Trainee - Trader Assistant

Responsibilities

Description of the Business Line or Department

The Equities & Derivatives department at Societe Generale aims to provide comprehensive services to Institutional and Corporate clients, supporting their investment and risk management goals. Through market-leading research, engineering, and trading, our clients benefit from strategic insights, flow information, competitive pricing, and seamless execution. We design solutions across the full spectrum of fixed income and currencies products and services.

Summary of the key purposes of the role

The Trainee position is responsible for asset optimization, upgrading book IT, and project follow-up.

Summary of responsibilities

The Trainee will be responsible for monitoring and developing pricing and auto-hedging tools, performing quantitative research and tool development to automate trading desk operations, back-testing using production software and tools like VBA and Python, collaborating with Sales to analyze liquidity providers and clients, and developing and improving production software including indicators.

Profile required

Competencies

• Candidate should hold a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Excellent written and spoken English skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, VBA, and Python.
• Strong analytical skills and a mathematical mindset.
• Ability to build trust-based professional relationships.
• Teamwork skills and ability to work within diverse teams.
• Initiative-taking and autonomous working capabilities.
• Good communication skills.
• Understanding of and alignment with the Group’s values: Team Spirit, Innovation, Responsibility, and Commitment.

Why join us

People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. Our flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond competitors, fostering a personable, human environment that inspires success through passion. We promote open-mindedness and idea-sharing, enabling us to adapt to market changes and thrive through innovation. Our core values—"hard work," "dedication," "community," and "respect"—are integral to our collaborative culture and future-building efforts. This is what we call Team Spirit, and it makes us unique.

Business insight

If you believe you have the required experience and qualifications, please apply to the SG Resourcing Team, who will manage your application. At Société Générale, we value our people as our greatest strength and are committed to recruiting the best talent based on aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, color, nationality, ethnicity, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or gender identity.