Associate – Financing & Advisory in Sydney

We are currently recruiting for an Analyst to join our Financing & Advisory Group based in Sydney, Australia to support the origination and execution activities across a broad range of structured finance transactions. The candidate will work with various business lines within Financing & Advisory such as Mining, Metals, Infrastructure, Digital, Energy and Real Estate. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build close relationships with the teams onshore and within the organization more broadly on a regional and global basis. This is an exciting opportunity within a fast-paced, results focused, global organization that values diversity.

Major Accountabilities/Principal Responsibilities

• Supporting the interrogation of financial models for financing and advisory mandates, including running sensitivities, performing reasonableness checks, and ensuring model integrity under supervision.
• Providing day to day transaction support including structuring, pricing, preparing of credit applications, undertaking detailed financial analysis and due diligence analysis and assisting the deal team leader to provide best-in-class lending and advisory services to the client base.
• The ability to prepare, customize, optimize and maintain the financial model supporting financial advisory mandates, including creating and running financial scenarios and sensitivities, will be considered favorably.
• Building and maintaining financial models and analyses, and supporting senior team members in reviewing modelling outputs prepared by junior resources where required.
• Staying abreast of developments across different sectors, as well as current transactions and opportunities in the market.
• Respecting all relevant compliance practices and other internal requirements in relation to the execution of advisory & lending transactions.
• Managing internal processes relating to the lending and advisory business (e.g. updating databases, credit application writing, completing relevant internal system-based processes).
• Assisting with the identification of potential marketing and origination opportunities by preparing pitch materials, conducting preliminary financial analysis, and reviewing feasibility studies and financial models.
• Starting to establish a network of contacts at key clients and prospective clients.

Qualifications, Experience & Knowledge Required

• University degree in a relevant discipline (Finance, Engineering, Business, Commerce, Law) or a professional financial qualification.
• Experience in structured finance environment utilizing similar tools, processes and procedures will be favorably considered.
• Proven ability to succeed in a similar or related role, demonstrated through relevant projects, responsibilities, or achievements.
• Post graduate qualifications considered favorably.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel including strong financial modelling skills.
• Experience in generating pitch material that is clear, structured, compelling, and comprehensive in addressing clients’ needs.
• Strong numerical skills with an advanced understanding of accounting concepts, financial statements and cashflows.

Behavioral Competencies Required

• Ability to contribute to the team’s efforts to build and maintain trusted client relationships.
• Consistency and rigour in following up on clients’ needs and act upon team’s priorities.
• Display a sense of ownership in the business and pride in the quality and accuracy of work presented internally and transactions executed for clients.
• Discipline and team collaboration to develop business adapted to clients’ and markets’ needs.
• A self-starter with the ability to prioritise tasks and to manage competing deadlines, and to deliver on team’s priorities.
• Experience of working (including remotely) with people with diverse, international backgrounds and acting on team priorities.

Functional Relationships

• Internal: staff from business divisions and support functions locally, regionally and globally.
• External: clients, prospects and external advisors (e.g. lenders, legal counsel, technical consultants).

Business insight

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.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I): Our 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.

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations of assistance during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our HR staff know.