What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cash Management Analyst - Retail & online banking - Jersey City, United States position at Societe Generale?
This role offers the right candidate an opportunity to interact with the many business lines throughout the organization. The candidate will find themselves communicating with Traders, Operational Groups, Accounting and Technology on a daily basis. This role holds the critical responsibility of tracking billions of dollars in cash flows in USD and all other major currencies. Due to diversity of business lines impacted by Funding Support, the role offers a unique opportunity to learn about multiple facets of the organization. Likewise, it also requires a strong candidate that can meet daily deadlines in timely manner, multi-task and perform well in a fast paced, demanding trade environment. This position within Funding Support will be responsible for:
- Providing Funding Support to Treasury across all product lines including Fixed Income, Money Market, Derivative, Structured Product, Broker dealer, Loans and other trading groups
- Validating projected balances and confirming real time positions including intraday liquidity management and priority client settlements
- Analyzing cash positions, general ledger and balance sheets of trader's portfolios to ensure appropriate funding by analyzing total Assets-Liabilities and YTD PnL
- Ensuring correct cost of carry allocation applied to respective business lines
- Communicating with various departments of the bank regarding positions, specific transactions and related cash movements
- Reconciling actual cash flows with projected cash flows. Full understanding of Cash accounts, Nostro Accounts, and Contra accounts
- Interfacing with multiple front office areas regarding daily cash requirements and balances
- Providing assistance to NY traders after Paris end of day regarding late trades/position management for all in scope currencies, supporting the Global FX initiative
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Experience with Treasury cash management, intraday liquidity management, funding nostro accounts as well as entity positions
- Strong accounting knowledge with understanding of General Ledger and business line trial balances, specifically as it relates to cash position reconciliation
- Knowledge of USD payment processes; Cash and Nostro settlement experience
- Strong PC skills and use of Excel required.
COMPETENCIES
- Working knowledge of FX, MM and Fixed Income financial products a strong plus.
- Understanding of financial accounting, general ledger and cash accounting
- Strong presentation skills, communication skills and project/initiative tracking capability
- Sense of urgency and ability to operate under time constraints
- Ability to interact with front office and other business resource groups
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 2-4 years experience in supporting role within Funding Cash Management/Money Market/FX/Fixed Income businesses or related/relevant industry experience. Accounting experience, cash reconciliation and understanding of cash movements a must as well as Nostro accounts and inter-branch funding.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s Degree
Cash Management includes Funding Support, Funds Transfer and OFAC teams who provide transversal support for the Americas and global SG entities. The mission of this group is to deliver efficient and high quality services to both our external and internal clients in the Payment, OFAC, and Treasury Support functions. As a transversal group supporting businesses across the SG organization, we provide the required services to manage the treasury and liquidity activities of the bank. We strive to bring SG’s business principles to life while facilitating the needs of our front office business lines and their clients.
Funding Support is responsible for providing timely, accurate daily funding requirements in USD and non-USD. Several different funding desks include USD, Non-Dollar, Paris Branch, Broker Dealer and Intraday Liquidity management. The team provides the required services to manage the treasury and liquidity activities of the bank and ensures a controlled cash environment.