Analytics Consultant â Riyadh Based

MSCI; Dubai; On-site; AED 551,000 - 771,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transparent compensation schemes

Flexible working arrangements

High-performance culture

Global network

LinkedIn Learning Pro

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

MSCI is seeking a highly skilled Analytics Consultant to join our analytics sales team in the Middle East. The role focuses on acting as trusted advisors, managing client relationships, and helping clients maximize MSCI products in investment and risk processes.

Based in our Riyadh office, travel across Saudi Arabia and the GCC will be required. You will support pre-sales activities, share best practices, and lead client engagements with quantitative risk expertise and product knowledge.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of market risk measurement and analytics.
• Ability to translate financial concepts for clients.
• Experience supporting pre-sales and client engagements.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with Middle East clients and risk managers.
• Develop MSCI product expertise and provide best-practice guidance.
• Identify opportunities to increase product usage and up-sell.
• Collaborate with sales on campaigns and new product placement.
• Present product roadmaps and gather client feedback.
• Coordinate with internal teams to handle client inquiries.
• Deliver detailed responses to methodologies and analytics; run workshops.
• Travel to client locations across Saudi Arabia and GCC from Riyadh.

Skills

Global markets

Modeling & pricing

Fixed income

Equities

Private assets

Commodities

Derivatives

Credit markets

Communication skills

Time management

Education

MSc in finance/engineering/mathematical

CFA

FRM

CAIA

Job description

Your Team Responsibilities

We are looking for a highly skilled motivated and service-oriented individual to join our analytics sales team as an

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 road map 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 clients requests / inquiries are managed appropriately.


• Respond to detailed client enquiries about methodologies and analytics; hold advanced client training / workshops; present in seminars.


• Based in our Riyadh office in Laysen Valley travel to client locations across Saudi Arabia and GCC may be .

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• 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 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 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.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do and we are inspired by our purpose to power better investment decisions. Youll 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 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.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and 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 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.

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