Corporate Actions Trainee

**Join us as a Corporate Actions Trainee**

Are you ready to shape the future of capital markets?

We are looking for a **Corporate Actions Trainee** to join our Business Operations Team. The position will be based in Porto, and you will report to the Business Operations Readiness Manager.

**Job Summary**

Euronext Securities Porto is developing and implementing a new Corporate Actions platform. Therefore, we are looking for a Trainee that:

- Contributes to the development and implementation of the new Corporate Actions platform.
- Gives support to the tests of the new Corporate Actions platform.
- Supports the processing of Corporate Actions in production.

**Key Accountabilities**

As a Corporate Actions Trainee, you will:

- Learn and build the knowledge and network related to Corporate Actions, as well as the entire Post Trade workflow, in order to develop your autonomy through:

- Learning-by-doing: performing the functional tests of the new Corporate Actions platform, operational acceptance tests, client acceptance tests.
- Learning market practices and specificities of the Euronext CSDs and meeting local business experts.
- Supporting the processing of Corporate Actions in production.
- Building the cross-CSD network for Operational Excellence of the corporate actions team.
- Preparing documentation with operational procedures.

Contribute to the development and implementation of the new Corporate Actions platform through:

- Contributing to scope definition of future delivery.
- Supporting client readiness during testing and migration.
- Implementing efficient and effective operational processes to ensure flawless service delivery and business resilience.
- Contributing to Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) definition to measure internal service delivery performance (gather and analyse data on Operational & Client acceptance).
- Identifying optimisation opportunities and implementing operational improvement measures.
- Fulfilling all compliance requirements.
- Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to build trustful collaborations.

**Profile and Skills**

**Euronext is looking for the following profile**:

- Knowledge of Capital markets and applicable legislation.
- Knowledge of the English language (oral and written).
- Familiarity with PCs and standard office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).
- Key skills: Responsible, Accurate, Detail-oriented, Efficient, Excellent time management and Organization skills, Interpersonal and Communication skills, Teamwork, Task-oriented, Customer Focus.
- University Degree in Management, Economics or equivalent (preferable).

**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 1,959 listed issuers and around €6.9 trillion in market capitalisation as of end December 2021, 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.

**Euronext Securities Porto**

Euronext Securities Porto is the leading entity in Portugal in post-trade services, offering integrated and flexible solutions at the European level, operating as the **Custody and Settlement Central Securities Depository (CSD)**, belonging to the Euronext Group and being compliant with:

- CSD Regulation (CSDR);
- The Portuguese Legislation on Capital Markets;
- The rules of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM).

Euronext Securities Porto uses the most stringent international service and security standards and was one of the first CSDs to join the European settlement platform TARGET2-Securities and to obtain authorization to operate as a CSD in the context of CSDR, offering a wide set of Services, namely Custody and Settlement to a broad Customer base.
- 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,