Company description
Meritis is a consulting firm specialised in the digital transformation of organisations, founded in 2007 by Sébastien Videment.
Initially based in Paris, it has expanded across the regions and now has a presence in France's largest cities: Sophia-Antipolis, Montpellier, Nantes, Bordeaux, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Lille, and even Lisbon in Portugal since 2023.
Our experts support clients from various sectors with all their digital transformation needs across many areas of expertise: Finance, Software Engineering, Cloud & Infrastructure, Data, Digital Transformation, and Cybersecurity.
Guided by its values of rigour, humility, benevolence and closeness, the firm, with more than 900 employees, has been named to the Great Place To Work® ranking 5 times. It is experiencing very strong growth and aims to reach €100M in revenue in 2024 and to surpass the symbolic milestone of 1,000 employees.
We pride ourselves on being close to our employees and supporting them individually, regardless of their role in the company. Certified by Great Place To Work since 2013, our approach to well-being at work goes well beyond a simple label; our employees speak about it best: https://www.glassdoor.fr/Avis/Meritis-Avis-E1163008.htm
Job description
Within the Quantitative Research & Engineering team, you will join the unit dedicated to designing and implementing innovative quantitative solutions for optimising funding and liquidity resources.
The internship offers a unique opportunity to work within a quantitative R&D team attached to the Front Office, at the interface between modelling, software engineering and capital markets finance.
The responsibilities include:
- Designing and implementing quantitative solutions to optimise and automate the use of securities (collateral, securities lending and borrowing, Prime Brokerage refinancing);
- Developing analysis tools to better understand and visualise resource consumption and liquidity indicators (notably the LCR);
- Taking part in setting up a funding resource management platform, incorporating risk, cost and balance sheet constraints;
- Contributing to the performance, stability and industrial quality of the applications developed, in a demanding environment;
This internship provides immersion in the core issues of funding, optimisation and liquidity in a market environment, within an innovative, multidisciplinary team close to the Front Office.
Qualifications
- Final-year student of an engineering school or a university master's programme (Bac +5) with a specialisation in computer science, applied mathematics, quantitative finance or financial engineering;
- Good command of an object-oriented programming language (C# recommended), and familiarity with quantitative development environments;
- Solid knowledge of numerical optimisation, algorithms and resource management;
- Strong interest in capital markets finance, funding activities and liquidity and collateral issues;
- Rigour, autonomy, analytical mindset and the ability to deliver robust, high-performing solutions;
- English B2/C1
Additional information
- Tailored career paths (career development, adapted training, mentoring…);
- Having a choice of assignment and personalised support throughout your career;
- Working in an environment that encourages learning: certifying training, e-learning, meetUps, coding competitions, career development paths, etc.;
- Being part of expert communities that share their knowledge and experience within our competence centres;
- A friendly environment with many social events (annual party, seminars and team building, lunches and after-work gatherings…);
Your differences are our strengths. That is why Meritis is committed to diversity and non-discrimination. All our roles are accessible to people with disabilities. If you have a question, or believe you are a victim or witness of discrimination, you can contact [email protected] .