Reference Data Analyst

**Your team responsibilities**The Reference Data Analyst is part of the Reference Data team, which is a vital corporate resource at the functional core of MSCI's service offerings.The team function supports a significantpercentage of the firm's revenue by providing the daily production of timely, complete, relevant, and accurate reference data on over 10 million financial instruments as well as corporate actions data covering bothexchange-traded and over-the-counter (where applicable) products globally.**What we will offer you: Depending on your location of your role, you can expect**- Competitive fixed and variable compensation, holiday/vacation allowance and retirement savings plans/pensions- A wide range of benefits including - healthcare, dental plans, risk insurances and (location dependent) - cycle-to-work schemes, gym benefits, retail discounts- A hybrid work environment, for the vast majority of employees, offering a more progressive way of working to give you the flexibility, accountability, and responsibility to empower you to perform at your very best.At the center of this way of working is a culture which is built on a strong foundation of trust.We trust our people and they trust our organization's leaders to support them.- An inclusive and performance driven culture where you are empowered to maximize your potential in an environment where all individuals are respected and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work- A purposeful approach to Wellbeing to provide you with all the resources you need to be your best at work and in your personal life.Our Here For You Employee Assistance Program provides confidential emotional support with local experts, financial and legal advice in a wide range of issues as well as access to online information, resources and tools.All the services are available for our employees free of charge.**Your key responsibilities**- Research and acquire in-depth knowledge of the market data content models of upstream suppliers (data vendors) for all asset classes covered by MSCI's global security master: Corporate and Government bonds,- equities, derivatives, syndicated loans, and securitized products - with special attention to their relevance to MSCI's ESG offering.- It will be the responsibility of the analyst to relate the vendor's native data schema and their content model to MSCI's business content objectives and develop business logic required to integrate upstream- data feeds to a normalized set of terms and conditions data models.The analyst will work closely with development teams in the implementation and maintenance of these business rules.- Where there are source content discrepancies and/or inconsistencies, override, where necessary, data in the golden copy and coordinate the resolution of issues with market data suppliers.- Investigate reference data quality issues and design anomaly detection techniques applied to Terms and Conditions and Reference Data, with special attention to the ESG related angles.- financial instruments.- Assist, both as a team member and in some cases as sole analyst, the development of derived data sets that are largely dependent on terms & conditions market data.The analyst will work intensely with the- Articulate (mostly ESG-related) project implementation details to business stakeholders via reports, documentation, and presentations.**Your skills and experience that will help you excel**- Proficiency in SQL and relational databases, preferably Oracle.- Bachelor Degree in Data Science, Finance, Economics, Actuary or equivalent field.- 2+ years of experience working at a Capital Market firm.- Experience working with large datasets.- Familiarity with large vendor market data architectures and products such as Reuters, Bloomberg, S&P, ICE, Markit.- Strong communication and leadership skills.- Prior experience working with ESG-related data and/or Legal Entity data and data models and/or Fixed Income instruments at a capital markets firm.- Programming experience with any or all of Visual Basic, Perl, Python, and C/C++**How we'll support you**- Coaching, support and encouragement from experts in your team- Access to a wide range of learning opportunities to support your growth and development- Customizable learning journeys to help you navigate your professional development- Transparent performance-based compensation schemes- Employee Resource Groups: MSCI Pride, Black Leadership Network, Women's Leadership Forum, Women in Tech, Asian Support Network, All Abilities, HolaMSCI and Climate Action Group.**About MSCI and our teams**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