Our mission? Making day-to-day banking easier for SMEs and freelancers thanks to an online business account that's combined with invoicing, bookkeeping and spend management tools. Thanks to its innovative product, highly reactive 24/7 customer support and clear pricing, Qonto has become the leader in its market.

Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 500,000 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 50% 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.

As Public Affairs Intern, you will be in charge of elaborating the public affairs strategy of Qonto in close relationship with the Risk & Compliance, Marketing & Comms teams, and Alexia, our VP Legal (all based in Paris headquarters). The starting date of this internship is to be decided, from late June to September.

👩‍💻🧑‍💻 As a Public Affairs Intern at Qonto, you will

• Monitor the political, legislative, and institutional agendas to anticipate risks & opportunities for Qonto’s interests at the European and national levels (watch political announcements, forthcoming policies, regulatory changes, etc.).

• Support mapping of relevant policy-makers and stakeholders in Qonto's ecosystem (government, opinion leaders, policy experts, etc.).

• Support in drafting position papers, external messages, and data-related documents educating policy-making on Qonto’s positive impact, and positively shaping the public policy environment.

• Assist and support our current Public Affairs Principal in the setting up, organization, and preparation of meetings and institutional events with policymakers.

• Increase Qonto’s visibility, influence, and impact through a well-rounded engagement in all Qonto countries and at the European Union level.

• Promote the role of public affairs internally, and be a partner to business growth by unlocking issues and accelerating projects.

Your future manager will be Jane, our Public Affairs Principal

Prior to joining Qonto, she spent +5 years working at Boury Tallon & Associés, the biggest lobbying firm in France, with a strong focus on Finance, Tech, Food, and Healthcare clients. She also had previous experiences working at the Fondation de France (public relations) and at the French Defense Ministry (international relations).

On her arrival, she was tasked to kick-start the Public Affairs team from scratch with outreach in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and the EU level.

Her objective is to build a positive institutional reputation (governments, administrations, parliaments, local decision-makers, EU institutions, opinion leaders, etc.) and a secure positive policy environment for Qonto’s growth.

Jane has significant experience in matching business interests to the policy agenda, identifying policy opportunities, and building successful public affairs strategies to proactively participate in business growth.

Passionate about her job, she will support you in developing your skills, growing your network, and ensuring your integration within the team.

By working with her at Qonto, you will also work on strategic public affairs projects, locally and at the EU level.

• Contribute to the visibility and influence of Qonto helping position us as The European leader in our 8 markets 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇳🇱

• Learn how to drive, get hands-on experience, and be actively involved in the public affairs strategy from A to Z.

• Evolve in a transversal role with different internal & external stakeholders (Strategy, Founders, Regulatory actors..).

• Work in a dynamic environment within a young and innovative scale-up

• Experience: You are looking for an end-of-study internship and already have previous professional internships in public affairs, government relations, or public policy, with a preference for an experience or are interested in the FinTech, banking, payments, e-commerce, or tech.

• Mastery: Strong understanding and practical experience of the French and European Union’s policymaking and legislative process – and Italy’s, Spain’s, and German’s is a plus. You are a self-starter, resourceful, creative, and social.

• Languages: Strong verbal and written communicator in both English and French. Any other European language is a plus.

• Skills: you are social, resourceful, curious and rigorous. You have strong analytical skills and a strong interest in policy-making.

• Organizational skills: you are organized and proactive. You know how to plan, report, and act.

• Communication skills: you are a very open-minded person and you're not afraid to engage with new people.

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;

- A meal voucher;

- 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.

- Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future manager/mentor

- A remote exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a taste of what working at Qonto could be like

We will send you an interview guide so you can best prepare yourself.

On average, our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours 🤞

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