MARKET INFRASTRUCTURES EXPERT – PAYMENTS (m/f/d) - Career A1

The Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL), member of the Eurosystem, is currently seeking to recruit a(n):

MARKET INFRASTRUCTURES EXPERT – PAYMENTS (m/f/d) - career A1

Full time - (ref. 16/ISP/2024)

Your mission:

Within the “Infrastructures and payment systems” section, you contribute, as a catalyst, to the smooth functioning of market infrastructures (in particular payment systems) and of payment instruments, by promoting their efficiency, security as well as innovation.

Your responsibilities:

• You monitor and analyse the impacts of market developments and innovations, in particular in the payments’ area, and take part to meetings with market players in this context;
• You develop and maintain the BCL framework and methodology for the collection of payment statistics;
• You check the quality of the collected payment statistics and follow up with the reporting agents;
• You contribute to the definition and development of tools for payment statistics analysis and you draft studies, reports and publications on the development of payments and payment instruments in Luxembourg;
• You prepare payment statistics in order to make them available to external and internal users;
• You participate in working groups, projects and committees, at national and Eurosystem levels, dealing with market infrastructures and payments; and you draft opinions, analysis, publications and briefing notes on the required subjects.

Your profile:

• You have a Master's degree or equivalent in economics, business administration, statistics, finance or similar;
• You have a successful experience in the field of market infrastructures or payments and/or in-depth knowledge of payment instruments and/or payment flows;
• A good understanding of the regulatory and policy frameworks applicable to market infrastructures/payments and/or of the reporting framework for payment statistics is an asset;
• You have excellent writing, data analysis and synthesis skills;
• You have an excellent command of Microsoft Office and advanced knowledge of statistical analysis tools, such as SAS; Knowledge of Python/R is an advantage;
• You are fluent in French and English; The knowledge of Luxembourgish and German is an advantage;
• Your interpersonal skills will enable you to integrate easily into your team and successfully carry out your assignments with internal and external parties;
• You demonstrate initiative, team spirit, reliability, rigor and are recognised for your organisational skills.

To apply, please complete the online application questions and submit your latest CV, your motivation letter as well as copy of your diploma(s).

Before signing the contract, the candidates need to present an extract of the criminal record (bulletin n°3) dating from less than 2 months. A higher education diploma obtained abroad has to be formally recognized through registration in the register of academic education by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR).

Deadline for applications: 5 janvier 2025