TL;DR

Regulatory Compliance Intern (Fintech): Monitoring and ensuring compliance across European markets, supporting payment compliance, and interpreting legal texts for non-legal stakeholders. Focus on regulatory watch, analyzing payment rules, and contributing to evolving regulatory priorities like obtaining a Credit License.

Location: Hybrid in Paris, with 1 or 2 remote days per week.

Company

Qonto is a rapidly growing French fintech unicorn providing a leading finance workspace for SMEs across Europe.

What you will do

  • Run daily Regulatory Watch across eight European markets using Corlytics, triaging alerts, and routing to stakeholders.
  • Support payment compliance by helping analyze payment rules, client claims, account suspensions, and T&Cs changes.
  • Act as an internal counsel, interpreting legal texts across different European countries and explaining complex regulatory constraints to non-legal teams.
  • Lend a hand on ad-hoc projects related to evolving regulatory priorities, such as the Credit License journey.
  • Contribute to maintaining the Payment Institution licence and achieving the Credit Institution licence.

Requirements

  • Education: M1 or M2 student strictly pursuing a degree in Law (Private Law, Business Law, European/Local Law, or a bi-licence), with a specialization in Compliance or Financial Regulation preferred.
  • Strong analytical skills to read and understand legal texts across various European countries, grasping the core legal logic.
  • Ability to triage a large volume of daily alerts, spot what is truly relevant for Qonto, and route it efficiently.
  • English: Fluent required.
  • Genuine interest in Fintech and adaptability to seamlessly switch between daily regulatory watch and ad-hoc team support.

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of French, Italian, Spanish, or German.

Culture & Benefits

  • Hybrid work model (1-2 remote days per week) with offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, and Belgrade.
  • 1 paid day off per month.
  • Meal vouchers and public transportation reimbursement.
  • Great offers for sports and wellness activities.
  • A progressive disability and parenthood policy with childcare benefits.
  • Monthly team events.

Hiring process

  • Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future manager/mentor.
  • A remote or live exercise to demonstrate your skills.
  • Process typically lasts 20 working days, with offers usually following within 48 hours.