Data Collection Operations & Transformation - Vice President

Your Team Responsibilities

MSCI Data Collection team collects 2.5K raw data points across 70K companies from 300 public sources, representing 1.7+M news articles and 1M documents per year (filings, AGM, etc) leading to 20MN data updates per year. The team provides publicly disclosed raw input data used in different products models and indexes. We focus on applying QA on input data, extracted from filings, news, websites, NGO, or received from various data providers.

MSCI Data Collection team comprises of 250+ internal team size (review/validation) and 600+ external team (vendors) to support collection. On a day-today basis, the team manages data production, coordinates with vendors, product teams, clients, and corporates. The team is responsible for quality review and ensures that data collected is up to date and adheres to data collection guidance and methodology defined by MSCI. Moreover, with the team’s consistent drive to innovate and leverage technology, the Data Acquisition and Collection team initiates and/or collaborates with other teams on programs related to data quality and process improvements, including but not limited to automation, workflow streamlining projects, and building data QA models.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a member of Data Collection team, you are expected to have a strong interest in general Environment, Social, Governance, Climate, and EU Regulation trends and an eye for detail on data quality. As a team leader, you will be responsible for overseeing a team of analysts based across locations, overseeing production and overall data quality, and managing vendors and stakeholders. To help you succeed in your role, you will have access to different learning and development opportunities, such as on leadership, stakeholder management, content, and other functional or technical trainings.

Your specific responsibilities shall include:

• Help nurture a team of young and experienced professionals, support them in their professional growth and development while embracing our values of diversity and inclusion;
• Manage team production and capacity planning. Identify resource availability for production and other product support processes. Create production and resourcing proposal for new projects and initiatives;
• Lead the team into delivering top quality data aligned with MSCI methodology, service level agreements, and regulatory requirements;
• Drive process improvements to ensure consistent data quality and efficiency, such as automation of data quality diagnostics by developing a new system/tool that will enable quality assessment of data without manual intervention;
• Lead initiatives on scaling up operations, process changes, business priorities, and client expectations; Collaborating to working committees, projects, or perform other tasks as deemed necessary by the business;
• Work with vendor teams on quality (timeliness and accuracy) expectations and metrics. This also includes overseeing the vendor budget allocation for your product;
• Facilitate steering calls, regular stakeholders, and senior leader meetings to report on key performance metrics and initiatives; Escalate cases and challenges as necessary;
• Respond to client and issuer queries and be at the forefront representing the team on corporates and client engagements.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• 15+ Years of experience in data collection, research, and team management; ESG or regulatory related experience would be an added advantage but is not a must.
• Must have: Good command over excel tools and functionality dealing with volume of data
• Strong skills (written and oral), proficiency in creating presentations, data analysis and excellent research and analytical skills
• Experience in issuer/corporate relation and client communication
• Experience working on a global team in an international company is preferred
• Comfortable working in a team environment across hierarchies, functions, and geographies
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with people in different offices and time zones
• Sound knowledge about equities or financial markets in general and knowledge on the company disclosures, filings, public company reporting including 10-Ks and annual reports
• Good to have: Exposure to pandas or tools like Power BI and jupyter notebooks

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.

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