Certifications and Settlement Services Intern

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Job description

Mission:

The intern will support the operations team in the management and monitoring of activities related to securities custody, playing an active role in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of administrative and control processes. This includes contributing to the proper maintenance of records, assisting in the verification of asset ownership held by investment funds, and participating in the collection and analysis of statistical data. The role also involves engaging with both domestic and international counterparties, providing exposure to cross-border financial operations. Through hands-on experience, the intern will develop a solid understanding of operational workflows and gain valuable technical and analytical skills within the financial and banking environment.

Tasks and responsibilities:

  • Headings vault: Management of physical certificates printing and canceling, sending and receiving to counterparties, accounting in the procedures used by the bank for the management of the securities deposit

  • Internal base date update: coupon and related dividends

  • Central securities with and relations with foreign sub – depositories

  • Statistical data management

  • Records and Event Management in the Recordkeeping tool

  • Verifies ownership of the assets held by the Funds as required by law

Studies & experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in economics/statistics

  • Preferable Previous experience in Banking

Language skills:

  • Italian: C2

  • English: B2

Technical, operational & Soft skills:

  • Excel and access

  • Windows & Teams

  • Problem Solving

  • Team work

  • Cooperation

  • Precision

SGSS has been present in Italy since September 2006 through a dedicated Italian Bank, SGSS S.p.A., one of the main players in the Securities Services' industry that covers all SGSS businesses for its two segments of clients: Financial Institutions & Brokers and Asset Managers & Insurance. Thanks to over 500 employees based in Milan and Turin, SGSS S.p.A. ensures a daily support to over 300 clients. Our clients are institutional investors (insurance companies and pension funds), asset managers, financial intermediaries (brokers, investments companies).

In a highly competitive and fragmented financial market, our ambition is to be the reference partner recognized for its service quality and competitiveness, its agile solutions and international network coverage. We are much more than a partnership: a genuine team. We build long-lasting, collaborative relationships with our clients to help them go further in their development. In today's constantly evolving and complex world, we strive to provide our clients with increasingly efficient and reliable Securities Services on a daily basis to ensure they get ahead.

As soon as you arrive, you will be integrated into our teams and will learn every day alongside our experts, who will support you in your tasks. Gradually, you will become more independent in your projects, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

At the end of your studies, various opportunities could be offered to you, in Italy and abroad.

Changing jobs is an opportunity for you to discover a new environment or a new job, participate in new projects and discover new teams, in Italy and abroad. It is also the way to share your expertise, to bring a new eye to better serve our customers tomorrow.

We are convinced that people are driving change, and that the world of tomorrow will be made up of all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Then take the plunge!