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About MSCI

MSCI, a premier provider of essential tools for global investors, leverages over 50 years of experience in research, data, and technology to empower informed decision-making and optimize portfolio performance with innovative, research-driven solutions that enhance transparency throughout the investment journey.

Your role

The ESG Controversies team provides assessments of ESG controversies involving the impact of company operations and/or products and services that allegedly violate national or international laws, regulations, and/or commonly accepted global norms. The intern will assist in Controversies news pre-screening efficiencies in improving news relevancy and classification.

Your key responsibilities:

• Flag news articles, review and compare article relevancy vs manual flags.
• Analyze news relevancy trends and identify improvements in news classification and queue management.
• Identify and detect false positive trends.

Training & development

They provide an immersive learning experience within your first three months of joining. Their global orientation program offers a blend of self-paced learning solutions to help you understand the firm, products, services, and solutions, and the internal experts run facilitated workshops to help you understand the work they do for the clients. 

The Learnings@MSCI platform lets you easily customize and tailor your experience with videos, quizzes, certifications, and structured learning pathways, as well as facilitator-led workshops and courses. And with LinkedIn Learning Pro, you can access over 16,000 additional online resources.

Benefits

At MSCI, they provide competitive benefits in every region they do business. 

• You will find benefits that can help ensure your health, well-being, and financial security so you can be at your best professionally and personally.
• Their "Here for You Employee Assistance Program" - provides confidential emotional support, financial and legal advice, and free access to online information, resources, and tools. 
• Get professional support for personal or work-related challenges.
• Access to their Education Assistance Program to invest in your learning and development.

Career progression

Exposure to new and different roles can accelerate your career growth and professional development. At MSCI, career paths are multi-directional. Whether moving between teams, to a new role or location or getting involved in projects with other teams, they actively encourage and support internal mobility to help you identify new experiences to progress and take control of your future.

Work-life balance

MSCI provides a unique blend of experiential learning and work flexibility, empowering you to harmonize your personal life and career ambitions. Their hybrid work environment is designed to spark innovation, creativity, and collaboration.

Company culture

At MSCI, diversity is at their core and inclusion defines their culture. Its people are empowered to maximize their potential in an environment where all individuals are respected and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work. This culture drives them to innovate and provide industry-leading solutions that power better investment decisions.

About you

Desired experience:

• Undergraduate students taking Finance/Economics or Business Management, International Development & Relations, Social Science, Interdisciplinary Studies, Sustainability, or related degrees.

Specific knowledge and skills:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Excellent reading comprehension and analytical skills.

Desired qualifications:

• Keen to details and independent worker as well as a good team player with a strong sense of ownership.
• Must be willing to participate in an internship program with a duration of 3 months starting June 3, 2024.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• careers.msci.com
• youtube.com