V.I.E. Coverage Analyst - Innovation / Project / Organization - Zürich, Switzerland

The position is based within the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) coverage team.

The Coverage teams offer a global coverage approach focused on dialogue with clients. Building on long-term relationships based on trust, we promote to clients the whole range of services offered by all the Societe Generale business lines, with a particular focus on investment banking, commercial banking and global markets activities. We also promote our ESG approach and push positive impact finance solutions.

The Financial Institutions Group (FIG) was created to better serve a key clientele (banks, insurance companies asset managers, etc...) with specific needs by gathering relevant intelligence and using our technical expertise.

You will be part of a client-driven coverage organisation to work closely with Bankers and Analysts in the Financial Institutions department as well as with all the salespeople involved in our business relationships with Swiss Financial Institutions.

Your missions can be summarised as follows:

- Provide the best level of services and support to our strategic clients alongside bankers
- Help to expand the FIG client base and grow global revenue potential at group level
- Develop an expertise on Financial Institutions in order to provide the team with market and client-specific research (Banks, Insurance, Asset Managers)
- Operational efficiency: participate in the design and the implementation of transversal processes to optimise the coverage model and to align the SG group strategy on FI clients
- Provide the management with profitability reports and business opportunities

The new joiner will work in a stimulating environment. The coverage team acts as a liaising function between Societe Generale business lines (Global Markets, Commercial Banking, Investment Banking) and Support Teams (Risk, Compliance, KYC).

You will be asked to:
- Perform economic analyses on key clients as well as on prospects
- Conduct industry research
- Prepare notes and marketing material to use in client meetings, covering topics such as: financing alternatives, capital markets activity, treasury services, global markets products...
- Conduct internal reviews and follow-up action plans on some clients based on business needs: analyse business potential and participate in interviews with salespeople to identify new opportunities
- Monitor market trends and track client performance
- Understand the impact of new regulation, market evolution on Financial Institutions clients and SG offer (Basel III, Solvency II, EMIR and MIFID)

Due to the VIE eligibility criteria, a questionnaire will be provided. Please make sure to answer all the questions for an efficient analysis of your application.

PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship.

To facilitate the examination of your application by our English-speaking managers, we thank you for applying in English.

Studies & experience:

• Graduate with a Master’s degree from a Business/Engineering School or University with a specialization in Finance or any other relevant field (Economics, Management, etc…)
  
• A previous experience in the banking industry would be appreciated

Language skills:

• Mandatory: Fluent in English and French (verbal and written)
• Additional: German is a plus

Technical, operational & soft skills:

• Interest in finance and in the banking sector
• Academic knowledge in corporate finance and financial markets products
• Knowledge of the European financial environment (market participants, economic trends, markets evolution...) is a plus
• Microsoft Office literacy
• Autonomy
• Attention to details
• Ability to work simultaneously on multiple tasks
• Extreme discretion regarding confidential and sensitive information
• Ready to learn and curious
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive and enthusiastic
• Able to work with multiple people across various geographies
• Good analytical and interpretation skills

The VIE assignment in a nutshell

This VIE in Zürich 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 18 months.

In case a visa is necessary, please make sure your passport is valid up to 6 months after the end of the VIE contract to not delay your departure.

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. For further information (including your financial indemnities), please see Mon VIE-VIA Business France.

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.

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.