Trainee - eFX Sales

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Responsibilities

Description of the Business Line or Department

The eFX (Electronic FX) team operates within the FX division, focusing on advertising and developing the electronic FX franchise of SG. The team covers both Institutional (Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, Banks) and corporate clients through a wide range of FX instruments, including spot, forwards, swaps, and options, across major, minor, and emerging market currencies.

Summary Of The Key Purposes Of The Role

As a trainee on the eFX Sales desk, you\'ll help promote and grow our eFX business. Your focus will be on assisting the sales team with daily tasks, improving internal processes, enhancing performance metrics, and supporting high-quality service.

Summary Of Responsibilities

  • Assist with the monitoring of clients’ volume and performance
  • Assist sales with preparation of client meetings
  • Help with onboarding new clients and new platforms
  • Help with extracting value out of the data
  • Help and assist clients and sales with day-to-day platform issues
  • Help design and improve standard operating procedures

Required Profile

  • The ideal candidate will hold a degree or equivalent in Economics or Engineering, with a specialization in Finance highly advantageous
  • Basic FX Market Knowledge: Understanding of foreign exchange markets, currency pairs, and FX products (spot, forwards, swaps, options)
  • Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills: Ability to clearly and professionally communicate with clients, traders, and internal teams
  • Analytical Skills: Capability to analyse market data, trends, and client needs to support sales strategies
  • Attention to Detail: Precision in handling trade details, client requests, and regulatory requirements
  • Data Analysis Skills: Comfortable with Excel and ability to perform simple financial calculations and data analysis
  • Problem-Solving Ability: Quickly identifying and resolving client or operational issues
  • Initiative and Proactiveness: Taking ownership of tasks and proactively seeking ways to add value

Why join us

People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It\'s personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open-mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like “hard work” and “dedication” together with “community” and “respect” has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it\'s what makes us different. It\'s what makes you different.

Business insight

If you feel you have the required experience and qualifications, then please apply to the SG Resourcing Team, and we will manage your application. At Société Générale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business. As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender identity.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.

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