Sustainable Finance Intern

SCOR; Paris; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

SCOR is offering an internship in the Sustainable Investment team in Paris, starting January 2027 for 6 months. You will collect and analyze sustainability data, develop ESG indicators, and study external methodologies to apply to the investment portfolio of a global reinsurer.

You will monitor ESG topics and gain hands-on experience in sustainability research. The ideal candidate has knowledge of finance markets and environmental and social issues, strong Excel/VBA skills, and ideally Python

Qualifications

• Knowledge of market finance and ESG issues.
• Experience with sustainability topics is required.
• Proficient in Excel, VBA, and ideally Python and SQL.
• English required; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze sustainability data to develop ESG indicators.
• Study external methodologies on ESG indicators for the SCOR portfolio.
• Monitor activity regarding sustainable finance topics.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excel proficiency

English proficiency

Autonomy

Initiative

Team collaboration

Education

Finance-related master's degree

Tools

Python

SQL

VBA

Job description

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying "The Art & Science of Risk,", SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry - actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others - as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by "The SCOR Way." Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.

The Group Sustainability department is divided into three units:
i. Sustainable Investment,
ii. Sustainable Insurance,
iii. Corporate Sustainability.
The Sustainable Investment team is responsible for defining the sustainable investment policy to apply while
managing the portfolio of SCOR invested assets. As an institutional investor, SCOR is determined to play its
part in contributing to the well-being and resilience of society, notably by preserving natural capital.
The internship will take place within the Sustainable Investment team to support existing and new research
topics on sustainability.

Responsibilities

As an example, these analyses and syntheses may require to:

• Collect and analyse sustainability data to develop extra-financial indicators to apply to the SCOR investment portfolio,
• Study external methodologies on ESG indicators to apply to the SCOR investment portfolio,
• Monitor activity regarding sustainable finance topics.

The subjects delt with by the intern vary depending on periods of time. As an example, it could be studies on carbon or biodiversity footprints or climate & nature risks.

Qualifications

• You have good knowledge of market finance and of environmental and social issues.
• Former professional experience linked to those subjects is necessary.
• You are proficient in Excel, VBA, and ideally Python and SQL. Having used these tools in a professional
  context would be very appreciated.
• Your English level allows you to evolve in an English-speaking environment. French would be appreciated but is not mandatory.
• Rigor, autonomy, intellectual curiosity, sense of initiative, and a very good relational ability are qualities sought after.
• You wish to supplement your higher education training (business school, engineering school or post-
  graduate, with ideally a finance specialisation) with an end-of-study or gap year internship within the
  sustainability team of a listed company.

The Sustainable Investment team is looking for an intern from January 2027, for 6 months.