Sustainability & Climate Fixed Income Specialist

Your Team Responsibilities

The Sustainability & Climate team is responsible for implementing and delivering solutions centered around MSCI’s ever expanding suite of Sustainability & Climate offerings for the Fixed Income asset class, including Labelled Bonds and Loans. As a Sustainability & Climate Fixed Income Analyst you will be expected to support existing Sustainability & Climate Fixed Income offerings, specifically the assessment of green bonds and social bonds by producing high-quality daily data, integrating vendor feeds, and improving end-to-end operational resilience.

You will operate at the intersection of Sustainability & Climate and finance expertise, data operations, and MSCI’s firmwide AI and automation transformation helping evolve manual, document heavy workflows into intelligent, auditable, and scalable data processes.

Your Key Responsibilities

As an Associate, you will support the review, assessment, production, and quality assurance of Sustainability & Climate Fixed Income data while contributing to the adoption of AI-assisted tools and automation that improve speed, accuracy, and scale.

You will be expected to deliver high-quality, well-documented outputs, demonstrate curiosity and ownership, and collaborate closely with Research, Product, Engineering, and vendor partners.

Your specific responsibilities shall include:

• Data Review & Assessment
• Assist in reviewing and analyzing labelled bond documentation (prospectuses, frameworks, SPOs, investor presentations) and vendor-sourced data
• Apply MSCI methodologies to determine eligibility and classification for Green, Social, and Sustainable bonds
• Use AI-supported tools to summarize, compare, and triage documentation while retaining analyst judgment and accountability

• Support daily production and QA of fixed income datasets used across indices and analytics
• Execute systematic quality checks, investigate anomalies, reconcile exceptions, and escalate issues as needed
• Leverage automation and rule-based checks to reduce manual errors and improve throughput

• Coordinate with vendors and issuers to source missing data, clarify disclosures, and resolve inconsistencies
• Support structured, traceable communication workflows enabled by AI-assisted tracking and documentation

• Follow and help enhance quality control frameworks aligned with MSCI governance standards
• Produce clear, auditable documentation of assessments, decisions, overrides, and corrections
• Use AI tools responsibly to assist with documentation while ensuring transparency and explainability

• Apply approved AI tools and automation frameworks to support:
• Automated QC and anomaly detection
• Intelligent triage of high-risk or complex cases
• Documentation assistance and workflow optimization
• Validate AI outputs, understand limitations, and ensure human-in-the-loop decision making

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• Experience: 3-7 years’ experience in sustainability & climate, sustainable finance, fixed income operations, or financial data production

• Domain knowledge: Good understanding of fixed income products and basic sustainable finance concepts (green, social, and sustainable bonds)

• Analytical skills: Strong attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, reliable work; ability to synthesize documentation and draw defensible conclusions.

• AI literacy: Comfortable using approved AI tools and automation aids responsibly; ability to validate outputs and understand limitations.

• Communication: Clear written and oral communication; ability to interact with vendors and issuers professionally.

• Collaboration & initiative: Works well across hierarchies and functions; proactive, curious and able to ask the right questions.

• Professionalism: Good judgment, integrity, and the ability to follow MSCI’s governance and risk standards.

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, AI Learning Center , 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 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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