Euronext Securities Careers

Do you want to help us advise clients regarding the financial infrastructure and solve operational tasks?

Do you have experience from or interest in the financial sector, we are looking for a new colleague to join the Issuing Agent team at Euronext Securities, where you will become an expert in the central financial infrastructure. You will support companies with advice and performance of operational support related to the issuance of shares/bonds, IPOs, capital increases, etc.

We are looking for attitude and drive rather than experience, and we do not expect you to know the specific processes in our niche area. The most important thing is that you are curious and quick to learn and is interested in being in a client-facing role, where you also perform operational.

We provide digital infrastructure
Euronext Securities is the underlying infrastructure for trading in shares, bonds and other securities.  Our Issuing Agent team specializes in assisting companies in issuing securities in the infrastructure and provides advice for companies on this.
With 150 new colleagues, you will become part of our Danish department with an office at Christianshavn in beautiful, newly renovated premises. Here you become part of a culture where we interact in a cheerful tone and help each other find solutions to complicated issues.
Your new department is not the typical, established department. We are growing bigger, fast, and are really being prioritized in the company both now and going forward. Therefore, you also get the opportunity to specialize on an ongoing basis, depending on your skills and wishes. You will also have a central role in achieving the ambitious growth strategy for the team. 

Become the link between customers and the core infrastructure
You are in dialogue with our customers about their wishes and are a big part of implementing the requested changes via our financial infrastructure. At the same time,  you will work closely with our specialists from the other departments, but also external advisors, to find the best solutions for our customers. 

It will be you who: 

•  issue and settle shares and bonds;
• handle processes regarding capital, interest, dividends and redemption
• advises customers with your professional insight
• ensure ongoing due diligence in accordance with anti-money laundering and know-your-customer procedures.

We understand that what we do is very specialised. Therefore, you will also be thoroughly trained by working closely with your new colleagues in the Issuing Agent department, where you also help influence the future processes.

"In your new job, you will have the opportunity to specialize and immerse yourself in a relatively complex area, where you also continuously advise and help our customers," says Team Lead for the Issuing Agent team, Anne Marie Hammarbro

You are curious and can understand new, complex processes
It gives you energy to interact with clients and other stakeholders. You deliver well-prepared tasks because you know that quality is in the detail. Therefore, you are also typically the one who likes to check things over again, because you know that a small mistake can have major consequences for our customers. Your keen and critical eye also likes to challenge our processes and workflows, so we continuously optimize and streamline in a growing customer influx.

In particular, you possess these competences: 
•    You are a team player who seeks cooperation and good relations with colleagues
•    You are structured and thorough
•    You have drive and want to help achieve results for the team
•    You are up for being in close dialogue with customers and being their preferred advisor in matters regarding the infrastructure 
•    You are fluent in Danish and have excellent English skills
We imagine that you have a relevant long higher education or that you have a graduate as a financial economist, legal secretary or similar, combined with work experience from the financial sector, where you have had tasks of a relatively complex nature. Experience or interest in the financial sector will be an advantage.

Does it sound like something for you? 
Then send your CV as soon as possible via the link. We continuously evaluate the candidates, and hire when we have found the right match. 
If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Team Lead, Anne Marie Hammarbro on 2810 4565.

We look forward to hearing from you!

About Euronext 
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 equity issuers and around €5.8 trillion in market capitalisation as of end June 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.
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Borsa Italiana Spa, the company responsible for the organization and management of Italian financial markets, provides an internship opportunity in Monte Titoli, leading provider of efficient and secure financial market post-trade services, across pre-settlement, settlement, custody and asset services. The internship is within the Local and international settlement team.
Monte Titoli Settlement area is in charge of controlling and monitoring the correct functioning of the settlement activities throughout the entire chain from trading platforms and clients systems to settlement platforms including the possible interaction with the clearing systems.
It is also responsible for the relevant Settlement documentation describing the Settlement services and for the enhancements and development of the service. For this purpose there is a strong interaction with domestic and European institutions and supervising authorities.

Key Responsibilities

• The resource will be involved on the following activities:
• Support the management of Settlement services
• Support operational processes
• Cooperation with business owner for testing activities
• Collaboration with Product and Project Areas for the individuation of the related technical and functional procedures implications

The ideal candidate has:

• Master’s Degree in Economics or Finance
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
• Team working attitude
• Good organizational skills
• Precision
• Fluent English

People are the heart of what we do and we are ready to support their potential and professional growth. Transparency and efficiency are two of the core values of our way of acting and guide us successfully towards achieving our goals. In order to make all this possible and to meet the needs of our stakeholders, we foster a collaborative work environment and an agile culture, in a unique and international context.
We believe that diversity is an added value and we are actively committed to building an inclusive business climate.

Key accountabilities • Lead key data engineering initiatives, including end to end ownership for designing and deploying Big Data products. • Design, build and enhance data platform and applications to support our business needs. • Build and support critical real-time software and services that support trading platforms. • Bring ideas on tools and frameworks used by other firms in order to help defining Euronext target • Provide accurate tasks estimates and develop the associated tools • Produce clear and accurate documentation and train teams to use delivered software • Contribute on design and architect next generation applications • Interact with out-sourcing vendors and staff to complete development projects • Conform and improve Euronext’s Software Development Life Cycle Your profile • Expertise on Database handling and implementation • Expertise on cloud based technologies • Enterprise edition ETL tools experience • Expertise of AWS GLUE and other ETL AWS based technologies • Expertise with AWS Lambdas; Java, Python languages • Knowledge and ability to plan and execute, big data management and analytics • Ability to identify, collect and analyze data to facilitate the development, implementation and application of software systems

Key accountabilities • Lead key data engineering initiatives, including end to end ownership for designing and deploying Big Data products. • Design, build and enhance data platform and applications to support our business needs. • Build and support critical real-time software and services that support trading platforms. • Bring ideas on tools and frameworks used by other firms in order to help defining Euronext target • Provide accurate tasks estimates and develop the associated tools • Produce clear and accurate documentation and train teams to use delivered software • Contribute on design and architect next generation applications • Interact with out-sourcing vendors and staff to complete development projects • Conform and improve Euronext’s Software Development Life Cycle Your profile • Expertise on Database handling and implementation • Expertise on cloud based technologies • Enterprise edition ETL tools experience • Expertise of AWS GLUE and other ETL AWS based technologies • Expertise with AWS Lambdas; Java, Python languages • Knowledge and ability to plan and execute, big data management and analytics • Ability to identify, collect and analyze data to facilitate the development, implementation and application of software systems

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

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