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02/09/10
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  Trade Support - Credit Derivatives
Société Générale - UK
London

Trade Support - Credit Derivatives
Middle Office role for the Credit Derivatives Trading desk, axed on
- to provide assistance in the daily operational management of the Credit Desk (Derivatives Credit products and Bonds)
- To control the quality and accuracy of the booking
- to be involved in specific re-booking projects affecting and impacting the desk and business which will take priority for resolution over daily support role

Main responsibilities
•Booking of Credit Default Swaps, Asset Swaps, Cash Trades. (Banks & Financials, Corporate and Prop Desks- 20 traders/ 15 sales )
•Monitoring CDS curves, updating spreadsheet pricers.
•Post Trade Date: follow-up and maintenance of CDS, Swaps and Cash Trades (Modifications, assignments, unwinds, novations…).
•Liaising with brokers /direct with the sales force .
•Daily Controls and reconciliation’s.
•Generate, update, issue and check termsheets for CDS
•Troubleshooting system and P/L issues
•Broker confirmation and Fee reconciliation
•Monitoring static data issues
•Ad-hoc tasks generated by the Trading Desk
•Follow-up events on deals
•STP following
•Participate in new F.O. systems testing, and other projects
•Produce statistics on CDS/Bonds volumes.
•Supervision and daily processing on the Credit Derivatives side, heavy-duty database management (negotiations processing, transfers and deals re-allocation), controlling P&L impacts and ensuring a risk-free operational processing of the Credit teams deals.
•Queries solving and problems follow-up raised by FO and BO, liasing when necessary with all ad-hoc services and departments (Support IT, business line management…) in order to provide a smooth and efficient support.
•Regular process reviews and new procedures set-up when appropriate. Controls and reporting, implementation of ad-hoc projects (designed from London or Paris). Cross training and assistance for other team members.
•Permanent Supervision

Internal & external contacts
•Traders, sales, IT, middle office, risk controller, back-office operators on a daily basis……

Specific context
•Position based in London
•Work under strong pressure from Front Office

Job reference number : SG604234
Qualifications: Bachelors
Experience: 2 years +
Languages: English : Speak / Write Fluently
Job-Type: fixed-term
Remuneration: unspecified
Permit Type: EU National
Region: London
•Similar experience on these products in a Middle or Back Office could be better
•Degree or equivalent
•fluent English
•Good knowledge of financial products ideally Credit Default Swaps and Derivatives
•Good motivation to work in a technical and constantly moving environment
•Operational Skills
•Communication Skills
•Flexibility - Adaptability
•Ability to Work Under Pressure
•Analytical Skills
•Initiative
•Teamwork
•Good team work manners, excellent time management and good relationship skills
•Ability to work under pressure in an environment where understanding a problem and acting proactively and efficiently toward its resolution is a key element of success
•Flexibility
•Confident

The Corporate & Investment Bank is at the heart of Société Générale’s universal banking business model, a financial institution relying on solid fundamentals to accompany its clients in their development and support the economy across sectors and industries. SGCIB is a bank of reference for Euro Capital Markets, Derivative Products and Structured Finance.

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