Strategic Projects Intern

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Our mission? Creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed in business and beyond, by delivering Europe's leading finance workspace. We combine business-class tools (seamless invoicing, spend management, and pre-accounting) with unwaveringly attentive 24/7 support, designed to help businesses breeze through all things finance.

Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 600,000 customers. Thanks to our wonderful team of 1,600+ Qontoers, we also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking!

Our values:
Customer focus | Prioritize customers in everything you do
Ownership | Own your part, get things done
Teamwork | Make (team)work easy
Mastery | Continuously raise the bar
Integrity | Always do what's right, and respect people

Our beliefs: At Qonto, we're committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 55% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.

Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process.

⭐ Mission

Join us as a Strategic Projects Intern and help feed Qonto and our leaders with market insights, identify new opportunities, and run analyses / assessments to drive decision-making. You will work directly with our Strategic Project Manager and our Strategy Director to analyze what is happening in the market, build strategic convictions on our most attractive opportunities and contribute to our product and growth direction.

👩‍💻🧑‍💻 As a Corporate Development Intern at Qonto, you will

* Feed Business Decisions with Insight: Identify, monitor and analyze key trends from competitors and the market to empower leadership with the right data and insights for decision-making.
* Drive Strategic Thinking & Planning: Build concrete and deep analyses to support product and growth decisions - for instance, benchmarking existing market features and competitor positioning to inform and challenge our offering.
* Conduct M&A Research: Perform research to identify and assess potential M&A opportunities that support our external growth strategy.
* Present & Report: Contribute to the creation of high-quality strategic presentations for the Co-Founders and top management.

🤔 What you can expect

* Market Context: Work in one of the most innovative scale-ups in Europe, gaining a 360° view of the business and the Fintech industry.
* Collaboration: Work closely with the Corporate Dev, Growth, and Product teams to ensure our initiatives are relevant and impactful.
* Team Culture: Join a team of former top-tier consultants where we value structured reasoning and the development of a concrete strategy toolkit.
* Mentorship: Benefit from a hands-on, development focused, feedback-first environment with daily meetings to start empowering you to quickly gain autonomy and ownership, and to grow professionally.

🤝 About your future manager

Your manager will be Emily Norcliffe, our Strategic Project Manager. After 5 years in strategy consulting in London, Emily relocated to Paris to join Qonto. She brings deep expertise in tackling complex strategic challenges. Emily is a hands-on manager who prioritizes development and impact. She fosters a supportive environment with regular feedback loops, ensuring you have the guidance to succeed while trusting you with real responsibility.

🏅 About You

* Experience: Strong academic background with at least two solid internships
* Education: You are a Master's student from a top Engineering or Business School.
* Skills: You possess excellent analytical and synthesis skills, able to digest complex information quickly.
* Languages: You are fluent in English with outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
* Mindset: You are proactive, structured, and eager to learn how to conduct projects in a changing environment.
* Adaptability: Ability to adapt quickly and thrive in a fast-paced environment

At Qonto we understand that true diversity isn't just about ticking boxes on a hiring checklist. Apply regardless of the boxes you tick! Who knows? You may have the missing piece of the puzzle we've been searching for all along.

🎁 Perks

An inclusive work environment. And so much more to help you succeed.

- Offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, and Belgrade;
- 1 or 2 remote days per week (depending on your team and what your school allows);
- 1 paid day off /month;
- Meal vouchers;
- Public transportation reimbursement;
- Great offers for sports and wellness activities;
- A progressive disability and parenthood policy (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners;
- Monthly team events.

Click here to read more about what it's like to be an intern at Qonto.

💬 Our hiring process:

- Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future manager/mentor
- A remote or live exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a taste of what working at Qonto could be like

Find more information about our interview process on our careers website.
On average, our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours 🤞

To learn more about us:
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