Intern Middle Officer GTPS / Payment and Cash Management (PCM) - M/F/D - Others - Zürich, Switzerland

About the job

Global Transaction & Payment Services (GTPS) / Payment and Cash Management (PCM) includes all the processes companies use to improve their treasury management. GTPS is a dedicated business line for Corporate clients. It allows companies to have better control of their financial and cash flows and to improve their gathering of information. In a group of companies, cash management can be used to manage risks such as liquidity risk. It is also used to control interest and exchange rates which may affect the company.

The Swiss PCM delivers and supports transactional banking products and services that are provided to our Swiss corporate customers including:

• Bank account management (opening, closing, amendment)

• Execution and settlement of domestic and international payment orders and collection services

• Secure electronic channels for the exchange of balance, transaction information and payment orders

• Maintain financing arrangements where we provide intraday and overnight facilities

Monitor domestic and international inter-company cash pooling and netting

Mission: 

You will be able to bring your expertise and learn basic notions about Corporate Global Transactions Banking / Compliance / Regulatory environment in which Banks evolve nowadays. You will also gain daily commercial exposure and have interactions with different internal stakeholders.

Tasks and responsibilities:

He/She is performing an internship as “Intern GTPS Cash Management” in our Global Transaction & Payment Services Switzerland department, supporting the local team.

• His/her activities cover the following main and primary duties and responsibilities:

  • Support the KYC onboarding and review collection process:  KYC (Know Your Customer) represents a wide range of controls and due diligences that enables Société Générale to conduct business with its corporate clients;

  • Support our Corporate clients in the onboarding process with the Bank (new client relationship) in connection with our GTPS Sales officers

  • Get familiar with our customer services processes (for instance based on the information contained in the Business Questionnaire) and support them in the control of transactions (KYT Know Your Transaction) processed for our clients as required per our Compliance policies

• Monitoring of the alerts linked to KYC anomalies

• Supervision of Harmonised Business Conditions/General Terms of Business exceptions list

• Mastering and implementing the CDB20 policy

• FATCA and CRS remediation for Corporate clients

You will be fully part of our GTPS PCM team and your efforts would be expected in the following additional fields:

• Support our clients in their day-to-day interactions with the bank related to their cash management and payments

• Support the team with any administrative / follow up / investigations tasks

• Get familiar with our processes. Once mastered, you will be requested to support their enhancement, if possible

• Work on special projects linked to the automation / transformation of our processes

Studies & experience:

• University degree with a specialty in Business / Finance / Economics / Law

• Compliance knowledge is a plus

Language skills:

• English B2

• German A2

• French A2 a plus

Technical, operational & Soft skills:

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of application, especially Word and Excel regulatory skills

• Easy communication: with clients, with colleagues and management

• Flexibility: ability to work in a changing environment

• Team spirit

• Creativity

• Results oriented

• Meet Deadlines

• Speed

• Organization skills

• Proactive

• Thorough

• Responsible

• Stress management skills

• Involvement in tasks

• Interpersonal skills

• Autonomy

• Engagement

Internship duration: 18 months

Société Générale Switzerland is a multi-category bank offering every employee the possibility to have several careers in a professional career path. Internal mobility and training are two core areas we focus on, in a dynamic, prosperous and evolving context.

As soon as you arrive, you will be integrated into our teams and will learn every day alongside our experts, who will support you in your tasks. Gradually, you will become more independent in your projects, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

At the end of your studies, various opportunities could be offered to you, in Switzerland and abroad.

At Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating?

You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.