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As a 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. Given the small size of the team, we value organization, self-motivation, strong attention to detail and extensive modeling and presentation experience. The position offers significant responsibility and broad exposure to many aspects of the business. You should have experience framing and analyzing complex problems, developing recommendations, partnering with business leaders to drive execution, facilitating governance and communication processes, and playing a key role in informing and influencing decision making.
What we offer you
• Salary range: $175,000 - $250,000/ year plus eligible for annual bonus
• 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.
• Wherever you are located you will find benefits that can help ensure your health and financial security. While they vary by different locations, we offer a broad range of benefits that are part of the value you receive as an MSCI employee.
• Our flexible ways of working will allow you to maximize your potential, and we will empower you with the trust, accountability, and advanced technology to perform at your very best.
• You'll find 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 is available for our employees globally, providing confidential emotional support, financial and legal advice free of charge.
Your key responsibilities
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 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
• 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 marketing to develop market assessments, including identifying growth opportunities and diagnosing client needs and behaviors
Your skills and experience that will help you excel
• 5-8 years' experience in strategy, investment banking or Corporate Development (top-tier investment banking firm experience strongly preferred with exposure to financial services, information services and/or financial technology)
• 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 and personable relationship builder, who is capable of managing multiple tasks in a demanding and coordinate activities across all levels and areas of the organization
• 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
• Our culture of high performance and innovation relies on our people sharing their knowledge and lifting each other up. You'll be surrounded by a collaborative, global network of talented colleagues who will support and inspire you to do the best work of your career.
• We believe new and challenging experiences drive personal growth and innovation. With the right challenges, encouragement, and development support you can shape your own career experience. Career paths are multi-directional, and we encourage and support internal mobility to help you identify new opportunities to progress and take control of your future.
• As a new joiner you'll be enrolled on our Global Orientation interactive learning experience to set you up for success.
• Our tailored learning opportunities will enable you to acquire the skills you need at your own pace, choosing between the courses and certifications best suited to you. Our Learning@MSCI platform coupled with access to LinkedIn Learning Pro will provide you with all the resources you need to accelerate your professional growth.
• At MSCI we act in ways that encourage respect for all voices, ensuring that everyone can be themselves and feel like they are a part of the company. We are intentional about ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and supported with equal opportunities to succeed.
• We have eight MSCI 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.
About MSCI
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 create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.
To all recruitment agencies
MSCI does not accept unsolicited CVs/Resumes. Please do not forward CVs/Resumes to any MSCI employee, location, or website. MSCI is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs/Resumes.
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 (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.
Note on recruitment scams
We are aware of recruitment scams where fraudsters impersonating MSCI personnel may try and elicit personal information from job seekers. Read our full note on careers.msci.com
As a 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. Given the small size of the team, we value organization, self-motivation, strong attention to detail and extensive modeling and presentation experience. The position offers significant responsibility and broad exposure to many aspects of the business. You should have experience framing and analyzing complex problems, developing recommendations, partnering with business leaders to drive execution, facilitating governance and communication processes, and playing a key role in informing and influencing decision making.
What we offer you
• Salary range: $175,000 - $250,000/ year plus eligible for annual bonus
• 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.
• Wherever you are located you will find benefits that can help ensure your health and financial security. While they vary by different locations, we offer a broad range of benefits that are part of the value you receive as an MSCI employee.
• Our flexible ways of working will allow you to maximize your potential, and we will empower you with the trust, accountability, and advanced technology to perform at your very best.
• You'll find 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 is available for our employees globally, providing confidential emotional support, financial and legal advice free of charge.
Your key responsibilities
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 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
• 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 marketing to develop market assessments, including identifying growth opportunities and diagnosing client needs and behaviors
Your skills and experience that will help you excel
• 5-8 years' experience in strategy, investment banking or Corporate Development (top-tier investment banking firm experience strongly preferred with exposure to financial services, information services and/or financial technology)
• 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 and personable relationship builder, who is capable of managing multiple tasks in a demanding and coordinate activities across all levels and areas of the organization
• 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
• Our culture of high performance and innovation relies on our people sharing their knowledge and lifting each other up. You'll be surrounded by a collaborative, global network of talented colleagues who will support and inspire you to do the best work of your career.
• We believe new and challenging experiences drive personal growth and innovation. With the right challenges, encouragement, and development support you can shape your own career experience. Career paths are multi-directional, and we encourage and support internal mobility to help you identify new opportunities to progress and take control of your future.
• As a new joiner you'll be enrolled on our Global Orientation interactive learning experience to set you up for success.
• Our tailored learning opportunities will enable you to acquire the skills you need at your own pace, choosing between the courses and certifications best suited to you. Our Learning@MSCI platform coupled with access to LinkedIn Learning Pro will provide you with all the resources you need to accelerate your professional growth.
• At MSCI we act in ways that encourage respect for all voices, ensuring that everyone can be themselves and feel like they are a part of the company. We are intentional about ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and supported with equal opportunities to succeed.
• We have eight MSCI 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.
About MSCI
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 create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.
To all recruitment agencies
MSCI does not accept unsolicited CVs/Resumes. Please do not forward CVs/Resumes to any MSCI employee, location, or website. MSCI is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs/Resumes.
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 (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.
Note on recruitment scams
We are aware of recruitment scams where fraudsters impersonating MSCI personnel may try and elicit personal information from job seekers. Read our full note on careers.msci.com
