Associate – Asset Backed Products

Reference:

24000D5Z

Responsibilities

Join Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) as an Associate – Asset Backed Products in Sydney, Australia within our Global Banking & Advisory (GLBA) division. The Asset Backed Product (ABP) division is the centre of expertise and single entry point for structuring, financing, distribution and trading for securitised products (ABS and RMBS), trade receivables and structured loans as well as funds financing. ABP's activity is exclusively focused on clients (corporates, financial institutions, insurance companies and investors in a wide sense, such as private equity, fund managers, specialised funds, hedge funds). The Bank has ambitious growth objectives over the next 2 – 5 years in Asia Pacific, especially in Australia and New Zealand, with Asset Backed Products considered as strategic to this growth.

This is an Associate opportunity for a passionate professional to join Societe Generale on a full-time, permanent basis. You will have the opportunity to apply your existing knowledge and build on your industry experience by learning from a team of experienced asset-backed products practitioners in Australia and offshore. You will further develop skills for client marketing and pitching, transaction structuring, credit and cashflow modelling, risk analysis, ongoing portfolio and transaction management, private and public debt distribution – all core aspects of the ABP business - through ad hoc training and on-the-job experience. You will be involved in all stages of the deal life cycle from preparation of initial client proposals including responding to RFP through to credit analysis and preparation of submission for internal approvals and deal execution in both private format and public securitisation markets. You will assume responsibility for certain aspects of origination and transaction execution on a case-by-case basis.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Supporting origination and structuring efforts;
• Preparing client pitches and other marketing materials;
• Credit and cash flow modelling and preparing credit and other internal approval requests;
• Deal execution both internally and externally in the context of public securitisation transactions;
• Conducting client due diligence and managing client onboarding;
• Portfolio and business performance reporting; and
• Other ad hoc business and transaction specific requirements.
  
  

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, growing team and get hands-on experience within a fast-paced, results focused, global organization and one of Europe’s leading structured credit banks. As part of your role within Asset Backed Products, you will interact with other SG teams such as Risk, Legal, Compliance, Client Coverage, Syndicate, Trading and Sales, on and offshore, to name a few. You will also work alongside other local client facing teams including Infrastructure, Energy, Metals and Mining, Debt Capital Markets, Real Estate and Financial Institutions and Corporate Coverage. You will benefit from working in an industry with clients who are engaging in innovative transactions including sustainability-linked debt structuring, financing and distribution.

Required

Profile required

Qualifications, Experience & Knowledge Required:

• Tertiary qualification in Finance, Commerce, Economics, Law, Accounting, Science or Engineering. Other qualifications may be considered subject to demonstrating genuine interest in Finance and relevant experience.
• Asset backed products related experience of 3-5 years (experience in frequent public securitisation transaction execution would be an advantage)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills (including securitisation cashflow modelling)
• Experience in efficiently managing multiple tasks and working in a collaborative team environment
  
  

Behavioural Competencies Required:

• Analytical mindset with an appetite to learn and an ability to learn fast
• Team player, with the ability to build strong working relationships with a wide range of individuals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds
• Capacity to manage multiple tasks and ability to prioritise tasks as relevant
• Ability to demonstrate high degree of autonomy and rigor in your work
  
  

Functional Relationships:

Internal: staff from business divisions and support functions locally, regionally and globally

External: clients and external advisors (e.g. other financiers and dealers, legal counsel, rating agencies)

Business insight

Environment:

Societe Generale, one of Europe's leading financial services groups and a major player in the economy for over 150 years, supports 30 million clients every day with 133,000 staff in 61 countries. Our Group draws on our European roots to develop our activities internationally. Our unique geographic positioning enables us to connect Europe and Africa with major global financial centres in Asia and the Americas. The Group combines financial strength, proven expertise in innovation and a sustainable growth strategy with the objective of creating value for all our stakeholders. We seek to be a trusted partner in the projects of those building tomorrow's world today.

Societe Generale has been present in Australia since 1981. Located in Sydney, we currently provide financing and advisory, as well as global markets solutions. Leveraging the strength of our client coverage and leadership in structured finance including energy, metals & mining, infrastructure finance, together with product and service offerings such as debt capital markets, asset-backed products and commercial real estate finance, Societe Generale supports our Australian wholesale clients in their financing and advisory needs and our global clients who wish to access the Australian market with global banking services. Societe Generale also provides global markets solutions by offering futures execution and clearing, equity derivatives sales and structured product distribution.

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.