Python Job: Risk Officer

RESPONSIBILITIES

DIVISION DESCRIPTION

The RISQ Division's mission is to contribute to the development of the SG Group's activity by facilitating the objectives of the Business Lines while maintaining independent oversight through risk evaluation and monitoring. 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.

What will be your DAY-TO-DAY?

The risk professional sought for this position will work actively on key credit risk and counterparty credit risk initiatives within the region. This role within the Portfolio Management and Governance team will provide the successful applicant a direct involvement in the analysis of a portfolio of corporates and financial institutions clients. The position involves tasks to identify drivers of risk, transversal projects related to risk management and innovation initiatives, as well as managing relevant governance committees. The role will work closely with colleagues in other Credit Risk departments such as Credit Assessment Group and Asset Restructuring & Recovery Management team.

The candidate should have a strong understanding of credit risk methodologies and framework, assist the team in organizing and coordinating inputs from various subject matter experts and contribute to enhance risk oversight.

The role will require strong analytical skills and knowledge of credit and counterparty credit risk metrics, of credit portfolio analysis, of the controls and processes around market risk. The candidate should develop a strong and hands-on knowledge of key risk metrics and reporting and have synthesis ability to communicate key findings within the risk department, to the senior management, as well as outside the risk division including LOD1 and external regulators.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Must Have:

• Good knowledge and understanding of credit portfolio analysis and credit and counterparty credit risk metrics
• Strong quantitative orientation and analytical skills
• Strong ability to synthesize complex metrics and subjects (derive patterns, trends, insights...) to extract and communicate the core information
• Involvement in Project Management coordinating tight deadlines with several stakeholders is a plus
• Highly motivated and fast learning individual
• Knowledge of credit risk analysis and methodologies
• Excellent verbal communication skills with the flexibility to communicate and build relationships with internal and external clients; strong written communication skills; overall strong interaction ability with key stakeholders including external regulators
• Curiosity, detail-oriented, autonomous, self-motivated, pro-active
• Integrity and responsibility
• High sense of teamwork: inspire and work well with others

Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of risk regulatory requirements and concepts
• Strong Knowledge of Excel, Power Point, and other MS office applications
• Proficient in PowerBi data visualization tool, in Python, SQL

Qualifications:

• Credit Risk assessment a plus
• Project Management (notably on technical development side)
• Application/system developer/coder a plus
• Bachelor/Master Degree in Finance, Statistics or in similar quantitative discipline

WHY JOIN US

OUR Benefits

Competitive compensation & benefits offering, including but not limited to:

• Minimum of 20 Vacation days + 4 personal days
  • Supportive Maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave policy
  • Health spending ($2,000/year) and personal spending ($1,000/year) accounts with 75+ eligible reimbursement categories (health, training, electronics etc.)
  • Fully sponsored virtual healthcare assistance and Employee Assistance Program to you and your immediate family
• Various Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to engage with such as Pride and Allies, American Women Network, Black Leadership Network, One planet, etc.
• A culture of continuous development by encouraging our employees various training programs (online training and coaching platform such as Coursera, GoFluent, Pluralsight, First Finance, and others)

OUR CULTURE
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged 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.

D&I
Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-about/diversity-and-inclusion/)

HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT
Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols. Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area. The applicable Business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.