The VIE IT Internal Audit is part of the group Internal Audit team located in Paris, Porto, Oslo and Milan and covering the entire group i.e. all locations and all entities. The VIE will be located in our Milan offices.

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 main ambition for 2024 is maintaining a high quality effective, efficient and independent internal audit function with expert auditors bringing added value to Euronext through pertinent audit reports and recommendations.

Key Accountabilities

The IT Internal Audit VIE will be considered as a member of the IT team and the Internal Audit group-wide community. In this sense he/she will contribute to the execution of the audit plan. He/she participates to the different internal audit missions to which he/she is assigned, contributing to all phases of an internal audit mission: the diagnostic phase, investigation phase and writing of recommendations and audit report, debriefing and issuing of the audit report and to the recommendation follow up.

This implies to:

• Identify and evaluate risks (of the relevant process scope or entity depending on the topic of the mission) to be included in the audit scope.
• Participate to understanding meetings with auditees
• Contribute to the definition of the internal audit work program and perform the audit work on a given scope.
• Investigate, analyze and identify potential weaknesses or anomalies.
• Propose recommendations addressing the root cause in order to remediate on the identified weaknesses.
• Document all the audit work following the Internal Auditing International Standards.
• Attend clearance meetings with the different stakeholders (from individual contributors to Managing Board members).
• Follow-up recommendations to ensure correct implementation and closure.
• potentially participate to the Continuous monitoring and Risk Assessment Annual exercise to define the following year audit plan.
• Contribute to the Internal Audit Community.

The VIE will contribute to identifying and reducing risks to Information Systems (alignment of the IT strategy to the business, application development lifecycle, IS project management, IS architecture, IS security, IT continuity, etc.), and improving the organization's operations. The IT VIE will learn how to understand the business challenges and how Information Systems are enabling them. The VIE must be able to write and express him/herself in English and will be given the opportunity to learn the local language.

What you will get from this IT Internal Audit experience

• Join an international team and company
• Acquire a global overview on Euronext activities
• Acquire expertise on the IT Governance, Security, Continuity, Risk management, Operations of Information Systems enabling Euronext diversified critical financial infrastructures
• Acquire a structured and rigorous analytical approach
• Good exposure to top management within Euronext
• Opportunity to learn the local language and grow your skills

Eligibility criteria of this VIE Program, set by Business France*

• Being between 18 to 28 years old
• Having a European nationality
• Never have declared taxes and no work experience in Italy

• Please note that these criteria are mandatory to be eligible for this position.

Education

• Master's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, Cyber Security, or a related field.

Experience

• Experience in basic installation/configuration/administration of an Operating System
• Basic experience in any application/automation/programming language/scripting
• Basic knowledge of database concepts and query
• Concepts of availability, confidentiality, integrity
• Basic networking knowledge
• Excellent skills with office suite software (word processors, spreadsheets, presentation programs)
• Knowledge of a Database Management System is a plus
• Knowledge of a programming language is a plus
• Knowledge of project management techniques is a plus
• Knowledge in financial services and/or internal audit is a plus
• Knowledge of the European financial regulations is a plus
• Experience with evaluating risks and controls is a plus.
• Statistical knowledge is a plus.

Skills required

• Autonomous and rigorous.
• Excellent analytical skills
• Results oriented and team spirit mindset
• Fluency in English.
• Italian, French, Norwegian or Portuguese is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills, writing, listening and speaking
• Excellent synthetic skills both written and oral
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent prioritization skills and ability to multi-task on varying projects and initiatives
• Curiosity and ability to effectively elicit information