Data Analyst Intern, Sustainability & Climate

Your Team Responsibilities

The Data Analyst Intern will join the Sustainability & Climate (S&C) Business Unit, supporting analytical, documentation, and project-based initiatives related to sustainability and climate data, processes, and reporting. This role is non-production in nature and focuses on delivering analytical support, process insights, testing, and documentation that enable the team to scale, improve data quality, and support ongoing technology and AI-enabled initiatives.

The intern will work under the direction of experienced analysts and partners across Product and Technology, contributing analysis, reporting, and structured outputs using historical, sample, or test data in controlled environments.

Your Key Responsibilities

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Assist with exploratory analysis of sustainability and climate-related datasets using historical, sample, or test data
• Support preparation of internal reports, dashboards, and summary insights for team review
• Perform basic data validation and quality checks to identify trends, inconsistencies, or anomalies
• Document data definitions, assumptions, and analytical methodologies

Process & Workflow Analysis (Non-Production)

• Observe and document end-to-end data and analytical workflows within the S&C business unit
• Analyze historical trends, volumes, and turnaround times to identify patterns and improvement opportunities
• Support gap analysis exercises comparing expected versus observed outputs using non-production data
• Contribute to process documentation, playbooks, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Project & Technology Support (Non-Production)

• Support analysis, testing, and documentation for selected data, reporting, and analytics enhancements
• Assist with user acceptance testing (UAT), results validation, and issue documentation for internal tools and reports
• Review and validate AI-generated or automated analytical outputs in controlled environments, documenting observations
• Contribute to data quality and control assessments through testing support and issue tracking

Collaboration & Stakeholder Support

• Participate in team meetings, project discussions, and working sessions
• Collaborate with analysts and internal stakeholders to support data, reporting, and process initiatives

Communicate findings and updates clearly through written summaries and documentation

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• Availability for 40 hrs per week
• Availability to stay for 7 months
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in one of the following or a related field:
  • Sustainability, Environmental Science, Climate Studies
  • Economics, Finance, Business Analytics
  • Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems
• Currently studying 5-8 semester
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and data accuracy
• Basic understanding of data analysis, reporting, or analytics concepts
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a structured environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with data analysis or visualization tools (e.g., Excel, SQL, Python, R, Power BI, Tableau)
• Interest in sustainability, climate, or ESG-related datasets
• Exposure to analytics, automation, or AI concepts through coursework or projects

Key Competencies

• Analytical thinking and structured problem solving
• Process-oriented mindset
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Collaboration and stakeholder support
• Accountability and professionalism
• Appropriately uses available enterprise AI and analytics tools to improve productivity, quality, and consistency of analytical and documentation outputs

About MSCI

What we offer you

• 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.

• 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 vision – to power better 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 strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

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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