Stage/Internship - Corporate Governance & Entity Management

Description De L'entreprise
Publicis Groupe, known for its world-renowned creativity, best in class technology, digital and consulting expertise, is the world's largest communications group in the world. With more than 108,000 people in over 100 countries, the Groupe has four Solution hubs: Creative with Publicis Communications, Media with Publicis Media, Digital business transformation with Publicis Sapient, and Health & Wellbeing with Publicis Health.

Since 2014 and the acquisition of Sapient, Publicis Groupe has undergone a profound transformation by scaling a new model connecting data, creativity and technology. We continued on that journey with the 2019 acquisition of Epsilon and most recently the announcement of our market-leading investment in AI. We are driving towards a future where being smart, at scale, with the best Identity product in the market, will help deliver better outcomes for our clients.

Publicis Media is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe present in more than 100 countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide. Alongside our global agency brands (Zenith, Starcom, Spark), the "Power of One" model gathers all the capabilities of the Groupe under one roof, putting clients at the core of the organisation.

Descriptif du poste
We are looking for a highly organised, tech-savvy intern to support the Group Corporate Secretariat in managing and improving our global entity management processes. Our group includes many subsidiaries worldwide and is undergoing a significant optimisation project.

Your work will be central to ensuring that our entity data is accurate, permissions are well structured, and governance processes are standardised across the group. This is
not
a legal internship as the work is primarily operational, organisational, and systems focused.

Responsabilités

• Platform Management
• Update and clean entity data (directors, officers, share capital, lifecycle events, registered offices, etc.)
• Standardise fields, templates, and naming conventions.
• Review and update security groups, user permission settings, and role-based access.
• Assist in designing functional dashboards and reporting views.
• Entity Governance Operations
• Maintain internal records of incorporations, deregistrations, mergers, and reorganisations.
• Track and document changes in the group structure.
• Prepare updates for Finance, Tax, HR, and Compliance regarding entity lifecycle events.
• Support to Local Corporate Counsels
• Collect and centralise documents
• Ensure adherence to governance processes.
• Help design templates, checklists, and process maps.
• Process Improvement & Documentation
• Document governance workflows (e.g., onboarding of newly acquired entities)
• Draft standard operating procedures for platform-related tasks.
• Identify opportunities to streamline how entity information flows within the group.

Qualifications
Education

• Student in Information Systems, Business Administration, Corporate Governance, Compliance, Operations, or a related field
• (Law students accepted if they understand this is not a legal drafting role)
• English Language (C1 or higher)

Skills

• Very strong organisational and administrative skills
• Fast learner with new systems; experience with any corporate or compliance SaaS is a plus
• Detail-oriented, methodical, reliable
• Excellent Excel capabilities (VLOOKUP, filtering, cross-referencing)
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently and navigate ambiguity

Informations complémentaires
What You Will Learn

• Practical exposure to multinational group corporate governance
• Hands-on expertise with Corporate Management Platforms
• How large organisations manage risk, documentation, and corporate structures
• Process design and cross-functional coordination

Location: Paris
Duration: 3 - 6 months
Start Date: ASAP
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