn all aspects of a Prime fixed income Financing business from a Front Office Trading perspective.
They will have exposure to pricing mechanisms, risk management principles, supporting trade structures and hedging (stock loan structures, FX Swaps), scarce resource management, collateral management.

Primarily they will be tasked to maintain current, develop and create additional tools/programs using internal and external data/inputs that improve and bring efficiencies to the desks pricing computation, risk management, book monitoring and booking flows.

The role offers the correct person the opportunity to add significant value to the desks operations and franchise and in return gain an in-depth knowledge of the business and this sector of the market.

Summary of responsibilities

With Traders assistance you will be tasked to design and build and manage on desk trading tools including,
  • Trade Pricing
  • Position Management
  • Scarce resource monitoring
  • Trade flow & booking
  • Risk monitoring
  • Limit monitoring
  • P&L monitoring and projection

In addition, there will be opportunity to complete quantitative analysis in respect of market trading levels to identify influencing factors that can improve the profitability of the desk.

Competencies
  • Advanced coding skills
  • Significant experience with Python and libraries such as Pandas, Numpy.
  • Familiarity with REST API integration.
  • Ability to perform statistical analysis and econometric modelling (e.g. in SciPy) is a plus.
  • Interest in Financial markets, particularly fixed Income/rates
  • Inquisitive nature and desire to understand financial markets
  • Proactivity
  • Strong communication skills
  • Good work ethic, self-motivated

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