Energy Advisory & Project Finance Trainee

Job description

Environment

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.

Mission

Description of the Business Line or Department

In the Energy Advisory and Project Finance (APF) team, we help connect our global clients to debt and equity capital. We work directly with the real economy, helping energy projects get the funding they need to get off the ground. As countries and clients around the world navigate the energy transition, we provide advice and source funding to help them prosper.
For over 20 years, we have been at the forefront of project finance, advising and lending to multi-billion dollar projects, and working on many of the deals highly publicised in the press and, importantly, consistently recognised by our clients. We expect this to continue, with a number of large deals expected to close in the coming years.
Within the London team, we cover clients and projects across Europe, Africa and the Middle East together with our team in Paris. We also have teams globally in the US, Asia, and Australia. In providing our advice and funding, we collaborate with specialists across the range of energy subsectors in which project finance is utilised including thermal and renewable power generation, LNG, oil and gas pipelines, petrochemicals, refining, and fertilizers.
In addition to our core project finance advisory and lending business, we can support clients with a full spectrum of capital solutions through the wider Global Banking and Investor Services division drawing on colleagues experience in M&A, Equity Capital Markets, Private Placements, Debt Capital Markets, and Project Bonds.
We were awarded ‘Bank of the Year, Europe' and ‘Global Advisor of the Year' by Project Finance International in 2015 and 2016 and this year won the Golden Trophy for “Corporate and Investment Bank: Energy, Infrastructure, and Transport Sector”.

Summary of the key purposes of the role

• The position will be based in London within the Advisory & Project Finance team
• This is an ideal opportunity for a candidate to get involved in a rapidly changing industry landscape and work on deals across Europe, Middle East, FSU, and Africa across multiple sectors including oil&gas and power/renewables
• The successful candidate will receive a very well rounded perspective of the development of Power and Oil and Gas financing markets in this position
• The successful candidate will be joining an award winning team in a hard working but friendly atmosphere
• This is an excellent opportunity to join a firm with a leading franchise in the industry and gain insight into how an industry leader views the energy market
• The successful candidate will be covering multiple energy subsectors and geographies, and will be involved in advisory and lending execution as well as supporting the team to secure new mandates

Summary of responsibilities

• Assisting in origination and execution of advisory and lending transactions across the energy sector
• Conducting industry and company research, quantitative analysis, project debt sizing and financial modelling
• Preparing presentations and documents for clients, potential lenders, and investors and participating in external meetings from time to time.

Delegated responsibilities (if applicable)
• No own responsibility per se, person will be under the direct and permanent oversight of Analysts / Associates and or VPs

Level of Autonomy and Authority

• No own responsibility per se, person will be under the direct and permanent oversight of Analysts / Associates and or VPs

Desired profile

Profile

Competencies

• Skills and experience of a successful candidate
- Excellent analytical and numerical skills most likely honed within a scientific-based degree such as Physics, Engineering, or Economics
- Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills in English
- Strong interest in the energy industry
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Ability to work accurately and efficiently under pressure
- Cashflow modelling experience not a requirement but there will be a basic financial modelling test as part of the process
- Past experience working in or researching the banking or energy sector is a plus but not a requirement
- Fluency in a second language is an advantage, but not a requirement

• Behaviour attributes of a successful candidate
- Innovative
- Self-starting
- Resilient
- Team focussed
- Committed

WORK EXPERIENCE

Past experience working in or researching the banking or energy sector is a plus but not a requirement

EDUCATION

Scientific-based degree such as Physics, Engineering, or Economics (our primary motive here is to find a candidate with excellent analytical and numerical skills)

LANGUAGES

Fluency in a second language is an advantage, but not a requirement

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 Societe Generale, 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 reassignment.