Trainee - Maritime Industries

Responsibilities include:

• Undertaking research on new clients, projects or updates for client meetings and preparing internal weekly reports on funding costs, market reports, etc.
• Helping produce and present marketing material in meetings and pitches with strategic clients and external stakeholders of the team.
• Running profitability and regulatory capital models for new transactions.
• Assisting in producing credit applications for new transactions, particularly sections on loan-to-value, company summaries, etc.
• Performing Know Your Customer checks (KYC) for new transactions and periodic reviews.
• Reviewing documentation during execution of new deals and ensuring drafting meets required standards, conditions and internal policies.
• Assisting in closing processes, including checking condition precedent, working with the closing team, and handing over to middle office.
• Helping draft information memorandums for arranging roles or engagement letters with external parties.
• Building and/or reviewing/auditing financial models for transaction or client assessment.
• Maintaining portfolio database with individual transaction details.
• Providing team-related information and reporting to internal stakeholders.
• Working with internal stakeholders on portfolio monitoring and analysis.

Required Profile:

• Degree qualified (or equivalent industry experience), ideally with exposure to corporate or structured finance, strategic advisory, commercial shipping, the energy sector, and/or related ESG activities.
• Proactive, positive, and accountable self-starter who can work independently and contribute strongly within a team.
• Able to adapt to market trends, manage multiple priorities, and perform well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Strong communication skills with a clear, concise style for both internal and client-facing interactions.
• Client-oriented mindset with the ability to support and maintain trusted relationships.
• Excellent written and spoken English (additional languages advantageous).
• Experience supporting transaction assessments, structuring, and documentation (e.g. term sheets, presentations, memos, loan documents).
• Strong financial modelling and corporate analysis skills; familiarity with Bloomberg and advanced Excel a plus.
• Good understanding of the shipping industry, including key sectors, clients, investors, and banks.

Why join us:

People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open-mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like 'hard work' and 'dedication' together with 'community' and 'respect' has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it is what makes us different. It is what makes you different.

Business Insight:

At Société Générale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business. As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender identity.