Analytics Junior Sales

Your Team Responsibilities

Junior Sales Associate – MSCI Analytics (Midwest) About MSCI

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. We enable investors to understand and manage risk, enhance portfolio performance, and drive more sustainable outcomes. Our analytics, data, and research power the decisions of the world’s top institutional investors, asset managers, and pension funds.

Your Team

You’ll be part of MSCI’s Analytics Sales team — a collaborative and high-performing group responsible for helping clients adopt MSCI’s industry-leading risk and performance analytics solutions. The team works closely with asset managers, asset owners, hedge funds, and consultants across the Americas to deliver insights that improve investment outcomes.

Your Key Responsibilities

Your Role

As a Junior Sales Associate , you will play a key role in supporting the commercial success of MSCI’s Analytics business. You’ll work alongside senior sales professionals to engage prospective and existing clients, identify new business opportunities, and help clients understand how MSCI’s analytics tools can enhance their investment processes.

This role is ideal for someone with 1–2 years of experience in financial markets or B2B sales who is eager to build a long-term career in investment analytics and client engagement.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with senior sales executives to support all stages of the sales process, from prospecting through closing and onboarding.
• Conduct market research and identify potential clients across the Americas region.
• Prepare tailored client presentations, proposals, and responses to RFPs.
• Support client meetings and product demonstrations by developing a strong understanding of MSCI’s Analytics offerings, including risk models, performance attribution, and portfolio construction tools.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) and assist with pipeline reporting.
• Collaborate with internal teams — including product management, client coverage, and marketing — to ensure client needs are met effectively.
• Analyze client portfolios and usage data to identify opportunities for expansion and increased adoption.

What We’re Looking For

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• 1–2 years of experience in financial services, analytics, investment research, or B2B sales.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• Strong understanding or interest in quantitative investment analytics, portfolio management, and risk management concepts.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with a client-centric mindset.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, and CRM tools (Salesforce preferred).
• High motivation to learn, collaborate, and develop a career in a global organization.

About MSCI

What we offer you

• Salary range: $100,000 - $130,000 / year plus eligible for annual bonus
• 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 Learning@MSCI 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.
• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight 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.

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.

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. 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 [email protected] 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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