Data Operator

Your Team Responsibilities

• The MSCI Data Collections team is primarily responsible for collecting and validating Company Data, ESG, Real assets raw input data from publicly available sources.
• Daily, the team collects data production and coordinates with stakeholders to understand task priorities.
• They also ensure quality by reviewing data, ensuring it is up-to-date and adheres to MSCI's data collection guidance and methodology.
• Additionally, the team's drive to innovate and leverage technology leads them to initiate and collaborate on programs related to data quality and process improvements, such as automation, workflow streamlining projects, and building data QA models.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Good understanding of numbers (millions, billions, percentages).
• Proficient in MS Excel (data entry, navigating multiple spreadsheets, using lookup functions).
• Skilled in using snipping and annotation tools for snapshots.
• Knowledge of SharePoint Document Library/Teams for file transfer and communication.
• Ability to navigate company websites, particularly the investor relations section.
• Experience extracting data from aggregating websites (e.g., SEC.gov, SEDAR, exchanges).
• Familiar with public company reporting (10-Ks, annual reports, financial statements, interim reports, bond prospectus, corporate governance documents).
• Knowledge of capital markets, including navigating stock details on exchanges.
• Understanding of common corporate events and their impact on securities and issuers.
• Awareness of different types of listings in various countries (USA, Japan, UK, China).
• Familiarity with data protection and infringement guidelines (knowing permissible websites for data download).
• Gather and analyze geographic data using various methods and tools.
• Proficient in geospatial analysis, data visualization, and understanding spatial relationships.
• Knowledge of capital markets, corporate events, international listings, and data protection guidelines.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• Analytical approach to data collection, asking questions to understand data, especially when investigation is needed.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to spot errors and connect the dots regarding assigned tasks.
• Adequate written and oral communication skills with high proficiency in English, able to converse easily with the team.
• Willingness and ability to learn new concepts quickly.
• Ability to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and extend them in cases of uncovered exceptions.

Would be an asset if (Good to have but not mandatory):

• Ability to make and defend sound and consistent judgments, showing expertise when needed.
• Intrinsically motivated to improve personal performance and constantly seek ways to improve the processes they work with.

About MSCI

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.Assistance@msci.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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