IT Business Analyst in Structured Finance M/F -VIE London

Job description

Environment

Your environment
At Societe Generale, you will be joining the Information Technology division of Global Banking & Investors Solutions (GBIS), one of the three pillars of SG that brings together Corporate and Investment Banking activities, Private Banking activities, Asset Management and Investor Services.Every day our teams are ensuring that we deliver the service our businesses need to compete and serve Societe Generale's clients. Our objective is to deliver great production services in a well controlled and cost effective way, and to deliver competitive application systems that allow GBIS to grow its business in existing and new markets, launch new products and take advantage of new opportunities when they arise.
With 18,000 employees working in 53 countries, GBIS focuses on the needs of Corporates, financial institutions, public sector, family offices or High Net Worth Individuals. It regroups Corporate & Investment Banking, Private Banking, Asset Management and Investor Services.

The Information Technology department (ITEC) of GBIS is composed of talented professionals who every day translate ideas into action by combining the strength of our expertise in IT with a deep understanding of investment banking. Every day our teams are ensuring that we deliver the service our businesses need to compete and serve Société Générale's clients. Our objective is to deliver great production services in a well controlled and cost effective way, and to deliver competitive application systems that allow GBIS to grow its business in existing and new markets, launch new products and take advantage of new opportunities when they arise

Mission

SUMMARY
ITEC/FCC/EMA ensures the projects delivery and the maintenance for all applications related to financing and client coverage activities with a specific focus on Loans & Bond Syndication, Loan Sales & Trading and Leasing activities. The team is made of 3 business analysts located in London and 10 developers based in India.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Gathering & Analysing business requirements by liaising with Front and Middle-Office teams
- Performing the impact analysis study
- Writing detailed functional specifications
- Writing test plans and test cases
- Performing functional knowledge transfer with the development team (based in India)
- Performing homologation tests
- Providing support to end-users during User Acceptance Tests
- Updating the documentation and user guide of the application
- Onboarding the production support team on the new functionalities delivered in production as well as performing functional support when required
- Managing the planning of the release and coordinating the various stakeholders

Evolution

Your career path
You may have the opportunity to join Société Générale group permanently after your VIE mission, according to opportunities, without going through the whole recruitment process again.
To facilitate the examination of your application by our English-speaking managers, we thank you for applying in English.
All our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Desired profile

Profile

COMPETENCIES AND WORK EXPERIENCE
• Good judgement and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of SQL databases required
• Understand the Agile and Continuous Delivery principles
• Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions
• Must be able to work in a team
• Ability to set priorities and work on multiple tasks
• Ability to organize and deliver presentations in front of groups
• Must have advanced skills in Microsoft products especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Possession of excellent analysis and data gathering skills
• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be able to respond flexibly to changing circumstances
• Committed to company values
• Must be committed to the success of the entire organization
• Previous experience as an IT Business Analyst is a plus

The VIE assignment in a nutshell
This VIE in London is to begin as soon as possible but you need to plan 3 months between your application date and the beginning of your VIE assignment. It will last 12 months.
The VIE is a specific contract, under Business France's eligibility criteria, opened to candidates under 28 and from the member states of the European Economic Space.
Please see Civiweb www.civiweb.com, in order to have more details regarding your financial indemnities

Your profile
Graduate from Engineering school or University, with a master degree in IT. You ideally have a previous experience as an IT business analyst.
You are fluent in English.
You are proficient with Microsoft Office and SQL.