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On Boarding Specialist
Societe Generale
Chicago, IL, United States
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Environment
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION
On-Boarding is a dynamic team of industry professionals who work collaboratively with senior management, sales teams, legal, and risk to facilitate Societe Generale’s new business pipeline. The team leverages their expertise, experience, technology, and relationships across the firm to manage the end-to-end client on-boarding process.
Mission
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Coordinate the customer and internal account on-boarding & off-boarding processes ensuring efficient workflow and rigorous follow-up with various departments including AML, Credit/Risk, Legal, E-Solutions, Treasury, Client Services and Business Data in North America and globally
• Analyze and determine account documentation required based upon counterparty type and products traded as well as approving adequacy of account documentation and financial information received from prospective customers
• Create and maintain customer information, documents and product / limit requests in various databases/systems
• Contribute to firm-wide projects related to integration, new systems, data remediation, and new regulations
• Work closely with the front office, providing continuous feedback on status of accounts,
and meet with prospective clients both in-person and remotely
• Help the front office bring in new business swiftly and accurately, finding custom solutions to clients’ needs
• Participate in committees and meetings as required related to clients, on-boarding coordination, new activities, products and exchanges
• Learn a variety of systems, hone expertise, and provide demos to other departments
• Implement new processes and participate in the launch of new systems
Profile
SKILLS
Required:
INDIVIDUAL
• Strong sense of urgency
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Manage long-term tasks and projects while tracking many moving parts
• Deliver on assignments with maximum speed and precision
• Be flexible to switch gears in an environment of constantly changing priorities
• Recognize when to escalate issues
• Quickly contribute at a high level
• Strong ethical code
• Make decisions based on the balance between commercial concerns and risk to the firm
TEAM
• Committed to the team and the team’s success
• Willing to help teammates and stay late when necessary
• Reliable, able to earn people’s trust
• Take initiative and ownership of tasks
• Engage with the team, ask questions, and document answers to be leveraged going forward
LEARNING
• Quickly learn and adapt to new and changing systems, processes, procedures, rules and regulations
• Resourceful, able to find solutions and learn independently when appropriate
• Eager to tackle new tasks outside one’s comfort zone
• Navigate new territory without a roadmap and be able to teach findings to others
• Take excellent notes
• Strong analytical, comprehension and retention skills
• Absorb and apply complex concepts
IMPROVEMENT
• Find new ways to add value both individually and as a team
• Thrive in an environment of change and continuous improvement
• Automate processes
• Look for creative solutions to improve performance and productivity
SOCIAL INTERACTION
• Effectively communicate with internal and external clients, teammates and management
• Persistently follow up to urge people to perform actions without creating conflict
• Maintain positive relationships with many personality types
• Remain cool under pressure, project an aura of calm in stressful situations
• Be respectful and highly professional in all forms of communication
• Openly share knowledge with others
• Be clear and transparent to stakeholders on status of work and any issues
Preferred:
• Client facing experience and public relations skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills
• Strong data manipulation and metrics gathering skills
• Strong sense of art design when creating charts, graphs, and slides
• Polished public speaking/presentation skills
• Wide breadth of financial knowledge: Equities, Fixed Income, OTC, Futures, Options, etc.
• Well-versed in recent regulatory changes, e.g. Dodd Frank, FATCA, FinCEN
• Knowledge of legal documentation related to account opening
• Familiarity with KYC
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
Required:
• 3 - 7 years in the financial industry
Preferred:
• Client On-Boarding or Client Services
• Sales or Teaching
• Trading desk/floor
EDUCATION
Required:
• Bachelor’s Degree or experience in financial industry
Preferred:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related field
• MBA or Law degree