CORPORATE FINANCE / DEVELOPER INTERN – 6 MONTHS – PARIS

Independent French leader in execution services for financial transactions, Aether Financial Services was founded in 2015 by Edouard Narboux and Henri-Pierre Jeancard. Based in Paris and London, Aether Financial Services consists of a 40-person-plus multicultural team, who are experts in three business lines.

Agency services
Aether Financial Services operates in the private debt and capital markets, covering all agency roles: loan agent, bond agent, administrative agent, calculation agent, security agent, etc.

Valuation and calculation
Aether Financial Services provides valuations of all types of financial instruments and securities, from the most vanilla to the most highly structured products for recurring or one-off needs.

Corporate and Issuer Services
Aether Financial Services offers an entire range of digital solutions for administrative management of corporate actions, such as capital increase, general meetings, registrar, etc.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a CORPORATE FINANCE / DEVELOPER Intern at Aether Financial Services, you will primarily:

  • Perform pricings and calculations in relation to financial instruments on a daily/weekly etc. basis,
  • Run and develop our pricing platforms and client interfaces (vba, python, javascript).

You will also work with the valuation and calculation team in relation to pricing and general valuation assignments such as:

  • Valuation of structured equity products (preferred shares, warrants, etc.),
  • Valuation of fixed income securities and derivatives (bonds, swaps, etc.),
  • Valuation and calculation in relation to collateralized loans,
  • Preparation of clients reports / pricing outputs,
  • Day-to-day client interaction,
  • Research projects.

You will also take part in all aspects of the marketing development at AFS:

  • Assist us in market researches, pitching and meetings;
  • Prepare marketing campaign materials.

You will help expand our tools and dedicated client interaction software, such as for the valuation of portfolios of securities or incentive plans,

  • Draw up a specification,
  • Interact with teams,
  • Set up databases,
  • Develop new tools/software,
  • Automate and optimize existing projects,
  • Come up with ideas for improvement, new projects.

You will generally be involved in the marketing of periodic valuation services to existing clients and prospects, assisting the team on market research, pitching and meetings, the preparation of presentations and responses to requests for proposal, the performance of regular research on topics of interests, such as around pricing parameters, specific financial products, implications of regulatory changes.

In this position you will gain direct client exposure in a large number of capital markets settings, such as ECM/DCM, derivatives, LBOs, public M&A, interacting with issuers, financial and legal advisors, investors. You will be expected to gain client trust by careful execution and to become a driving force for the growth of our business.

WHY JOIN US?

By working closely with senior corporate finance and capital markets, you will gain a thorough understanding of a wide range of financial products. You will be on a daily basis in touch with the technical (finance, legal) and top management at clients and develop your soft skills for a career in corporate finance or capital markets.

An internship at AFS is a clever way to accomplish your internship by learning exactly what happens in the aftermath of the most important corporate financing transactions. You will learn how documentation works, where the traps are, how these translate into valuations, how they relate to market and client perception.

 

YOUR PROFILE

  • You are highly motivated, entrepreneurial, independent, and hungry to learn, you are looking to move into a fast-growing area of financial services,
  • You can contribute your sound ability to read financial (ex. Terms and Conditions) and corporate documentation (ex. Annual Reports, research reports) and extract relevant information, and to comprehend and model complex financial products. You are also genuinely curious about corporate clients and their businesses,
  • You have a Bac+4/5 (or more) gained at a leading university or « grandes écoles»,
  • Finance background with an interest in information systems and project management,
  • Quantitative skills and familiar with statistics / probabilities,
  • A first experience in Finance (capital markets) would be a plus,
  • Strong skills with the Pack Office (Excel),
  • You are proficient in Python, Excel (VBA), BDD, javascript is a plus.
  • You are fluent in French and have a solid practice of English.

The advantages of working with us

  • An innovative and fast-growing company,
  • A rich and intense experience, with great projects,
  • Working in a multicultural team,
  • Paid internship,
  • Luncheon vouchers.

START DATE: July 2024

LOCATION: Paris

DURATION: 6 months

QUALIFICATION: Bac+5 (or plus) student focusing on capital markets finance at a renowned university or business school or engineering school. With CFA certification or equivalent (preferably)

SALARY: Competitive

TO APPLY: Send us a CV and a cover letter to “jobs@aetherfs.com” and please, refer to “Corporate Finance Developer Internship”.

Don’t forget to add the beginning of your internship in your CV.

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