Senior Governance Research Analyst/Manager - French market specialist

Let's be #BrilliantTogether

ISS is hiring! We are seeking a talented and motivated Senior Research Manager to join our French Corporate Governance team in Brussels. This is a unique opportunity to join our market-leading Corporate Governance Research team.

Bring your experience and expand your knowledge

As part of the ISS Benchmark Research team, you will be able to further hone your expertise in a dynamic work environment. In collaboration with other members of the team or within the organization, you will be in charge of analyzing corporate governance data, financial and extra-financial information, and providing proxy reports on the general meetings of issuers listed on the French market, based on the ISS voting policy.

Responsibilities

• Management
• Managing and developing the expertise of the members of his/her team in Brussels.
• Contributing to the smooth functioning between the Brussels and Paris teams, supporting the Head of French Research.
• Research

• Analyzing corporate governance data, financial and extra-financial information to provide detailed reports on listed companies.

• Providing vote recommendations for items proposed to the vote during shareholders' general meetings.
• Reviewing vote recommendations and proxy reports from other members of the team.
• Engaging with issuers and institutional investors regarding shareholders' general meetings.
• Engaging with stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Contributing to the regular publication of research papers and to the development of ISS corporate governance policies.

Desired qualifications

• Entrepreneurial and ability to take initiatives and manage a team.
• Deep understanding of finance/capital markets and corporate governance topics, ideally with 5+ years of experience in corporate governance and proxy voting on the French market.
• Master's degree in Law, Finance, Economics or Political Sciences.
• Appetence for leading debates on corporate governance and the implementation of the voting policy internally among team members but also externally with issuers (often at C-level)
• Fluent in French and English, written and spoken. Any additional language is a differentiator.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• High level research and analytical skills.
• Ability to deal with large quantities of work and strict deadlines.
• Computer literacy (Microsoft Office apps).

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What you can expect from us

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Let's empower, collaborate, and inspire one another.

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