Sustainability and Climate Inside Sales Associate

Your Team Responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated, analytical individual with a passion for global investing, capital markets, and the asset management industry with a keen interest in Sustainability & Climate investing. As an Inside Sales Associate at MSCI, you’ll support our Sustainability & Climate Sales team and clients across EMEA in expanding adoption of MSCI’s industry-leading data and solutions.

This role offers you an opportunity to get to know our global client base including some of the world's largest banks, hedge funds, pension funds and asset managers and to gain deep insight into Sustainability & Climate Investing. Opportunities for growth lie within the Client Coverage Team in the EMEA region.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a member of the EMEA Client Coverage Team, you will be responsible for providing dedicated support to our Sustainability & Climate Sales Specialists, enhancing their sales efforts, and making a measurable contribution to the organization’s revenue objectives.

Activities in your role will range from pre-sales tasks, preparation of sales proposals, driving the contract preparation process, ensuring the timely onboarding of clients and the execution of contracts. You will work closely with the sales specialists to manage workload and determine priorities and you will take a key role in the internal coordination with other teams and departments who are vital to the working process: Legal, Sales Operations, Finance. You will contribute to client onboarding and retention by responding to prospect/client queries and facilitating next steps in sales cycle and establish and maintain strong working relations with all clients you support. As part of the Inside Sales team you will:

• Actively seek to develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues
• Establish and maintain strong working relations with all clients you support
• Ensure that best sales process practice is followed and that high standards are maintained
• Volunteer to participate in Client Coverage group projects or initiatives across teams
• Generate ideas to improve sales processes through creative problem solving and process innovation
• Demonstrate integrity, accountability, and discretion, especially with confidential data
• Stay current on industry trends and evolving client needs
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that values learning and continuous improvement

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• 2–5 years' experience within the financial industry and/or sustainable investing
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics or equivalent
• Fluency in English and second language knowledge is desired
• Superior communication and time management skills
• Ability to handle multiple projects independently
• A self-starter with the ability to work individually and within a team
• Highly motivated and detail oriented
• Excellent networking and interpersonal skills
• Familiar with MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• SalesForce knowledge is a plus
• Use of AI-tools, ChatGPT is a plus

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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