Client Coverage – South East Asia Internship

Your Team Responsibilities

Analytics Intern will be responsible for supporting a suite of MSCI Analytics (with a focus on Barra, RiskMetrics products). This will involve working with projects that help explaining risk and pricing models applied to multi asset class portfolios and partnering with the consultant team to provide expertise in client engagements and pre-sales activities. The individual will be responsible or supporting clients to use MSCI Analytics for compliance with regulation such as FRTB and UCITS.

Successful candidates will have a thorough knowledge of market risk measurement and management, pricing and valuation of asset types (including equity, fixed income, commodities, and derivatives), highly quantitative skills and an ability to guide institutional clients to better use our products for assessing risks and making investment decisions. The successful candidate must be adaptable, able to lead efforts to solve clients’ problems.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage relationships within the analytics client base; implement strategic plans to ensure client retention
• Proactively engage with clients and provide Best Practices guidance on risk measurement, risk management, pricing models using Barra or RiskMetrics products as well as guidance on regulation such as FRTB, PRIIPS and UCITS.
• Provide programming support to highly sophisticated and quantitative clients using Barra and/or RiskMetrics products.
• Identify opportunities to increase client usage of our products and identify new users. Work closely with the sales team on potential sales opportunities. Assist in campaigns on new product placement.
• Proactively engage with clients to keep them informed of our product roadmap with a view on how our development efforts will help them achieve their business goals; proactively solicit client feedback regarding future product development
• Work with internal functional teams to ensure that all clients requests / inquiries are managed appropriately
• Respond to detailed client enquiries about methodologies and analytics, hold advanced client trainings / workshops; present in seminars
• Maintain and communicate accurate records regarding client interaction activities

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• Strong experience in  a quantitative function and excellent analytical skills is required.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment and communicate effectively.
• Confidence with explaining technical topics to audiences in a succinct and professional manner
• Experience with modelling structured products using Monte Carlo or closed-form techniques, e.g., accumulator strips, triple binary options, absolute return barrier notes, convertible target redemption forwards is a plus
• Extensive experience pricing of different instrument type in asset classes such as fixed income, equities, commodities, and credit markets is a plus
• Experience with or any object-oriented computing language is a plus.
• Experience with numerical computing languages (e.g. R) is a plus

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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