Strategy and Corporate Development

**Your team responsibilities**
As a (Sr. Associate / Vice President) within the Strategy and Corporate Development team, you will be a key member of a small, experienced team that oversees the M&A, partnership and long-term growth strategy for MSCI Inc. We are tasked with ensuring the company invests, both organically and inorganically, in the assets and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the competition and maintain a leadership position. The influential team reports to the firm’s Chief Financial Officer, but interfaces heavily with the CEO, COO, Executive Committee and senior business leaders to define, articulate and execute strategic priorities for the firm.
The role will have broad exposure to strategy, M&A, partnerships and new business initiatives. Core responsibilities include helping to create and drive the strategic planning process to facilitate the development and evolution of the firm strategy, tracking execution against the strategy and conducting competitive intelligence. You will also be responsible for building out capabilities such as client, market, and competitor intelligence, strategic gap analyses, sizing of new opportunities and prioritization. Additionally, you will help drive acquisition and partnership execution across all product lines, but with a focus on ESG & Climate.

**What we will offer you**:

- At MSCI, we provide competitive benefits programs in every region in which we do business. While our benefits plans vary in availability in our different locations, we offer a broad range of benefits that are part of the value you receive as a MSCI employee. Wherever you are with us, you will find benefits that can help ensure your health and well-being and contribute to your financial security.

**Your key responsibilities**
- Assist in the planning and execution of enterprise-wide strategic planning process, both for the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors
- Serve as the internal consulting function to the CEO and Executive Committee
- Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of industry, competitive and macroeconomic trends, including the role of new technologies
- Continually evaluate new market trends and competitive opportunities/threats, including analyses to assess market sizing, segmentation, addressable market and penetration
- Collaborate with senior leaders to identify, prioritize and cultivate partnership and acquisition opportunities; present market scan of opportunities, including how respective opportunities would accelerate MSCI’s strategic priorities
- Work intimately with the product and functional teams, bankers, lawyers, and consultants to execute partnerships and acquisitions, including:

- Coordinating internal and external project teams
- Performing valuation and financial analyses
- Facilitating due diligence
- Constructing and delivering executive and board updates, including seeking formal approvals
- Develop and maintain complex financial models, including valuation and pro forma analyses, which support the transaction or investment thesis and ultimately management’s decisions

**Your skills and experience that will help you excel**
- 5-7+ years’ experience in strategy, investment banking, corporate development or product management with relevant experience in financial services, information services and/or financial technology
- Experience in ESG and Climate investing is a plus
- Knowledge of new technologies and their impact on financial markets and participants. Understanding of financial products, client workflow and investment tools is a plus
- Strategic mindset with an ability to think broadly, refine questions and develop analytical frameworks; outstanding quantitative, financial and analytical skills
- Ability to work both independently and partner with cross-functional teams
- Highly motivated, personable and capable of managing multiple tasks in a demanding and dynamic work environment
- Ability to accurately assess longer-term implications of changing business models with simultaneous focus on optimizing the short-term, understanding the growth drivers of the business and prioritizes initiatives that will accelerate growth
- Exceptional communication skills - both written and verbal - with comfort interfacing with senior business leaders

**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, Hola MSCI 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 rese