Internal Audit Intern

Euronext Paris - Internal Audit Internship

The Internal Audit team supports Euronext in achieving its objectives by providing independent, objective reasonable assurance and advisory services to help management evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.
The Euronext Internal Audit Team is located throughout Europe locations (Paris, Porto, Oslo and Milan). The internal Audit department follow the federal model of Euronext with a matrix organization thus working and covering both locally scopes and entities but also across the geographical entities where Euronext is established and moreover covering all underlying activities (markets, CSDs, Clearing House, CCP, post trade & support functions such as IT, Compliance, Risk, HR, Finance etc).
The Euronext Internal Audit Team reports to the Head of Internal Audit who is based in Paris and who directly reports to the CEO and the chairman of the audit committee of the group.

Key Responsibilities:

- Support the identification and evaluation of risks (of the relevant process scope or entity depending on the topic of the mission) to be included in the audit scope (could be concerning markets, CSDs, Clearing House, CCP, post trade & support functions such as IT, Compliance, Risk etc).
- Contribute to the definition of the internal audit work program and perform the audit work on a given scope. Investigate, analyze, and conclude on potential weaknesses or anomalies identified. Propose realistic recommendation addressing the root cause in order to remediate on the identifies weaknesses.
- Support the creation of the audit work documentation following the Euronext Internal Audit Methodology.
- Participate to meetings with auditees supporting the identification and debriefing of findings, recommendations and the whole audit report.
- Support the audit recommendations follow-up process.
- Support the continuous monitoring and risk assessment annual exercise allowing to define the following year audit plan.
- Support the reporting of the Internal Audit Function.
- Participate in department’s internal initiatives and projects.
- Contribute to the Internal Audit Community.

- Bachelor or Master’s degree in Finance or Business Administration.
- Fluency in English and Italian is a must - French, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Norvegian can be a plus but are not mandatory.
- Excellent skills in Office Microsoft Pack (Excel, Access, Word, PPT).
- Data analytics affinities or experience is a plus.
- Experience with evaluating risks and controls is a plus.
- Experience in financial services and financial regulations is a plus.

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.