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Euronext is a European exchange group operating regulated markets in Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Italy and Portugal. Euronext also operates non-regulated activities in 16 countries across the world. We are the leading European listing and trading venue with some €6 trillion combined market capitalization, accounting for a quarter of all European equities trading.

We provide advanced market data services and a range of indices and index solutions, including the AEX, CAC40, BEL 20, ISEQ 20 and PSI 20. Euronext's proprietary trading platform, Optiq®, offers cutting-edge solutions to our trading and technology clients. We also operate a state of the art FX trading platform and four CSDs.

Following a recent expansion of its presence in London, Euronext is seeking to hire an ambitious and detail oriented Commercial Analyst to join the London CEO Office to (i) assist the coordination of the sales function across the group and (ii) support the wider strategy and profile of Euronext in the UK. The role is a unique opportunity for a recent graduate in a finance related discipline, with minimum 2 years work experience in financial services.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the CEO of London and the Head of Sales Management and on a day to day basis with a broad remit of tasks to drive key initiatives related to the CEO London office and sales function.
• Group Sales function:
  • Preparation of briefing notes for top clients, covering all revenue lines and asset classes, including strategic objectives, revenue analysis, trends, relationship mapping and opportunities.
  • Provide support to the governance of the sales function across the group, including preparation and minuting of sales committees.
  • Collaborate closely with sales teams across business lines in Europe to gather data, KPIs, insights and feedback to inform cross sales and information sharing.
  • Assist in the oversight of the CRM tool with focus on tracking use and functional improvements.
• London CEO Office:
  • Conduct research and provide analysis on industry trends, competitors, and market opportunities from a UK perspective.
  • Coordinate and help track priorities and actions from CEO meetings.
  • Assist in preparing the London CEO for panels, meetings, conferences and other events.
  • Stay-up-to-date on relevant UK regulatory changes and trends that may affect the competitive positioning of Euronext’s UK businesses.
• Perform any other ad-hoc duties as assigned by the Head of Sales Management or CEO.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

• Good bachelor’s degree, with minimum 2 years’ experience within financial services or consulting.
• Excellent analytical skills, problem solving mindset and attention to detail.
• Ability to understand complex concepts and turn into simple, readable formats such as briefing notes, bulletins etc.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of the wider eco-system Euronext operates in.
• Working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, strategic deck presentation skills.
• Strong self-starter, highly motivated with the ability to take ownership of projects.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external senior stakeholders.
• Ability to operate and develop relationships in a pan-European matrix organization.
• Excellent level of written and spoken English is essential, with one other European language desirable.

Key accountabilities
• Develop risk models, policies and procedures to ensure all market risk are adequately monitored (default risk, liquidity risk, FX risk, interest rate risk, investment risk, Derivatives Pricing Controls, Guarantees Calculation…)
• Analyze and interprets complex data to provide regular reports and recommendations to stakeholders (sensitivity • Analysis, stress testing, backtesting, recovery Plan…)
• Draws on technical knowledge to contribute to risk streams of Euronext Clearing Internalization programme, providing recommendations for improvement and supporting the implementation of any resulting changes
• Support Clients on risk related topics, taking appropriate action or escalating as appropriate

Your profile
• Experience in Risk Management within the banking or financial services industry (including regulators and consultancy firms)
• Deep knowledge of financial markets and instruments
• Good knowledge of programming languages (e.g. Matlab, Python, VB, SQL, Java, C++, Excel VBA, etc) with the ability to write and amend code and analyse big data sets
• Good Analytical skills and problem solving attitude
• Strong Attitude to teamwork
• Ability to work well under pressure

Commcise is bringing transparency and precision to institutional investment research offering independent, cloud-based, fully-integrated commission management and research valuation solutions to the buy-side, sell-side and research providers through its COMMCISEBUY, COMMCISESELL and COMMCISECS product suite. Commcise’s clients include some of the largest institutional asset managers, hedge funds, brokers and research providers in the world.

Commcise is collaborative FinTech company with offices in London, New York, Bangalore and Delhi. Commcise is a company of Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone. The company is accelerating its growth strategy and is seeking qualified candidates to help lead the way.

Commcise is a company of Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone.

The Head of Business and Finance Operations will play a crucial role in driving the business strategy and will be responsible for overseeing all operational aspects. This position requires a dynamic leader with experience in operations of software companies. The candidate needs to be familiar with accounting, treasury, finance systems and processes as well as risk management and controls. The candidate needs to have strong operational management skills, and a strategic mindset. The successful candidate will ensure the smooth running of all operational processes and contribute to the overall growth and success of the business.

Commcise has recently developed a custodial aggregation service which requires new skills and competencies to manage, notably the growth of the payment activity related to the custody of client funds (cash management, payment of client vendor’s invoices).

Key Accountabilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement operational strategies that align with Commcise’s business objectives, focusing on enhancing efficiency and scalability. Lead Business Operations team being primary and key contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Payment Operations Management: Oversee the end-to-end payment operations process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all transactions.
• Cash operations: Manage cash  related to business operations, ensuring accurate and regular reconciliations between cash collected, cash used and transfers. Ensure full reconciliation of customers cash positions over all the systems in use.  Oversee liquidity forecasting, and risk assessment, including FX exposures management, to ensure financial stability. Ensure accurate documentation to allow auditability and Finance independent control.
• Accounting and Account Receivable: Ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations, managing financial reporting and audits as necessary. Manage billing to customers within Finance closing period calendar ensuring accuracy and correctness of amounts, fiscal compliance and regular availability of accounting files. Be responsible of billing amount calculation, for fees and sweep cash calls. Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to streamline operations and reduce costs, leveraging technology and best practices.
• Team Leadership: Build and lead a high-performing and compact operations team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with finance, IT, and other departments to ensure seamless integration of operations and financial processes.
• Optimise operational workflows and systems to enhance efficiency and reliability.
• Manage the financial performance of the business, including budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management.
• Compile and analyse metrics, produce business strategy analyses, simulations and reports around client activity and profitability, sales performance and related bespoke analysis.
• Build, enhance and support external relationships with strategic partners, vendors and other third party service providers.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and excellence.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in Finance operations and accounting, preferably within the financial services sector. Experience in a leadership role will be highly considered.

Education

• MBA or equivalent degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field.

Skills

• Master accounting and Finance operations
• Understanding of the financial services industry
• Interest in technology and software
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and financial modeling abilities.
• Strategic thinking and ability to drive business growth.
• Superior organisational and project management skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• High level of integrity and professionalism.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Key accountabilities

• Ensure clearing services are delivered accurately, on time and within specified standards of quality, those services include daily margins and default funds payments, collateral deposits and returns, expiries of derivatives contracts, members default management, projects, testing of new services
• Ensure settlement services are delivered accurately, on time and within specified standards of quality, this services include monitoring and management of settlement activities, adjustment management for corporate actions, buy in/sell out management, members default management
• Applies expertise to resolve complex and escalated operational issues in an accurate and timely manner, ensuring adherence to KPIs, agreed contracts and internal requirements
• Provide client support in liaison with Sales and Membership teams and escalate client queries when necessary
• Contribute to operation enhancement projects 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

• Significant experience in Operations, Risk positions and Clearing Operation in the financial markets industry
• Strong prior knowledge in Clearing products and Settlement operations
• Account management
• Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving attitude
• Excellent client relationship
• Able to work accurately and effectively under pressure
• Strong time management skills required to meet the many internal and external deadlines
• Good supervisory skills
• Fluent in English; while French, Italian and Deutch are a plus

Nord Pool is experiencing strong growth and we are seeking a Trading Adviser managing the European day-ahead market for power trading.

The Trading Adviser is responsible for contributing to the day-to-day operations of the power market and for technological development of the market platform and its products and services.

You will join an ambitious and highly motivated international team with a mission to further grow the most liquid and fast-growing power markets in Europe.

If you are a person with a technical mindset this is the perfect job for you!

Role and Responsibilities:

• Manage the daily and weekend operational processes for the day-ahead power market in Europe

• Secure continuous improvement of business processes to meet customer expectations and to secure robust operations

• Technical support for the trading and market coupling systems including testing of relevant operational and customer facing platforms

• Contribute to the development of Nord Pool's trading platforms and product offering

• Ensure that we deliver excellent customer service during day to day operations

• Participate in Nord Pool's development projects across the European power markets

• To be part of the 24/7 rotational duty arrangements related to operations of the European power market

Qualifications & Experience:

• Higher education within IT, engineering or energy

• Experience with IT tools for monitoring, efficiency and support purposes

• Knowledge and good understanding of the power market is an advantage but not a requirement, as long you are interested and are able to learn

• Experience on complex IT infrastructure

• You know how technology can be used to improve business processes and increase the quality in our service delivery towards customers

• Strong communication skills in English, both written and oral

• Fluent in one of the Scandinavian languages

Personal Qualities:

• Structured, with the ability to work accurate with eyes on details

• Committed to provide top quality customer service

• Team player

• High level of energy and drive, willing to respond with urgency when appropriate

• Ability to work under pressure, in a fast-changing environment

We offer:

• Culture founded on strong values and a working environment consisting of highly engaged employees

• Competitive compensations and benefits

• Professional development in a company experiencing strong growth

Some travelling must be expected.

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

We remain committed to providing a positive hiring and onboarding experience for our candidates during these unprecedented times. Where our offices can open safely, they will remain open; otherwise our employees are able to work efficiently from home. The well-being of our employees, their families, our external partners and visitors is our upmost priority and we are closely following Government guidance in all our locations to ensure all health and safety guidance are met.

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.      

Key accountabilities
• Ensure clearing services are delivered accurately, on time and within specified standards of quality, those services include daily margins and default funds payments, collateral deposits and returns, expiries of derivatives contracts, members default management, projects, testing of new services
• Ensure settlement services are delivered accurately, on time and within specified standards of quality, this services include monitoring and management of settlement activities, adjustment management for corporate actions, buy in/sell out management, members default management
• Applies expertise to resolve complex and escalated operational issues in an accurate and timely manner, ensuring adherence to KPIs, agreed contracts and internal requirements
• Provide client support in liaison with Sales and Membership teams and escalate client queries when necessary
• Contribute to operation enhancement projects 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
• Significant experience in Operations, Risk positions and Clearing Operation in the financial markets industry
• Strong prior knowledge in Clearing products and Settlement operations
• Account management
• Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving attitude
• Excellent client relationship
• Able to work accurately and effectively under pressure
• Strong time management skills required to meet the many internal and external deadlines
• Good supervisory skills
• Fluent in English; while French, Italian and Deutch are a plus

Key accountabilities:

• monitoring and analysis of trading activity in order to detect, investigate and report suspected cases of market abuse and anti-money laundering
• liaison with the Authorities with reference to STOR, AML and special market situations
• real-time and ex-post monitoring of listing obligations under the Regulation for market participants
• support for the activities carried out by the Monitoring, Post-trading & Membership service

Skills:

• good knowledge of the English language, both written and spoken
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint), Antivirus, PDF reader/writer
• adequate degree of maturity and responsibility, essential for working in contact with senior managers and customers.
• flexibility and availability
• Precision and reliability
 

Euronext Corporate Services

Het team van Euronext Corporate Services bestaat uit meer dan 180 professionals die een sterke lokale aanwezigheid in heel Europa combineren met een diepgaand begrip van wereldwijde kapitaalmarkten. Ze helpen organisaties, zowel beurgenoteerde als niet-beursgenoteerde, privé en publiek, om optimaal gebruik te maken van kapitaalmarkten en efficiënter te opereren.

Euronext Corporate Services bedient al meer dan 4.500+ klanten, waaronder meer dan 1000 beursgenoteerde bedrijven, private bedrijven, adviseurs en publieke organisaties. Onze klanten zijn gevestigd in alle Euronext-markten (België, Frankrijk, Italië, Ierland, Nederland, Noorwegen, Portugal), maar ook daarbuiten (bijv. VK, Scandinavië, Spanje, Duitsland).

Euronext Corporate Services biedt de volgende oplossingen:

• Governance: Onze Board Portal oplossing "iBabs" helpt organisaties om vergaderingen veiliger, georganiseerder en efficiënter te laten verlopen (tijd besparen bij het voorbereiden van agenda's en documenten, gemakkelijk samenwerken met aantekeningen, stemmingen, samenvattingen).
• Communicatie: Wij zijn marktleider in Webinars en Webcastdiensten voor financiële resultaten, interne communicatie, marketing en externe communicatie met onze oplossing Company Webcast. We helpen onze klanten om hun zichtbaarheid, betrokkenheid en internationale dekking te vergroten.
• Compliance: Onze ComplurLog en Klokkeluiders producten bieden een oplossing voor het automatiseren van het beheer van insider-informatie en insiderlijsten. Ons oplossing heeft tot doel tijd te besparen en te zorgen voor naleving van de Europese Verordening Marktmisbruik (MAR).
• Investor Relations: Ons adviesteam biedt hoogwaardig advies, marktintelligentie en besluitvormingsanalyse voor beursgenoteerde bedrijven die actiever willen zijn op de kapitaalmarkten. Onze IR.Manager-tool biedt een complete en intuïtieve IR-management- en targetingplatform voor bedrijfs-IR-teams om het werkproces en de betrokkenheid te professionaliseren.

Functieomschrijving

Wij zijn op zoek naar een Account Executive, die bereid is tussen Capelle aan den IJssel en Amsterdam te reizen, met een sterk netwerk binnen de Investor Relations. Je adviseert onze klanten bij het behalen van hun communicatiedoelen door van onze diensten gebruik te maken. Company Webcast heeft haar activiteiten op drie taken gericht, namelijk Stakeholder Communicatie (Investor Relations), Interne Communicatie en Marketing Communicatie.

Jouw taken

• Inkomstenbeheer

Verantwoordelijk voor het ontwikkelen en onderhouden van inkomsten (waarvan bij enige regelmaat) door bij bestaande en nieuwe klanten in te spelen op de waarde van elk SaaS-product.

• Relatiebeheer

Het leggen van strategische en tactische contacten op managementniveau (waaronder hoofden van Investor Relations, Marketing & Communicatie, Verkoop & Inkoopafdelingen) via klantennetwerken en andere kanalen.

• Product- & marktontwikkeling

Opbouwen van specifieke branchekennis voor de verschillende formats. Signaleren van marktontwikkelingen en deze vertalen naar (outbound) verkoopactiviteiten.

• Succes klanten

Het motiveren van klanten op basis van klanteisen en -doelstellingen om webcasting strategisch in te zetten en zorgen voor optimale interne communicatie om zo het succes voor de klant te realiseren. Identificeren van ‘cross-selling’ mogelijkheden van partneroplossingen, andere Corporate Service producten en andere landen binnen Europa.

• Administratie

Het opstellen, beheren en opvolgen van offertes en contracten. Je bent ook verantwoordelijk voor het afhandelen van de facturatie binnen jouw portefeuille. Je zorgt voor een goede interne en externe communicatie voor een optimale dienstverlening.

Geïntegreerde en uitgebreide waardepropositie

Interactie met interne stakeholders van Euronext, Euronext Corporate Services en Company Webcast. Je zorgt ervoor dat het webcast waardevoorstel volledig geïntegreerd is met de andere producten van Euronext Corporate Services. Deze verantwoordelijkheden beschrijven alleen de belangrijkste activiteiten en zijn niet volledig. Ze zijn afhankelijk van het expertiseniveau en de lopende projecten.

Jouw profiel

Je hebt kennis en ervaring op het gebied van verkoop en accountmanagement in een zakelijke omgeving. Uitstekende communicatieve vaardigheden en ervaring als contactpersoon op managementniveau zijn de belangrijkste eigenschappen waar we naar op zoek zijn. Ervaring in het beheren en aansturen van de business voor een specifieke regio/gebied.

You will be primarily responsible for: 

• Actively contribute to the data collection, analysis and reporting required by the internal policies

• Work with the different business’ and functions’ teams to enforce internal policies, execute associated processes and maintain and record the relevant documentation

• Assist the Outsourcing manager to adapt the framework to regulatory evolutions, ensuring updated processes and auditable tracking.

• Contribute to the preparation of regular internal reporting

• Maintain accurate and auditable database feed from different source systems

• Be part of the roll-out of the relevant technology solution to manage the dataset collection and support the identification of opportunities for improvements on reporting

Your Profile:

• Young professional with proven experience in IT related projects, coordination and process

• Background in IT, audit, reporting and financial markets

• Strong analytical and reporting skills

• Tenacious self-starter with a keen sense of accountability, ownership, commitment to work and passion for delivering results and improvements

• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate in a multicultural, diverse and complex environment

• Very good level of English (oral and written) 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications – Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint

• Knowledge on SharePoint and PowerBI

• Attitude for project management 

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.  

About Euronext
 

Euronext is the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, covering Belgium, France, Ireland, The Netherlands, Portugal, the UK, Norway, and most recently, Italy, with the acquisition of Borsa Italiana on April 29th, 2021.

With close to 2,000 listed issuers worth more than €6.5 trillion in market capitalisation as of end December 2023, Euronext has an unmatched franchise of leading indices and  a strong diverse domestic and international client base.

Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets. Its total product offering includes Equities, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties. Euronext operates regulated markets, Alternext and the Free Market; in addition it offers EnterNext, which facilitates SMEs' access to capital markets.

About Euronext Financial Derivatives team

Euronext Derivatives offers a wide range of index futures and options as well as single stock options and futures to a diverse community of clients (Banks, Asset Managers, Brokers and Investment firms) worldwide.

The Paris Euronext Institutional Derivatives team focuses at defining the Derivatives strategy by developing the reach of its core products within clients mainly based in France, the UK and the US, and works closely with traders to develop new products and services to generate future growth.  

Within this unit we are looking for a “Equity Derivatives Analyst”, a highly motivated and talented intern to be fully integrated into the team. His/her role will be to assist the team to help them in ensuring the business competitiveness among a demanding and fast growing environment. The intern will support the team in market and product development activities for its Derivatives franchise. The intern will help the team to support the client interaction and will be involved into the marketing campaign. Client targets include buy-side, sell-side, liquidity providers, asset managers and clearing members based in the continental Europe and the UK.

The intern will interact on a daily basis with employees from various departments, the management team and clients, for which interpersonal skills are key.

Missions

• Support the team commercial efforts in building presentations for clients (banks, market makers, brokers) including statistics describing trading pattern and rankings.

• Close monitoring of competitors’ developments, and market shares trends.

• Generating trading reports on a frequent basis to follow product developments and feed clients with trading trends.

• Lead advanced analysis on derivatives (options, futures, etc.) to guide strategic decision-making.

• Support the team’s efforts to enhance the current product offering and trading functionalities as well as evaluate new product development opportunities to distinguish Euronext in the derivatives market.

• Participate in the marketing campaign for the launch of our new products/services.

• Contribute to improving the communication channels with clients.

• Conduct weekly/monthly client activity analysis.

• Monitoring of the business environment: regulatory changes, economic indicators, and competitive intelligence analysis in the derivatives markets. (new products, performance, potential differentiation etc.).

• Communicate key statistics to clients on a regular basis.

• Maintain the client database to ensure a strong distribution network.

• Other ad-hoc analysis and projects to support the Financial Derivatives team.