IT Strategy & Operations Intern - FIFA Clearing House

The establishment of the FIFA Clearing House (“FCH”) is a key element of the first reform package of the transfer system adopted by the FIFA Council in 2018, to promote solidarity, transparency, and integrity in professional football.

The FCH is established in France and operates independently from FIFA.
The FCH will act as a payment service provider and intermediary in the worldwide payments relating to Training Rewards (solidarity mechanism and training compensation), deriving from the FIFA Regulation on the Status of Transfer of Players.

THE POSITION

These are your key tasks:

• Structure and monitor Build to Run processes: incidents, releases, changelogs, alerting, SLAs.
• Implement governance routines: IT/Run committees, roadmaps, indicators.
• Participate in drafting and formalising IT procedures (changes, incidents, DRP, BCP).
• Consolidate technical and functional documentation (Confluence, SharePoint).
• Contribute to IT fleet management (orders, inventory, onboarding).
• Support budget monitoring (forecasts, accruals, monitoring tables).
• Contribute to the implementation of dashboards for the IT department.
• Contribute to the definition of the Product roadmap, in coordination with different users.

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YOUR PROFILE

We work hard at FIFA Clearing House.
We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

And we respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The specific competencies we require for this position are:

• You demonstrate an ability to work in a multicultural environment and a strong desire to join a start-up team.
• You are ready to contribute to the expansion of the business and the improvement of IT processes and tools.
• You are motivated by ethics, excellence and a results-oriented approach, and you want to be part of a major change in the football industry.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (engineering school, business school)
• Structured thinking, rigour, autonomy
• Interest in IT organisation and complex environments
• Proficiency in collaborative tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, JIRA)
• Fluent in professional English
• Proficiency in French is an asset
• No work experience is needed but could be profitable

PERKS & BENEFITS

The biggest benefit of a career at FIFA is the privilege to work for the beautiful game and create something that matters.

Alongside that privilege, we also offer some extra perks and benefits:

• Home office: Up to two days of home office per week if work permits and home office allowance for all.
• Language courses: Offered to all staff to aid personal and professional growth.
• Continuous learning : We care about your development and encourage internal mobility, offering a variety of training and education to help achieve it.
• Relocation assistance: A dedicated team will be on hand to support your relocation.
• Sustainability: We support all employees using public transport.
• Vacation: Maintain a healthy work/life balance.
• Volunteering: Make an impact beyond your regular role and bond with colleagues by volunteering with one of our partners.

About FIFA

We are FIFA, the global governing body for football.

Our vision is to make football truly global, diverse and inclusive, for the benefit of the entire world. The last FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 attracted more than 5 billion viewers and the last FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 was the greatest-ever FIFA Women's World Cup that inspired millions of girls and women around the globe. The opportunities for growth are exciting.

We are a modern organisation with over 800 passionate employees who are Living Football every day. Our headquarters are based in Zurich, Switzerland, and we have offices in Miami, Paris and Rabat, plus eleven regional offices from New Zealand to India, South Africa, Panama and Paraguay.