Euronext

Euronext N.V. is a listed, high-tech company with strong European roots. It is the leading European stock exchange, with listing venues in Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris. Our mission is to build the leading European market infrastructure, shaping the capital markets for future generations by making an impact on our industry and our ecosystem. Euronext connects local European economies to the global capital markets, to accelerate innovation and sustainable growth.

There are almost 2,000 companies listed on the Euronext exchanges, including national and international blue-chip companies such as AMSL, Unilever, Philips, Heineken and Just Eat Takeaway, with a total worth of almost €5.6 trillion. It is also the leading exchange for derivatives, with on average 3.3 million transactions per day with a transaction value of €11.26 billion, and is home to more than 1200 indices, including the AEX and CAC 40. With four central securities depository (CSDs) and one clearing house in Europe, Euronext manages the entire capital markets value chain.

About the department

With decades of experience in the index space, Euronext is one of the leading index providers in Europe. The company has over 1200 indices of all sizes and profiles, that are designed, calculated, and published in house. This includes over 45 ESG indices and 8 major blue-chip indices in Europe, namely our national flagship indices: AEX®, BEL 20®, CAC 40®, CAC 40 ESG® ISEQ 20®, OBX® and PSI 20®, MIB ESG®. More than 15,000 ETFs, funds, warrants, certificates, futures, and options are associated with the Euronext indices and over €100 billion of assets is benchmarked.

The team of Euronext Indices is the strategic business unit of Euronext responsible for the development, management and licensing of all Euronext indices and the partnerships with partners and data vendors. Besides our ESG and national blue-chip indices our product offering also consists of indices tailored to meet the demands of world’s largest issuers of financial products and investors looking for specific or enhanced market exposure at lower costs.

To complement our team of index structuring and business development experts and to strengthen our processes and governance structure, we are looking for a driven individual to contribute to the team responsible for the Index Rules, regulation, and governance procedures.

The Euronext Index Team consists of 14 team members in 2 European countries, who collaborate closely together to further strengthen Euronext’s position as international leading index provider. The position of the Index Analyst is stationed at Euronext Amsterdam or Euronext Paris office.

For more information on Index Rules, procedures and methodologies please refer to the dedicated webpage on the Euronext website:

https://live.euronext.com/products-indices/index-rules

About the position

The Index Analyst will contribute to the maintenance and development of the Euronext Index methodologies, including corporate actions methodology, and will ensure compliance with relevant Index regulations and market practices.

The candidate will primarily be responsible for:

• Creation, maintenance and development of Index Rules and methodologies

• Preparing agenda’s and contribute to internal committees on evolutions of Index Rules

• Contributing to external client consultations on Index Rules

• Analyzing and advising on the treatment of complex Corporate Actions in Indices

• Tracking regulation and ensure Euronext Indices complies with the regulatory requirements (EU-BMR)

• Reporting on Index Activities for internal senior management and regulators.

Your profile

• 0-2 years of experience in financial markets (e.g. Corporate Actions, Indices or Market Data)

• Master’s Degree in Business / Finance

• English: full professional proficiency is required

• Rigorous, curious and autonomous

• Hands-on approach and attention to details

• Team player and intercultural competence and excellent communication skills

• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel and Word ESG expertise is a plus

• ESG expertise is a plusESG expertise is a plus

What Euronext Amsterdam has to offer

At Euronext we stand out for our strong local connection within an international high-tech company. With more than 2,100 capital markets experts with 55 nationalities represented in 18 countries, our company is a unique and diverse place to work.

The attraction and growth of talent is key at Euronext Amsterdam. To ensure this, we provide our team members with a stimulating, progressive working environment. Our way of working focuses on empowering productivity and creativity. Collaboration through teamwork and a non-hierarchical approach are of paramount importance.

As a modern employer we offer an attractive employee value proposition through which our employees can achieve their full potential. This includes a competitive salary, and many other benefits dedicated to personal growth, ongoing education and employee wellness, such as:

• A generous pension plan, fitted to modern standards

• A large number of holiday hours

• Continuous learning and development opportunities to grow as industry leaders and experts, including

• a personal training budget

• opportunities for coaching

• full access to our own online Euronext Academy and a wide variety of events during our annual learning week

• In-house physiotherapist and gym

We are looking for a Finance Projects & Processes Manager to join the Finance transformation Team. The position will be based in Milan, with an expected start date in November. You will report to the Head of Finance transformation and processes.

Key accountabilities
• Align the objectives for defined and agreed activities with business change objectives

·  Monitor and coordinate the selection and planning of all projects related priorities and activities
• Plan, direct and co-ordinate activities to manage and implement complex projects from contract/proposal initiation to final operational stage
• Plan, schedule, monitor and report on activities related to the project
• Lead the project teams in determining business requirements and translating requirements into operational plans
• Determine, monitor and review all project economics, including costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources and risk
• Evaluate changes to project management practices and initiate improvement to organisation practices
The key accountabilities only describe the main activities and are not exhaustive. It evolves depending on the expertise level and ongoing projects.

Your profile

• Experience of working in international environment and coordinating resources from various teams
• Stakeholder management and leadership skills, with the ability to inform business decisions to achieve shared objectives
• Organisational skills – structured approach, rigorous analysis and follow-up.
• Strong analytical/problem solving mindset with the ability and willingness to get into the details to find solutions
• Strong-customer focus with the ability to prioritize and quickly escalate potential issues
• solid experience as PM on complex transversal projects having multiple stakeholders

• Command of Project Management techniques and tools

• Fluent in English

Working with us means

• be part of an agile, innovative and dynamic organisation, where you can have an impact and grow.

• Opportunity to grow 

• A vibrant international and diverse environment

• Wellbeing programme, equal opportunities, work environment open to diversity in all its forms

Euronext

Euronext is the leading pan-European market infrastructure, shaping capital markets for future generations. Its mission is to connect European economies to global capital markets, to accelerate innovation and sustainable growth. Euronext is located in 18 countries across Europe, US and Asia, with regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal. The group has expanded organically and externally, with a revenue growing from €458 million in 2014 to €1.5 billion in 2022, with 2,200 employees and 55 nationalities.

With close to 1,900 listed issuers and around €6.5 trillion in market capitalisation as of end June 2023, it has an unmatched blue-chip franchise and a strong diverse domestic and international client base, as well as a large Tech companies community, Euronext Tech Leaders. Euronext closely accompanies corporates thanks to its pre-IPO programmes and a full suite of innovative corporate services. Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets, one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets and is the largest center for debt and funds listings in the world. Its total product offering includes Equities, FX, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Power, Derivatives, Commodities, Advanced Data Services and Indices.

The Group provides a European multi-asset clearing house through Euronext Clearing, and custody and settlement services through Euronext Securities central securities depositories in Denmark, Italy, Norway and Portugal. Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology, corporate and data services to third parties.

Euronext is engaged in an ambitious ESG policy, translated into its “Fit for 1.5°” commitment to net zero, supported by SBTI approved targets.

Euronext Corporate Services

Euronext Corporate Services, is at the core of Euronext’s Growth for Impact 2024 strategy. It has delivered €46m of revenue in 2023, growing +12% vs 2022, being one of the most important growth engine of the Group.

Euronext Corporate Services already serves more than 4,500+ clients including over 1000 listed companies, private companies, advisors and public organisations. Clients are located across all Euronext markets (Belgium, France, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway Portugal,) but also beyond (e.g. UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Spain).

The team is composed of over 170 professionals across Europe. They help listed companies make the most effective use of capital markets, and support private and public organisations run more efficiently.

Euronext Corporate Services already serves more than 4,500+ clients including over 1000 listed companies, private companies, advisors and public organisations. Clients are located across all Euronext markets (Belgium, France, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway Portugal,) but also beyond (e.g. UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Spain).

This unique and comprehensive value proposition is articulated around three main pillars:

•   Governance services: To public and private organizations we provide our board portal solution “iBabs” to help secure, organize and run board meetings more efficiently (save time preparing agendas and board packs, collaborate easily with annotations, voting, meeting summaries).Our advanced video technology allows you to easily broadcast your meetings, from webinars, townhalls and studio events, we provide the right solution

•   Investor relations and communication services: we help our clients to increase their visibility, engagement and international coverage with shareholders, investors and all stakeholders with leading digital communications and streaming solutions. We also provide flexible and customized market data components for Investor Relations websites of listed companies. Our IR.Manager tool provides a complete and intuitive IR management and targeting platform for corporate IR teams to professionalize the workflow and engagement. Our advisory team provides high-touch advisory, ESG advisory, market intelligence and decision making analytics for listed companies willing to be more active on capital markets.

•   Compliance services : our ComplyLog products helps companies simplify their EU regulatory duties, speed up workflows and ensure compliance by automating the management of inside information and insider lists for both issuers and their professional advisors ensuring compliance with the European Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

Euronext Corporate Services is a fully integrated division of Euronext, including all the resources to pursue its business activities: Revenue, Growth Marketing, Product, Technology & Operations, Client Services and Transformation. It also relies on Euronext support functions to accompany its growth.

Role and Key Accountabilities

• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications.
• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of the applications.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Owner to ensure alignment with business requirements and meet delivery timelines.
• Prioritize and facilitate the early resolution of client issues, ensuring adherence to agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Conduct code reviews, contribute to critical feature designs, and ensure the overall quality of the team's deliverables.
• Flag technical debt and areas of improvements, making sure they are properly documented and taken into account when defining priorities.
• Implement a robust documentation system for knowledge base, onboarding, knowledge transfer, and communication in software development activities.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems.
• Follow Agile Scrum development process for application development.

Knowledge, Personality, Skills and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java development and proficiency in the latest editions of Java, including expertise in Spring Boot.
• Strong knowledge of AWS, Microservices architecture, and design patterns.
• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience in frontend technologies like React.js or Angular is a strong plus.
• Experience in NodeJs and PostgreSQL database is a plus.
• Solid grasp of security best practices related to APIs and data privacy.
• Proficiency in Agile/Scrum methodologies and a commitment to driving Agile practices within the team.
• Comfortable with DevOps practices involving configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, Gitflow, IaC, deployment patterns among others.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to addressing challenges.
• Proficiency in English is a must.

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.

Euronext’s purpose is to shape capital markets for future generations. As such, Euronext has a special position in the financial ecosystem. It serves the real economy by bringing together buyers and sellers in transparent, efficient and reliable trading venues. In this key role, Euronext has a responsibility to the whole finance community, not only to ensure financial stability, but to contribute decisively to a sustainable growth model in the countries in which it operates. A central element of Euronext work is engaging with its customers, European and local public  authorities, and policymakers, to help shape the regulatory and policy issues that impact the financial sector and empower sustainable finance. 

Euronext is the leading pan-European market infrastructure, connecting European economies to global capital markets, to accelerate innovation and sustainable growth. It operates regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal.  

With close to 2,000 listed issuers and around €6.6 trillion in market capitalisation as of end March 2022, it has an unmatched blue chip franchise and a strong diverse domestic and international client base.  

Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets, one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets and is the largest centre for debt and funds listings in the world. Its total product offering includes Equities, FX, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. The Group provides a multi-asset clearing house through Euronext Clearing, and custody and settlement services through Euronext Securities central securities depositories in Denmark, Italy, Norway and Portugal.  

Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties. In addition to its main regulated market, it also operates a number of junior markets, simplifying access to listing for SMEs.

Key Accountabilities

• Assist in the creation of client and business development analysis and sales reporting
• Participate in a variety of day-to-day sales and promoting activities, including as events, roadshows, one-on-one meetings, and marketing plan design and implementation
• Contribute in CRM projects in partnership with the CRM team.
• Assist in the coordination of internal sales meetings and quant service meetings
• Flurent in English and French
• Knowledge of and/or experience in financial market and sales is a plus

Your profile
• Experience in a business development or sales support role.
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic awareness, strong ability in negotiations and persuasion.
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills, an ability to combine attention to detail with the wider strategic view.
• Collaborative, open, pragmatic, customer oriented and numbers-driven approach to work.
 

Internal Audit overall presentation

The Internal Audit team supports Euronext in achieving its objectives by providing independent, objective assurance and advisory services to help management evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.

Euronext operates seven national regulated securities and derivatives markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris, a regulated derivatives market in Bergen, a leading fixed-income trading platform, MTS, as well as four central securities depositories (CSDs), a clearing house and services across Europe.

The Euronext Internal Audit Team is composed of 15 auditors located across Europe. The internal Audit function is pursuing its substantial transformation in order to adapt to the recent growth of Euronext. Euronext is strengthening its audit function by building a strong audit community as part of the matrix organization of the Euronext federal model. Internal Auditors are working both locally and across the geographical locations where Euronext is established. They are covering all group entities including Markets, CSDs and the Clearing House, as well as other group entities and support functions such as IT, Compliance, Risk etc.

We are looking for a Senior IT Internal Auditor to join our Paris offices.

Key Accountabilities

As Senior IT Internal Auditor you will:

Lead and supervise Audit assignments on the IT scope. The Senior IT Auditor conducts reviews of various IT systems and business processes to ensure compliance with group policies, laws and regulations and international standards of good practices. Through assignments and continuous monitoring activities, the Senior IT Auditor evaluates governance processes and the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management and internal control processes. This includes:

• leading and managing the auditors on the assignment in all aspects of the assigned audit;

• following a risk based approach and in conjunction with the Chief Audit Executive, developing and executing IT audit programs and testing procedures;

• identifying discrepancies and provide recommendations for risk reduction and process improvements;

• preparing and guaranteeing the quality of the formal Audit reports for distribution to management and the Audit Committee;

• Contributing to Internal Audit's recommendation follow-up process and liaising with management on progress in implementing improvement and development items;

• Supporting the annual risk assessment process and planning process of IT Internal Audit;

• Ensuring that audit activities follow applicable standards and are documented in line with defined methodologies in the organisation's internal audit tool;

• Contributing to Internal Audit's reporting and communication activities to relevant stakeholders;

• Supporting continuous improvement efforts within the internal audit team and ad-hoc projects established to improve the capacities of the team;

The Senior IT Internal Auditor could also contributes to executing IT audit activities as a team member in collaboration with the other Senior members of the Group Internal IT Audit Team.

To support auditors in achieving their defined goals, Euronext sponsors their pursuit of relevant certifications and training necessary to provide them skills and tools they need to grow and succeed.

Profile and Skills

Experience & background

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Security, Information Technology or a related field.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience of relevant IT and/or information security audit experience

• Advanced understanding of IT governance, IT risk and internal control management and assessment processes.

• Solid understanding of IT systems, including networks, databases, operating systems, and application controls.

• Experience in evaluating controls related to COBIT, NIST, ITIL and ISO 27001 & 27002 standards.

• Fluent in English (spoken and written)

Profile

• Autonomous, rigorous and possesses excellent analytical skills

• Accountable, proactive with high level of integrity

• Collaborative, open and pragmatic and customer

• Possesses strong presentation skills and ability to discuss risk in a practical and relatable manner

• Possesses strong communication skills both verbally and written, including interviewing skills.

• Experience from managing senior stakeholders

• Possesses strong prioritization skills. Must have the ability to multi-task on various projects and initiatives.

Preferred:

• Big 4 experience is a plus

• Understanding of Cyber Security frameworks is a plus

• CISA / CISSP or related certification

• Leverage access to data and analytics tools to analyze populations of data of basic to moderate complexity.

The project manager will work with the Head of a key group initiative in the strategy and day-to-day management of a transformative initiative for Euronext, with implications on trading, clearing and settlement.

He/She will take a leading role in the direction, coordination, implementation, control and completion of the project while remaining aligned with the strategy, commitments and goals of the group.

He/She will be a key counterpart enabling coordination with both internal and external stakeholders.

Objectives

• Lead the project from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation

• Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget

• Analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met

• Establish and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle, setting quality and performance standards and assessing risks

• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and third-party resources, including vendors

• Monitor resources to ensure project efficiency and maximize deliverables

• Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels and escalate issues, as necessary, according to project work plan

Your profile :

• Experience of working in the financial industry is preferred

• Experience of working in a matrix management environment and coordinating resources

• Stakeholder management and leadership skills, with the ability to inform business decisions to achieve shared objectives

• Organisational skills – structured approach, rigorous analysis and follow-up.

• Strong analytical/problem solving mindset with the ability and willingness to get into the details to find solutions

• Strong-customer focus with the ability to understand and anticipate the customer needs

• Fluent in English; while French, Italian and Deutch are a plus

Key Responsibilities

The candidate will support the team in the following activities:

• updating, verification and monitoring of internal consistency of the provisions of the Rules of Borsa Italiana, MTS, Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia and Monte Titoli
• assessment of compliance of the aforementioned Rules with internal and external provisions
• monitoring of new domestic and international regulatory initiatives, and subsequent thematic analysis
• comparative analysis of national regulations in force and implications on the national regulatory framework

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate has:

• Master's Degree in Law
• Good knowledge of English (both written and spoken)
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Teamworking, precision and attention to details

Role Summary

The strategy on Clearing – called Euronext Clearing Internalisation – is focusing on a deep transformation of CC&G in terms of services, fees and risk framework so that it becomes Euronext Clearing, the CCP of choice for all Euronext markets.

After the internalization, Euronext Clearing will become the CCP of Euronext, providing services to all markets and supporting product innovation across the group.

The Product Owner is in charge of contributing the business and product development stream of the clearing house, by defining the functional design (business requirements) of Euronext Clearing’s services to clear energy derivatives as well as to create and package new offerings on data management. He/She will report directly to the Head of Product Development.  

The Product Owner drafts the business requirements based on the needs that the various services cover, collected in part through consultation with clients (either external or internal). If there are several business lines or stakeholders involved, then the Product Owner must coordinate the various parties.

Your key accountabilities

• Responsible for the complete definition of business requirements on all services related to energy derivatives clearing.
• Responsible for the definition of the complete product backlog and functional roadmap on energy derivatives services for the clearing of Euronext markets.
• Responsible for the creation and packaging of clients documentation on energy derivatives.
• Responsible for the delivery cycle of all functionalities defined.

The key accountabilities only describe the main activities and are not intended to be exhaustive. It evolves depending on the expertise level and ongoing projects.

Your profile

Experience:

• 5-10 years of experience in the relevant financial market;
• Past experience in an European Bank or a CCP; and
• Experience with the agile project management methodology is a plus.