Euronext Securities Careers

Key Responsibilities

The candidate will support the team in the following activities:

• Collaborate with and report to the Head of Functional Analysis.
• Maintain and enhance the existing Information System (IS) related to Issuance, Custody, and Settlement across the 4 CSDs.
• Develop projects and monitor project performance.
• Lead, mentor, and motivate the team that she/he oversees.
• Contribute to the completion of ongoing transversal projects, focusing on analysis.
• Analyse and evaluate current business processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Present ideas and findings in meetings.
• Improve employee engagement and motivation.
• Solve problems and handle conflicts between employees.
• Support business operation incident and problem management.

Key accountabilities • Experience in the delivery life-cycle in a high challenge, complex, multi-project environment Excellent written skills adequate for documenting complex assumptions, risks and commitments clearly and unambiguously Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in client-facing projects Flexibility and ability to work in environments with changing priorities Certification in specific Agile or waterfall methodologies (Scrum master, PMP, PRINCE2,…) Your profile • Experience in the delivery life-cycle in a high challenge, complex, multi-project environment • Excellent written skills adequate for documenting complex assumptions, risks and commitments clearly and unambiguously • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in client-facing projects • Flexibility and ability to work in environments with changing priorities • Certification in specific Agile or waterfall methodologies (Scrum master, PMP, PRINCE2,…)

Key Accountabilities

You will complete a broad variety of tasks as part of the programme management office leading a transformational multi-year programme spanning all four Euronext Securities locations (Copenhagen, Milan, Oslo, Porto).

• Governance: Act as the single point of contact for all project contributors/business units across the organisation, support the Programme Director to be the guardian of all project governance bodies, including the preparation of monthly steering committees; producing clear and crisp meeting materials; managing contributions from key stakeholders; producing minutes and maintaining open actions and decisions logs; organising and coordinating other ad hoc meetings as necessary.
• Project Management: support the Delivery Managers to ensure milestones are met as per the agreed project plan; strictly adhere to the Euronext project management policy, including the coordination and organisation of the various gates to be passed during the lifetime of the project.
• Budget: work closely with Finance, Human Resources and the Programme Director to monitor the programme budget and recruitment decisions, and to ensure adequate staffing levels; centralise, monitor and, if needed, challenge expense requests.
• Communication: issue regular updates for client-facing teams; issue a monthly newsletter to communicate important information project contributors; prepare periodic town halls (set dates, draft materials, maintain questions log); issue quarterly memo for Board of Directors

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

• 2-3 years of project management experience, preferably in the financial sector
• Strong desire to build a career as a Project Manager
• Fluent in English with excellent communication, writing and presentation skills (Portuguese is not a must)
• Financial acumen is an advantage
• Demonstrated ability perform well and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, transforming and results driven environment
• Strong organisational skills with ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks
• Experience in working with international teams is an advantage
• Strong proficiency in MS Outlook, MS Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage stakeholders at different levels
• Ability to conduct research and present data in a succinct and well-written manner
• Ability to work independently

• Identify valuable data sources and automate collection processes.
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
• Mine and analyze data from company databases and date sets to drive optimization and improvement of product and platform development.
• Develop custom data models and AI algorithms to apply to data sets.
• Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data.
• Present information using data visualization techniques.
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy.
• Collaborate with engineering and product development teams to implement models and monitor outcomes.

requirements:
• Strong problem-solving & math skills with an emphasis on practical implementations.
• A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques.
• Interest in automated testing and continuous integration.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Key accountabilities • Implement in coding the most complex components in new functionalities • Design performance critical subsystems • Produce clear and accurate documentation relative to implemented code • Work with other teams on overall trading system design • Contribute to projects addressing challenging subjects linked to new functionalities Your profile • Proficient in designing and developing with C++ using templates • Other programming languages expertise like Java and Python are a plus • Sound understanding of Linux operating systems • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills • Experience leveraging modern technologies such as the following to help us design and build our future: Go, JavaScript, Scala, NodeJS, HTML5, Mobile Data Science, Machine Learning, Big Data, Streaming, Data Analytics Microservices, Cloud, Containers (e.g. Docker), Scalable Designs

Euronext Securities – Project Management IT Internship

Workplace: working from home/office (Milan, Piazza degli Affari 6)

Key Responsibilities

The candidate will support the team in the following activities:

• Act as a guardian of the Group PM policy, lead its roll-out and ensure teams respect the policy;
• Centralize and report on capacity based on input received from resource managers;
• Support all key contributors in the preparation of key project documentation;
• Maintain macro-plan (overall project plan) and detail plan (3 months view on deliverables, dependencies and resource working on it);
• Responsible for capacity management and ensure resource availability for all upcoming phase (demand & capacity);
• Centralize key documentation update (Risk log, action list,…);
• Request planning input from key contributors and consolidate their inputs (MS Project);
• Ensure that key deliverables are produced in line with programme plan and take action or escalate to programme director the project and ensure that key deliverables are produced;
• Update and centralized required documentation (risk register, List of Open items, etc.);
• Ensure project execution is in line with the plan Report on project progress, risks, and raise any need of arbitrations to programme committee;
• Centralize lessons learnt and run regular retrospective;

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate has:

• Master’s Degree in Management Engineering or Computer Engineering with a focus on Project Management courses;
• Excellent knowledge of English (both written and spoken);
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Jira;
• Prince2 Certification is a plus.

Key accountabilities
• Ensure the delivery of settlement, custody, asset and fiscal services and support the management and control of the physical securities registered in Centralized Securities System and their safeguarding according to best international practices
• Support the development and implementation of more automated and digitized services at the Central Securities Depository.
• Ensure that user acceptance testing of all the IT system updates and improvements regarding physical securities services takes place.
• Develop and the execute annual custody business plans and coordinate of activities with senior management in other areas of the organization.
• Provide information to Issuers and Financial Intermediaries and represent Euronext internally and externally.
• Contribute to operoperational enhancements to streamline workflow and provide better support to frontline business units
• Drives continuous improvement of process and assess and select improvement opportunities that provide long-term value and minimize operational risks

Your profile
• In-depth knowledge of CSD Business operations
• Strong knowledge of industry market standards and business workflows in the securities services space
• Proven team leadership, communication and project management skills - ability to monitor

The purpose of the role is to perform the daily Issuing Agent related operations within Euronext Securities Shared Services Team and to contribute to the sustainable development of services based on client inputs and our strategy.

Responsibilities and main tasks 

• Executing daily operational tasks, such as reconciliation, capital increases, AGM information.
• Processing of cross border issues and settling stocks and bonds.
• Contributing with your perspectives on how we can optimize processes and write process descriptions.
• Ensuring ongoing due diligence in the form of anti-money laundering and know-your-customer procedures.
• Writing and updating work descriptions and flow charts.

Authority 

• Authority to carry out operations and customer assignments in the field of expertise within current procedures and instructions.
• Escalate customer requests and errors that cannot be resolved to relevant Senior Tax Service Delivery Manager, Product Owner, Product Manager or Head of Shared Services or that are not handled according to the relevant SLA. 
• Escalate issues that may cause a significant risk to the daily operations or key issues that are not prioritized within the teams to the Head of Shared Services and the other relevant Manager(s).

Your profile

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Detail oriented, efficient, dependable and a collaborative team player with a positive "can do" attitude.
• Excellent time management & organizational skills.
• Proven interpersonal and influential communication skills.
• Proficiency in Portuguese and Danish is a plus.
• Prior experience in financial markets / investor services or securities services is a plus.
• Analytical mindset.
• Focus on details combined with seeing the wider perspective.
• Not afraid taking part in open discussions.

Your Education

• A relevant long/higher education.
• A graduate as a financial economist, legal secretary or similar, preferably with work experience from the banking world or the financial sector, where you have had tasks of a relatively complex nature.
• Experience in the securities area.

Euronext Values

Unity

•        We respect and value the people we work with

•        We are unified through a common purpose

•        We embrace diversity and strive for inclusion

Integrity

•        We value transparency, communicate honestly and share information openly

•        We act with integrity in everything we do

•        We don’t hide our mistakes, and we learn from them

Agility

•        We act with a sense of urgency and decisiveness

•        We are adaptable, responsive and embrace change

•        We take smart risks

Energy

•        We are positively driven to make a difference and challenge the status quo

•        We focus on and encourage personal leadership

•        We motivate each other with our ambition

Accountability

•           We deliver maximum value to our customers and stakeholders

•           We take ownership and are accountable for the outcome

•           We reward and celebrate performance

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, gender, age, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or any other legally protected factor. We value the unique talents of all our people, who come from diverse backgrounds with different personal experiences and points of view and we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect.

Additional information

This job description is only describing the main activities within a certain role and is not exhaustive. It does not prevent to add more tasks, projects.     

The purpose of the role is to perform the daily tax operations within the Euronext Securities Shared Services and to contribute to sustainable development of services and applications based on client inputs.

Key accountabilities

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