V.I.E. Business Data Analyst

SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA; Montreal; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services company is seeking a candidate for a VIE position in Montreal, Canada to manage client lifecycle processes, liaise with compliance and legal teams, and assist with budget processes. Ideal candidates will hold a Master's degree and have strong analytical and communication skills. The position requires fluency in English and offers the opportunity to become integral to client onboarding and monitoring procedures over a 24-month assignment.

Qualifications

• Graduate with a Master's degree required.
• 1-2 years of experience in a similar position appreciated.
• Experience in process improvement or project management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Interact closely with compliance and legal teams.
• Prepare presentations for KYC and Executive Committees.
• Assist with budget processes and monthly tracking.
• Perform cost analyses and ensure timely resolution of anomalies.

Skills

Good communication skills

Presentation skills

Proficient in MS Office

Fluent in English

Education

Master degree from Business School or University

Job description

Responsibilities

Society Générale’s Client Lifecycle and Digital Group (CLD) acts as a transversal client group for all B2B clients and is in charge of operations and IT associated with the full Client Lifecycle including onboarding, reviews and offboarding. Our mandate is to enforce client intelligence on wholesale clients, by developing our broad client knowledge (referential, KYC, regulatory data, etc). This relationship is rooted in a simplified, differentiated experience for our clients and employees, and in the assurance of a permanent commitment over the client’s entire lifecycle and interactions with our department.

CLD is responsible for implementing and assuring consistent application of SG’s local and global KYC Policies and procedures, FATCA and any other regulatory requirements associated with on-boarding a new client and performing annual periodic reviews of existing clients. Specifically, the CLD department is charged with reviewing all new client requests and determining the required documentation to fulfill regulatory and SG’s requirements.

During your VIE mission you will be in charge of these responsibilities :

• Interacting closely with CLD executive managers and staff, Compliance, Legal, Risk, and other SG functions as needed

• Preparing relevant presentations and reports for multiple KYC and Executive Committees on a weekly and monthly basis

• Managing various ad-hoc topics for the CLD team including monthly time tracking, dashboard metrics, and HR stats

• Submitting monthly and quarterly metric results into SG's reporting platform

• Performing monthly look back cost analyses on staff production

• Assisting the Chief of Staff with the annual budget process
• Bringing his or her knowledge to the local studies and projects of processes optimization and/or implementation of new activities
• Complete special projects as assigned
• Performing monthly controls and reconciliations on SG Americas customer population
• Performing in-depth root-cause analysis on anomalies
• Escalating anomalies identified in the customer population and referential systems
• Ensuring timely resolution of anomalies identified
• Ensuring changes to the customer population are monitored and have adequate management approval
• Reviewing monthly controls from other regions that impact Americas population and present to management clear and concise conclusion for local approval
• Maintaining strong working relationship with CLD/KYC production team, the business lines and Compliance
• Bringing his or her knowledge to the local studies and projects of processes optimization and/or implementation of new products or activities

A questionnaire will be provided to you in order to check your VIE (Société Générale and Business France) eligibility. For an efficient analysis of your application, please make sure to truthfully answer all the questions.

Please note that it is mandatory to provide us a formal proof of your M2 diploma validation before the assignment start date. No VIE mission will start without this document. *Grade sheets are not accepted as justification of diploma.

Profile required

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 degree from Business School or University
• A previous 1-2 year experience in a similar position would be appreciated
• Previous experience in process improvement or project management is a plus

Language skills

• Fluent in English

Technical, operational & Soft skills

• Good communication and presentation skills
• Proficient/Good command of MS Office

The VIE assignment in a nutshell

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

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 Canada and abroad.

Business insight

At Société Générale, 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.