ResponsibilitiesWHAT WILL BE YOUR DAY-TO-DAY? The Collateral Management Specialist helps to mitigate credit and regulatory risk to the firm by monitoring exposure levels versus collateral balances. This activity crosses several asset classes, including equities, rates, FX, credit, commodity, fixed income, structured and financing products. The role also requires contributing meaningfully to project coordination and project management activities—supporting system enhancements, leading workflow optimization initiatives, participating in stakeholder workshops, documenting requirements, performing user acceptance testing (UAT), and ensuring successful implementation of change‑the‑bank projects. As a domain expert, you will help drive continuous improvement, strengthen operational efficiency, and promote best practices across the collateral management lifecycle. Day to day responsibilities include:Margin Call processing:• Instruct margin calls, interest calculation, payment/receive orders as per Collateral Documentation.• Book collateral movements as agreed with each counterparty.• Interact with worldwide SG departments such as FO/MO/BO, Risk, Legal, Compliance and Audit.• Take the required action when a counterparty defaults.• Select the best collateral based on the contract terms, the collateral optimization process, and the defined strategies.• Raise alert in the event of unusual client activity.• Attend client meetings to represent the collateral activity.• Monitor KPIs.Disputes management:• Manage the dispute resolution process.• Reconcile, investigate, and follow up on any trade/MTM discrepancies with clients.• Coordinate the dispute resolution either internally or liaising with the client ensuring a remediation plan is in place.• Ensure requests are addressed in a timely manner.Process Improvements & Transversal Topics:• Write Procedures (operating modes).• Lead transversal operational initiatives impacting multiple products, regions, and support functions, ensuring consistent controls and standardized collateral practices across the organization• Drive end‑to‑end operational project management for system upgrades, workflow redesign, regulatory enhancements, and process automation—owning requirements gathering, testing (UAT), deployment, and post‑implementation monitoring• Serve as the operational expert representing Collateral Management in cross‑functional working groups with Technology, Risk, Finance, FO/MO, and Change‑the‑Bank teams• Support change management efforts by preparing documentation, training materials, and knowledge sharing sessions for global teams.• Act as a subject‑matter expert (SME) for complex collateral topics, guiding teams on best practices, system functionalities, and contractual interpretations.• Champion operational excellence initiatives, leveraging data analysis, KPI trends, and root‑cause reviews to enhance efficiency and mitigate recurring issuesPerimeter:• Assist and/or train collateral analysts.• Work in a worldwide organisation.Profile requiredABOUT THE JOB: The aim of Global Banking Technology & Operations (GBTO) Canada is to deliver day-to-day services to Société Générale investment and corporate bank units and their clients to accelerate their transformation. GBTO differentiates itself from competitors with the pace of the agile transformation delivered, spreading the technology and data culture, shortening the decision-making process, and adopting a true industrial approach, leveraging on different teams either transversal or aligned to the different sub business units.The Operations Department ensures the operational processing and control of activity across all Global Banking Technology & Operations ("GBTO") business lines (Capital Markets, ex-Newedge & Financing). GBTO implements all necessary means to ensure the operational, administrative, and financial processing of capital markets and credit operations initiated by these business lines. In addition, GBSU ensures the control and security of transaction processing in accordance with current financial regulations while acting as the first level of control on operations and booking quality. GBSU provide all necessary support during the lifecycle of the transaction, perform Know Your Customer processing, and provide general client relationship management. GBSU also acts to steer the evolution of regulatory projects and controls our external service providers.The Counterparty Collateral Management team works to reduce counterparty risk by negotiating and administering collateral annex provisions for all master agreements (derivatives, repo, securities lending, clearing, prime brokerage, etc.). The collateral annex defines the acceptable collateral, calculation rules for each asset type, how custodial relationships are handled, and what actions are to occur during an event of a default or other termination event. SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:Technical Skills & Competencies:• Strong knowledge in Investment Banking & Capital Markets (Knowledge on repo, derivatives, Collateral Management, including legal documentation such as CSAs, MSFTAs, MRAs Sec Lending agreements, and clearing agreements will be an added advantage).• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, accounting, and financial analysis skills, with the ability to maintain awareness of changing market conditions and their impact on clients.• Proficient in interacting with clients, team members, and other SG departments in a mature and professional manner, with strong computer skills including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.• Highly numerate, detail-oriented, and possessing strong analytical skills, with the ability to estimate risks or opportunities of own actions and initiatives, apply procedures and guidelines, prioritize work in a dynamic, deadline-focused environment, and seek opportunities to acquire new knowledge and skills.• Collaborative work style, effectively interacting with partners across organizational boundaries/hierarchies, creating and sustaining a network of strong client relationships, demonstrating strong influencing, negotiating, facilitation skills, and exhibiting a team-player attitude to create synergy in a team environment.Prior Work Experience:• Required: 1-5 years of experience in the financial services industryStrong Plus: • Good working knowledge of VERMEG’s Colline platformEducation: BS degree in Finance and/or BusinessLANGUAGE: Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.Due to US Federal Securities law that may apply to this position, candidates who will apply for this position may be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").Why join usBusiness insightSociete Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our Recruiters know.OUR CULTURE: At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. For more information about our Culture and Conduct initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-culture/)D&I: Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operateInclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talentsEngage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clientsFor more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-diversity/)
