Internship - Corporate Governance Data Procurement

ISS - Institutional Shareholder Services

Brussels, Belgium

ABOUT ISS

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) is the world's leading provider of corporate governance solutions for asset owners, investment managers, and asset service providers. ISS' solutions include objective governance research and recommendations, end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions, turnkey securities class-action claims management, and reliable global governance data and modeling tools. For further information on ISS, please visit our web site at www.issgovernance.com.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Do you have an interest in corporate governance and capital markets? Do you have an educational background in law, economics, finance or business? Would you like to receive in-depth training in the latest developments in corporate governance? Would you like to learn about the inner workings of an AGM?

ISS Brussels is seeking a number of corporate governance data procurement interns for the spring of 2015. You will be guided by experienced analysts and learn about corporate governance, gaining an understanding of technical terminology in the corporate governance and investment management field.

Data Procurement interns will assist ISS' corporate governance analysts with data procurement, agenda coding and voting analytics of the annual general meetings of publicly traded companies.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Procuring meetings materials (agenda, proxy, annual report, voting results) from companies and process meetings;
• Learn about and then perform 'coding' of agendas;
• Procure voting results and enter into voting analytics software;
• Gather data based on information in the company's public documents;
• Engage with companies in order to procure additional information;
• Act as a support for all other internal departments with regards to all questions related to companies, meetings etc.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• An interest in corporate governance, capital markets, research and data collection;
• A relevant bachelor degree (law, economics, finance, or business);
• A good eye for detail;
• Fluent (both spoken and written) English AND one of the following language combinations:
  • Danish and/or Swedish and/or Norwegian;
  • Dutch and French;
  • German;
  • French and German;
  • Italian and Romanian;
  • Russian and Polish plus any other East European language(s);
• The ability to assimilate large quantities of information, work independently and take initiative while also being a team player;
• An organized and structured mind to deal with large quantities of work and strict deadlines.

Ideal candidates should have a bachelor degree in law, finance, and/or economics, or in the process of obtaining such a degree, a good eye for detail, strong analytical ability, numeracy, strong oral and written communication skills, a basic understanding of capital markets and the ability to work independently while cooperating with other team members.

This internship is remunerated (€ 1000 monthly + lunch vouchers + bonus if appropriate) and will run for six months starting in February/March 2015.

Applicants should email a cover letter along with a CV in English to EMEA_Recruitment@issgovernance.com using the reference "Corporate Governance Data Procurement Internship" in the email subject.

Please note that due to the great number of applications we receive, we can only respond to selected candidates.

To all recruitment agencies: ISS does not accept unsolicited CVs/Resumes. Please do not forward CVs/Resumes to any ISS employee, location or website. ISS is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs/Resumes.