Junior Accountant
Societe Generale
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Montreal, QC
Contract type: Full time
Reference 250009MW
Responsibilities
ABOUT THE JOB:
The Finance Department of Global Banking and Investor Solutions (GBIS) is a global organization with a local presence. Our core mission in the Americas involves delivering sound financial reports, supporting Business Units, Service Units and General Management with financial and strategic steering, effectively scrutinize business plans, and offering good advice on the efficient use of our capital, liquidity, and funding resources. The Finance Department performs independent certification of all financial aggregates and creates the daily P&L explanation on market activities. In addition, our robust teams also oversee and execute cross-business projects in the financial and regulatory areas of the industry by providing expertise on accounting, prudential and tax norms while ensuring compliance.
What will be your DAY-TO-DAY?
Join the Accounting and Regulatory Reporting – Where Precision Meets Impact.
If you’re detail-oriented, adaptable, and ready to take ownership of key financial processes, this is the role for you. As a team member, you’ll:
Profile required
Skills and Qualifications:
Experience Required:
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 applying to this position, candidates who will apply for this position will 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")
LANGUAGE:
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 applying to this position, candidates who will apply for this position will 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 us
OUR BENEFITS:
WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AT SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
Competitive compensation & benefits offering, including but not limited to:
Various Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to engage with such as Pride and Allies, American Women Network, Black Leadership Network, One planet, etc.
Societe 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:
HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols. Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area. The applicable business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.
Diversity and Inclusion
Societe Generale is an equal opportunity employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. We are committed to recognizing and promoting the talents and achievements of our employees and staff, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or status protected under applicable law. We strive to write our postings as inclusively as possible. If, however, one gender is used alone in this display, it designates persons of all gender identities.
Responsibilities
ABOUT THE JOB:
The Finance Department of Global Banking and Investor Solutions (GBIS) is a global organization with a local presence. Our core mission in the Americas involves delivering sound financial reports, supporting Business Units, Service Units and General Management with financial and strategic steering, effectively scrutinize business plans, and offering good advice on the efficient use of our capital, liquidity, and funding resources. The Finance Department performs independent certification of all financial aggregates and creates the daily P&L explanation on market activities. In addition, our robust teams also oversee and execute cross-business projects in the financial and regulatory areas of the industry by providing expertise on accounting, prudential and tax norms while ensuring compliance.
What will be your DAY-TO-DAY?
Join the Accounting and Regulatory Reporting – Where Precision Meets Impact.
If you’re detail-oriented, adaptable, and ready to take ownership of key financial processes, this is the role for you. As a team member, you’ll:
- Support the preparation of head office reporting packages
- Perform general ledger oversight: review suspense/wash accounts, detect unusual variances, and manage reclasses
- Run subledger P&L rollovers and year-end ANS processes for hedging accounts
- Partner with P2P and PFS teams on the monthly accrual process
- Prepare manual adjustments for month-end close and ownership equity pickups
- Clear stale balances and intercompany breaks
- Contribute to mid-year and year-end financial statement preparation, including footnotes
- Liaise with internal/external auditors and ensure complete documentation and timely resolution of audit findings
- Prepare and submit monthly U.S. GAAP regulatory filings (FOCUS Report), including mappings, analytics, and uploads
- Support FR Y-15 reporting variance analysis, material adjustments, and memo documentation
- Act as reconciler in balance account certification process
- Assist with IFRS-related analytics and ECB reporting requirements
- Monitor daily FX exposures and large day-over-day balance sheet variances
- Produce daily RFI reports and respond to front office inquiries
- Maintain legal entity books and records across related entities
- Prepare intercompany wires and reconcile service fee data against Power BI
- Drive process improvements and support automation initiatives
Profile required
Skills and Qualifications:
Experience Required:
- Experience in accounting
- Solid understanding of general ledger oversight and financial close processes.
- Ability to problem-solve independently and follow established procedures while identifying opportunity areas
- Knowledge of the Investment Banking world and the products dealt with.
- Ability to interact with staff at all levels.
- Ability to problem-solve independently and follow established procedures while identifying opportunity areas.
- Experience working with auditors and handling documentation for reviews
- Proficiency in Excel; experience with Power BI and process automation is a plus
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Effective communicator and team player who can collaborate across departments
- Proactive mindset with a willingness to take ownership and drive improvements
- Flexibility to adapt when requirements or deadlines change.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Strong Excel computer skills and ability to work with large sets of data.
- Ability to automate processes.
- Proficiency in other Microsoft Office Products
- Experience in the US Broker dealer accounting.
- Good knowledge of US GAAP accounting concepts.
- Ability to learn Alteryx and other BI tools for automation.
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 applying to this position, candidates who will apply for this position will 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")
LANGUAGE:
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 applying to this position, candidates who will apply for this position will 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 us
OUR BENEFITS:
WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AT SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
Competitive compensation & benefits offering, including but not limited to:
- Minimum of 20 Vacation days + 4 personal days
- Supportive Maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave policy
- Health spending ($2,000/year) and personal spending ($1,000/year) accounts with 75+ eligible reimbursement categories (health, training, electronics etc.)
Various Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to engage with such as Pride and Allies, American Women Network, Black Leadership Network, One planet, etc.
- A culture of continuous development by encouraging our employees various training programs (online training and coaching platform such as Coursera, GoFluent, Pluralsight, First Finance, and others)
Societe 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 operate
- Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
- Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients
HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols. Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area. The applicable business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.
Diversity and Inclusion
Societe Generale is an equal opportunity employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. We are committed to recognizing and promoting the talents and achievements of our employees and staff, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or status protected under applicable law. We strive to write our postings as inclusively as possible. If, however, one gender is used alone in this display, it designates persons of all gender identities.
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