Our internship provides exposure and training across the MSCI business with an emphasis on your development. You will be constantly learning and well connected to our senior leaders. This is the ideal introduction to a career at MSCI - you will have opportunities to explore all our career paths and will have responsibility from day one. This is your opportunity to shine!

Intern Experience

Your internship begins with an MSCI Orientation which gives you a perfect foundation for the weeks ahead as you learn about our culture, values, and business model. Your learning continues ‘on-the-desk’ as you work through live projects and gain first-hand experience of how all teams at MSCI play a role in creating solutions for our clients. You will have a network of talented and approachable colleagues who will support you through every stage of the program.

Reporting to the Head of Equity Analytics, this internship offers the opportunity to support the asset class team in the analysis of competitors, industry influencers across the ecosystem and emerging client needs and trends.

Key responsibilities include:
• Research and develop an influencer mapping and industry engagement dashboard, studying the key trends from academia, consultant, financial technology providers and active managers in the quantitative investment space
• Create actionable insights from analysis of sales coverage and client notes, including determining key trends, use cases and key reasons for wins and losses.
• Collaborate with segment strategy teams to identify organizational gaps across client segments, including asset managers, asset owners and wealth managers
Expected Impact
• Enhance decision-making through real-time visibility into execution gaps
• Empower Product and Program Managers to prioritize and act more effectively
• Improved product pitchbooks driven by key insights gained

• Undergraduate degree (in progress), in a relevant subject, e.g., economics, finance, financial engineering, mathematics.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Highly driven work ethic, deep attention to detail and good team player
• Strong analytical, data driven and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under time constraints
• Proficiency in coding with Python, SQL, or similar languages is preferred but not required
• Ability to work with large datasets and extract meaningful insights

What we offer you

• Salary range: $25 - $35 /hour.

• 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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