Data Research Analyst

Morningstar, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Health benefits

Sabbatical program

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Charitable matching

Job summary

Morningstar, Inc. is seeking a Data Research Analyst to join our Data Management team, supporting Structured Finance security mappings and enterprise data initiatives. You will ensure accuracy, completeness and timeliness of critical datasets while contributing to governance and AI-ready data standards.

You will work with global stakeholders across Data, Credit Operations, and Technology to drive data quality and regulatory alignment in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Data Science or Management Studies.
• 1–3 years of experience in data governance, data operations, analytics, or financial services.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with time-sensitive, high-quality data.
• Proven ability to analyze, reconcile, and validate datasets from multiple sources.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with databases or SQL is an asset.
• Strong written and verbal communication for cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Perform Structured Finance security mappings, ensuring accuracy and completeness of identifiers.
• Execute daily data quality controls across production datasets, including prepublication validations and reconciliations against external sources.
• Contribute to data governance and AI ready initiatives, including population and maintenance of metadata, data dictionary, and mapping out data lineage
• Investigate, resolve, and document data issues in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Support regulatory and reporting processes, including execution of data quality checks aligned to regulatory standards
• Reconcile regulatory datasets and reporting outputs to ensure consistency and compliance

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data analysis

Excel

SQL

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL databases

Job description

Job Description

The Role

Morningstar DBRS is seeking a Data Research Analyst to join our Data Management team supporting Structured Financesecurity mappingsand enterprise data initiatives. This roleis responsible forensuring the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of critical ratings and regulatory datasets, while contributing to broader data governance andAIreadydata standards across the organization.

This position offers exposure tofixed income dataand AI / Data governance functionsand works closely with global stakeholders across Data, Credit Operations, and Technology teams.

The Responsibilities:

• Perform Structured Finance security mappings, ensuring accuracy and completeness of identifiers.

• Execute daily data quality controls across production datasets, includingprepublicationvalidations and reconciliations against external sources.

• Contribute to data governanceand AI readyinitiatives, including population and maintenance of metadata,data dictionary, and mapping out data lineage

• Investigate, resolve, and document data issues in collaboration with internal stakeholders.

• Support regulatory and reporting processes, including execution of data quality checks aligned to regulatory standards

• Reconcile regulatory datasets and reporting outputs to ensure consistency and compliance

The Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree inBusiness,Economics, Finance, Data Science or Management Studies

• 1-3 years of experience in datagovernance, data operations, analytics, or financial services

• Strong attention to detail and ability to work withtimesensitive,highqualitydata

• Proven ability to analyze, reconcile, andvalidatedatasets from multiple sources

• Proficiencyin Microsoft Excel; experience with databases or SQL is an asset

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams

The Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience relatedto Structured Finance, credit ratings, or capital markets data

• Experience with data governance, metadata, or data quality frameworks

• Experience working with AI initiatives and projects

Total Cash Compensation (Base Plus Bonus Target) $59,900 to $87,850

Compensation and Benefits

At Morningstar we believe people are at their best when they are at their healthiest. That's why we champion your wellness through a wide range of programs that support all stages of your personal and professional life. Here are some examples of the offerings we provide:

• Financial Health

  • 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary

  Stock Ownership Potential

  Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission

• Physical Health

  • Comprehensive health benefits(medical/dental/vision)including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plansand coverages

  • Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual

  • Company-provided long- and short-termdisabilityinsurance

• Emotional Health

  • Trust-Based Time Off

  • 6-week Paid Sabbatical Program

  • 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave

  • Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Leave

  • Adoption Assistance

  • Leadership Coaching & FormalMentorshipOpportunities

  • Annual Flex Stipend - $1000 annually to cover personal education & well-being expenses

  • Tuition Reimbursement

• Social Health

  • Charitable Matching Gifts program

  • Dollars for Doers volunteer program

  • Paid volunteering days

  • 15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.