Client Services Analyst - Québec, Canada - Société Générale

Société Générale

Verified Company

Québec, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Responsibilities:

ABOUT THE JOB:

The Corporate divisions, Function and Models Risk (CFM) team manages the operational, administrative, financial market processing, and clearing for over 80 exchanges globally.

The team is held to the highest of standards, ensuring the client requirements are prioritized equally against market exposure. In addition, the CFM team guarantees the control and security of transaction processing in accordance with current financial legislation.

The execution and clearing controls of all operations performed by FO and clients
The first level of control on operations and "quality" certification
Customer Relationship Management, KYC, and all support during the life cycle of client trading activity
Keep clients informed of all regulatory changes impacting operations

What will be your DAY-TO-DAY?

Client Facing Middle Office main responsibilities and tasks:

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Primary point of contact for clients regarding all operational queries for Listed Derivatives
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Monitor and communicate with clients all trade life cycle events
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Monitor physically delivered products at expiration; liaise with deliveries teams to ensure positions are accurately reported at the CCP.

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Correct exceptions on execution trades to ensure all activity is properly allocated:

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Operational/escalation point of contact for clients with the responsibility of maintaining and growing relationships
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Responsible for client bookings in relevant product databases versus external clearing houses/systems:

Process and monitor postexecution allocation of all listed derivative transactions
Proactively contact Brokerage Desks / Trading Assistants / Client Trade Support groups throughout the day to ensure bunched order allocations are received prior to the clearing house cutoff times.
Maintain accurate static data between clearing systems.
Develop action plans for recurring incidents, prepare postmortems as required
Identify / analyze / rectify issues related to the flow of information and data into the relevant systems
Responsible for operational client onboarding and introduction of client to support teams

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Ability to set up client users and standard client reporting in the SG Markets Prime portal:

Interact and support the SG front office through participation in forums such as business committees, client onboarding discussions and ongoing client profitability analysis

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Monitor internal controls to manage the key risk areas:

Forge strong relationships with clients which will be used to remediate
operational trade lifecycle queries:
Proactively mitigate risk, ensure we act within the best interest of the Company and its clients, and escalate when appropriate.
Create documentation of procedures and workflows

Profile required:

Skills and Qualifications:

Must Have:

Excellent interpersonal skills; able to communicate convincingly at all levels within the bank
Attention to detail and promote a think outside the box mentality
Strong written documentation abilities
Strong understanding of listed derivative market activities

Self-Motivated

Ability to work autonomously and be responsible for following matters through to completion
Solutionfocused, serviceoriented, and proactive
Team player, open to share knowledge

Technical Competencies

Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, with a heavy emphasis on Excel (pivot tables, functions, etc. )
Expertise of listed derivatives clearing workflow from trade execution to settlement
FIS GMI, FIS ClearVision
Knowledge of exchange GUI's and SG internal systems (beneficial, not essential)

Ideally some previous experience (per below), but not a necessity

Ideally 5 years of prior experience in previous Client Service, Trade Support roles.
Experience in dealing with trade breaks, exchange reconciliations, or similar Middle Office client facing roles.

LANGUAGES:

French, English.

Why join us:

OUR Benefits:

WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AT SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
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)

Business insight:

OUR CULTURE:
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment