V.I.E. Portfolio Risk Officer

Société Générale; Montreal; On-site; CAD 22,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Societe Generale SA is offering a VIE assignment in Montreal for specialists in Data Science and Credit Risk. The program is a 24-month international development experience conducted under Business France eligibility, with a required prep period of about three months before start date.

Candidates should have a Master’s in Data Science and a track record in analytics. English proficiency is essential to interact with global teams across Front-, Middle-Office and Risk departments.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Data Science is required/strongly preferred.
• Experience in Credit Risk management would be appreciated; experience in project with data science analytics is a plus.
• Solid English verbal and written communication skills.
• Programming skills under Python with Power BI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to risk process improvements and digital transformation of Credit Risk processes.
• Develop understanding of credit risk metrics and related processes; support governance tasks.
• Produce daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly controls/reports for Credit Risk processes.
• Coordinate across Front-Office, Middle-Office, and Risk departments and assist audit/regulatory requests.
• Support transversal projects requiring coordination between US, Europe and Asia.

Skills

Data Science

Analytical mindset

Strong English

Project management

MS Office

Python

Power BI

SQL

Education

Master's degree in Data Science

Tools

Python

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Responsibilities

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 with the Global Banking and Investor Solutions (GBIS) activities.

In the Americas, the Credit Risk division of the Risk Department oversees all credit risk-taking in SGUS' lending and trading activities; including approving requests for exposure submitted by the business lines; providing an objective and independent view of exposures to watch list or default-rated Obligors and the optimum strategies to be pursued in their management, and analyzing the quality of the portfolio.

Within the Credit Risk Portfolio Management & Governance (CRE/PMG) team of the Americas Credit Risk department, the responsibilities include and are not limited to:

• Continuous enhancement of SGUS Credit Risk processes and systems using coding language and latest available technologies to:
  • streamline and optimize processes efficiency
  • actively contribute to the digital transformation of Credit Risk processes and monitoring
  • build risk dashboards and reports to improve risk monitoring or better emphasize tracking of Key Risk and Performance Indicators
• Working closely with the Credit Analysis Group and the Asset Restructuring & Recovery Management teams to:
  • develop a good understanding on credit risk metrics
  • develop a good understanding of their processes and practices
  • perform governance related tasks with the teams
  • assist the teams in different tasks requiring transversal coordination
  • challenge established processes, and optimize production processes
• Produce daily, weekly monthly and quarterly controls and reports to ensure effectiveness and compliance of SGUS Credit Risk processes including but not limited to Legal Lending Limit controls, Large Regulatory Exposures, Credit Triggers back testing, etc
• Contribute to the coordination of committees and meetings involving different teams from Front-Office, Middle-Office, and Risk departments
• Assist in addressing any Internal/External Audit and Regulatory requests, and participate in the different remediation actions
• Contribute actively to key Credit Risk, Transversal and Regulatory projects requiring:
  • transversal coordination and liaison between different stakeholders in the US but also in Europe and in Asia
  • good technology and system understanding to liaise efficiently with key Stakeholders including the Information System department

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.

Kindly note that it is also mandatory to provide us with 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 the 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's degree from a Business/Engineering School or University with a specialization in Data Science
• A previous experience in Credit Risk management would be appreciated, and in Project Management and/or in project requiring data science analytical skills would be a plus

Language skills:

• Solid English verbal and written communication skills

Operational, technical & soft skills:

• Programming skills (under Python with restitution using PowerBi technologies)
• Knowledge of relational databases and experience with SQL queries
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical mindset
• Self-motivated and a proactive attitude with strong desire to learn
• Reactive, detail-oriented, driven to work in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic and deadline-foduced work environment
• Proficient/Good command of MS Office

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.

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.

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!

Diversity and Inclusion

Societe Generale is an equal opportunity employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. We are committed to recognizing and promoting the talents and achievements of our employees and staff, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or status protected under applicable law. We strive to write our postings as inclusively as possible. If, however, one gender is used alone in this display, it designates persons of all gender identities.