The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in the financial markets as well as details of financial instruments. The candidate needs to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with emphasis on quality and accuracy. The candidate must be a self-starter who is proactive and assertive.

• Evaluate and attribute linkages between entities as per MSCI methodology

• In house expert on Issuer and Issue data and corporate action.

• Setup process and execute coverage expansion initiatives systematically in tight coordination with universe management teams of different business units.

• Leverage existing infra and expand automated QA checks to detect data errors for broader universe.

• Represent MSCI in front of global client providing them expert advice on entity relationships and their treatment across different business units.

• Exposure to Equity & Fixed Income indexes, performance and analytics; Exchange and vendor data feeds and symbology etc.

• Perform in depth analysis of data, analytics and workflows in order to improve processes and/or develop new work tools in collaboration with Tech and Development teams.

• Collaborating across a global organization to service both internal and external clients in a shared services environment.

• Partnering with our product and coverage organization to service first-rate clientele including many of the world’s central banks, leading financial institutions, hedge funds, and corporations.

• Masters degree in Finance/Economics from premier institute (including equivalents CFA, CA, FRM) or engineering degree with a solid experience in finance

• 9-12 years of relevant experience

• Working knowledge of financial markets data operations (Equity and Fixed Income)

• Excellent communication skills (both written and presentation), ability to work in multi-cultural environment

• Self-starter and drive to work in individual capacity with minimum oversight

• Solid background in Excel and Working knowledge of SQL

• Experience in working with global vendors will be a plus (Reuters, Bloomberg, Interactive Data, Factset etc.)

• Experience working with IT teams, knowledge of charting tools (Tableau, Power BI etc.) and basic coding skills to build Proof of Concept models (Python, R, other scripting etc.) will be added advantage.

• Exposure to different work shifts and schedules (but No US night shift)