Climate Data (Python) Specialist

Your Team Responsibilities

We build software to generate data that is used by our clients to identify and analyze the exposure of companies, properties, and financial assets to climate change risks and opportunities. Our models cover policy, technology and physical risks and translate these into relevant metrics for global investors. It is our goal to alert investors of the climate risk profiles of their investments and to tackle climate change at the roots. Our mission is a big one and we are looking for talented people to join us. We are looking for an energetic, sharp, and organized person who thrives in a fast-paced, fun, and challenging environment to extend our team. The team you will be joining is responsible that the data that goes to our clients meets ever-increasing quality demands and is delivered through all channels in a timely and reliable manner. The role requires close collaboration with various teams that are responsible for the delivery of new products and features.

You will be an important part of the team by executing our data quality controls and building processes and tools to improve and automate these. Additionally, you will gain a deep understanding of our climate products and the market situation and bring that expertise into the decisions around data quality.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring the timely and successful execution of data quality checks that are critical to our production processes in close collaboration with various product teams.
• Identifying opportunities for improvements and automation in our existing data quality checks and implementing these, by applying data science and data engineering techniques and tools.
• Contributing to our internal documentation and client-facing documentation relating to our data quality processes.
• Gathering data and metrics to monitor and improve our processes and defining new quality metrics to support continuous improvement.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• 3+ years of relevant industry experience
• Self-motivated, hands-on, and pro-active attitude, and demonstrating an exceptional drive towards delivery.
• Ability to learn quickly and the flexibility to adapt to new challenges.
• Pragmatic mindset combined with a good understanding of data and a critical attitude to drive improvements.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-cultural and geographically distributed team.
• Good working knowledge of Python and data engineering and BI tools is a strong advantage.

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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