TRAINEE: Sales Assistant

Societe Generale; Hong Kong; In loco; HKD 134.000 - 201.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Societe Generale in Hong Kong is offering a junior role in investment banking support. You will assist the sales team in client coverage, develop documentation, and coordinate trade confirmations while gaining exposure to institutional sales and relationship management.

You will learn financial products, manage reports, and contribute to client meetings with marketing materials, working with cross-functional teams across Sales, Trading, and Operations in a fast-paced environment.

Competenze

• Fluent in English and Mandarin with ability to communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders across the region.
• Demonstrates a genuine interest in investment banking, financial markets, and client-facing business functions.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the confidence to work independently and identify solutions to challenges.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to perform effectively under tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across different teams.
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn, with a collaborative and team-oriented mindset.

Mansioni

• Support the sales team in client coverage, business development, and front-office activities.
• Assist in preparing product documentation and developing an understanding of financial products and transaction processes.
• Coordinate trade confirmations with clients and learn end-to-end deal execution and post-trade lifecycle.
• Maintain business reports and deal databases, building analytical, reporting, and data management skills.
• Prepare pitch books, presentations, and marketing materials for client meetings, strengthening communication and presentation capabilities.
• Collaborate with Sales, Trading, Operations and other stakeholders to support transactions and client deliverables.

Conoscenze

English proficiency

Mandarin

Descrizione del lavoro

Responsibilities

• Support the sales team in client coverage, business development initiatives, and day-to-day front-office activities, gaining exposure to institutional sales and relationship management.
• Assist in the preparation of product documentation, developing an understanding of financial products and transaction processes.
• Coordinate trade confirmations with clients, learning the end-to-end deal execution and post-trade lifecycle.
• Maintain business reports and deal databases, building strong analytical, reporting, and data management skills.
• Prepare pitch books, presentations, and marketing materials for client meetings, strengthening commercial communication and presentation capabilities.
• Collaborate with Sales, Trading, Operations, and other stakeholders to support transactions and client deliverables, gaining insight into the broader financial markets ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Support the sales team in client coverage, business development initiatives, and day-to-day front-office activities, gaining exposure to institutional sales and relationship management.
• Assist in the preparation of product documentation, developing an understanding of financial products and transaction processes.
• Coordinate trade confirmations with clients, learning the end-to-end deal execution and post-trade lifecycle.
• Maintain business reports and deal databases, building strong analytical, reporting, and data management skills.
• Prepare pitch books, presentations, and marketing materials for client meetings, strengthening commercial communication and presentation capabilities.
• Collaborate with Sales, Trading, Operations, and other stakeholders to support transactions and client deliverables, gaining insight into the broader financial markets ecosystem.

Required

Profile required

• Fluent in English and Mandarin, with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders across the region.
• Demonstrates a genuine interest in investment banking, financial markets, and client-facing business functions.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the confidence to work independently and identify solutions to challenges.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to perform effectively under tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across different teams.
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn, with a collaborative and team-oriented mindset.

Behavioral Skills

• Client - Client focus: I nurture a long-term relationship with the clients/internal partners
• Client - Risk/Vigilance: I seek out the greatest benefit for clients/internal partners while ensuring that the Group’s risks are properly managed
• Team Spirit - Collective mindset: I favour the company's best interest over my team's results
• Innovation - Technology: I include technological breakthroughs in the strategies implemented
• Responsibility - Risk: In order to improve the Group's security, I am constantly on the lookout for risks
• Commitment - Exemplarity: I embody the Group’s values

Business insight

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. Please visit our APAC career website: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/building-your-career-with/ for more information.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (De&I)

Our 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.

Our vision

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

Check out our DE&I initiatives: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei/