Analytics Consultant - Middle East

Sales and Relationship Management
Build and maintain our client relationships, helping to find solutions to their complex needs.

Analytics
Shape our industry with powerful analytics.
Do you want to help modernize risk and portfolio management for investors?
Whether you're working with hedge funds, asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, or the companies that manage your pension plans, the problems you help solve in Analytics will have a real impact, and your ideas will be embedded in investment ecosystems around the globe.

Your Team Responsibilities
Analytics Consultants act as trusted advisors to our clients across the region and have responsibility for managing the associated client relationships. Consultants look to develop deep linkages with our clients and help clients make best usage of our products in the context of their investment or risk process and their business goals. The individual will be responsible for supporting a suite of our Analytics Products. This will involve sharing best practices, explaining risk models applied to multi-asset class portfolios, and partnering with the sales team to provide expertise in client engagements and pre-sales activities. Successful candidates will have a thorough knowledge of market risk measurement and management, pricing of asset types (including equity, fixed income, private assets, 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 our Middle East client base; work closely with senior client executives & risk managers; implement strategic plans to ensure client retention.
Develop expertise in MSCI products and models as well as latest market trends and regulatory landscape to provide clients with Best Practices guidance.
Identify opportunities to increase client usage of our products and identify new users. Work closely with the sales team on potential up-selling and cross-product selling 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 client requests/inquiries are managed appropriately.
Respond to detailed client inquiries about methodologies and analytics; hold advanced client trainings/workshops; present in seminars.
Based in our Dubai office in DIFC, travel to client locations across the GCC is required.

Your Skills and Experience That Will Help You Excel

Very strong analytical skills with regards to simulation techniques for risk management, factor modeling, portfolio management, and performance attribution; experience with Barra or RiskMetrics models and platforms a plus.
Deep understanding of global financial markets, including modeling and pricing of different asset types in the fixed income, equities, private assets, commodities, and credit markets and their derivatives.
Superior written & verbal communication and time management skills.
Business level English essential.

Desired Experience

Previous experience in risk management/quantitative finance, working closely with investment decision-making teams.

Desired Qualifications

MSc required ideally from finance/engineering/mathematical background. CFA, FRM, MFA, CAIA 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.

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 Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce. 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, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Benefits
At MSCI, we provide competitive benefits programs in every region in which we do business. Wherever you are with us, you will find benefits that can help ensure your health, wellbeing and financial security, so you can be at your best both in work and in your personal life.

Development Opportunities
Guided by your manager, our learning and development opportunities empower you to perform at your best, make an impact and shape your career.

Dubai
Al Fattan Currency House Office 110, Level 1, Tower 1 DIFC PO Box 506 624 Dubai, UAE

Recruitment Process

1 - Apply online: First, click Apply and upload a CV that shows us the skills and passion you could bring to this role.
2 - Talk to our recruiter: If you look like a good match, our recruiters will arrange a chat where we'll ask about your motivations, experience, and background.
3 - Interview with our team: If you like what you hear, and we think you have what we need, then it's time to interview with your future team.
4 - Make your decision: If you're successful, we'll make you an offer and give you any further information you need to help you make your decision.

Job Reference:
2024-1460
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Job Level:
Vice President
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Full-Time
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