Run Rate Auditor

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for a detail-oriented, curious, and commercially minded professional to join our team and help ensure the accuracy and integrity of MSCI’s run rate reporting.

In this role, you’ll work at the intersection of Sales, Finance, Contracts, and Revenue Recognition, reviewing sales opportunities and translating contract terms into accurate system data. You’ll gain exposure to a wide variety of deal structures, develop a strong understanding of MSCI’s commercial processes, and play an important role in supporting accurate financial reporting.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys solving problems, spotting inconsistencies, working with contracts and data, and collaborating across teams. Prior experience with revenue recognition is helpful, but just as important is a willingness to learn, strong judgment, and exceptional attention to detail.

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What You’ll Do:

As part of the team, you’ll help ensure that sales opportunities are accurately reflected in Salesforce and comply with MSCI’s Run Rate Policy and applicable revenue recognition principles.

You will:

• Review sales opportunities from contract to system, comparing contractual terms with Salesforce data such as deal term, fees, products, billing structure, and other key commercial details.
• Ensure accurate run rate reporting by applying MSCI’s Run Rate Policy consistently across both standard and non-standard transactions.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between executed contracts and Salesforce records before they impact downstream financial reporting.
• Build expertise in deal structures and revenue recognition, including the application of ASC 606 principles to commercial arrangements.
• Partner across the organization, working closely with Sales, Sales Operations, Finance, and other stakeholders to clarify contract terms and resolve questions.
• Exercise judgment and know when to escalate, identifying complex or ambiguous transactions that require additional accounting or policy guidance.
• Create a strong audit trail by clearly documenting review conclusions, decisions, and supporting rationale.
• Play a critical role during month-end and quarter-end close, helping the team review and clear opportunities accurately and within reporting deadlines.
• Stay current on evolving policies and processes, applying updates consistently to active deal reviews.

What Will Help You Succeed:

We’re looking for someone who combines analytical thinking with strong attention to detail. You don’t need to know everything on day one, we value people who are curious, comfortable asking questions, and motivated to build expertise!

You’ll be well positioned for success if you have:

• Exceptional attention to detail and an ability to spot inconsistencies across contracts, data, and systems.
• Confidence reading and interpreting commercial contract terms.
• Basic familiarity with revenue recognition concepts, including ASC 606, or the ability and interest to learn them quickly.
• Experience with Salesforce or another CRM, or confidence navigating and learning new systems.
• The ability to work independently and manage priorities under tight deadlines, particularly during month-end and quarter-end periods.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to document decisions clearly and concisely.
• Good judgment and confidence raising questions or escalating situations when the answer isn’t straightforward.
• A collaborative mindset and comfort working with stakeholders across different functions.

Experience in finance operations, deal desk, revenue operations, contracts, accounting, audit, or a similar environment is a plus—but it isn’t essential if you bring strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn.

Why This Role?

This role offers much more than reviewing transactions. You’ll develop an understanding of how commercial agreements translate into financial reporting, gain exposure to different deal structures, and collaborate with teams across MSCI.

It’s an opportunity to build valuable expertise across contracts, Salesforce, revenue recognition, financial controls, and commercial operations while making a direct contribution to the accuracy and reliability of MSCI’s reporting.

If you enjoy digging into the details, figuring out how things fit together, and making sure the numbers tell the right story, we’d love to hear from you.

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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