Index Analyst

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

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. 

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