Physical Asset Research Analyst

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ISS STOXX is actively hiring an Physical Asset Research Analyst for our Climate team for the Mumbai (Goregaon East) location.

Overview:

ISS STOXX is seeking analysts to join its Physical Asset Research Analyst team for a full-time position. The successful candidate will be part of the global ISS STOXX Climate & Nature Analytics unit and will be involved in assessing and documenting the geospatial asset data of publicly listed companies covering a continuously expanding investment universe. The ISS STOXX Climate & Nature Analytics asset database is the foundation of climate risk nature risk and biodiversity impact analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Identify collect and curate geospatial asset data from diverse sources including company disclosures (e.g. sustainability reports annual reports) public databases and open-source data libraries to evaluate companies asset-level climate risk exposures.

• Ensure data quality accuracy and completeness through rigorous validation and data cleaning processes.

• Develop and maintain efficient data management workflows and standards to facilitate data accessibility and retrieval.

• Improve existing processes and implement new processes for research and data collection specifically for asset-level data and emissions databases.

• Support smooth functioning of the research unit including but not limited to process documentation knowledge management methodology upgrades and mapping enhancements.

• Supportsales and client services with specific research requests and present findings of such deep dive research internally.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 1 to 3 years of relevant experience relating to data or research; any experience in climate change data is bonus.

• A masters/ advanced degree in environmental sciences/ geography/ engineering/ economics/ geoinformatics/ MBA with sustainability focus/ or a related field.

• Integrityorganizational skills and high attention to detail.

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a high-pressure deadline-driven environment.

• Excellent command of Excelandgood working knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications.

• Strong research and analytical skills ability to quickly process large amounts of data and information.

• Excellent verbal and written command of English.

• Willingness to work with a highly collaborative flexible and innovative team across different locations.

• Regular work hours with slight flexibility to collaborate with colleagues and clients in different time zones

Preferable additional qualifications:

• Proficiency in GIS software (e.g. ArcGIS QGIS)/ Educational background or work experience in GIS technologies.

• Experience with cloud-based geospatial platforms (e.g. Google Earth Engine AWS)

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What You Can Expect from Us

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Together we foster an environment that fuels creativity drives innovation and shapes our future success.

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About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985 we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance sustainability cyber risk and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Börse Group ISS STOXX has over 3400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide serving around 6400 clients including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG cyber and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders benefit.

ISS Sustainability Solutionsenable investors to develop and integrate sustainable investing policies and practices engage on responsible investment issues and monitor portfolio company practices through screening solutions. ISS Sustainability Solutionsalso provides climate data analytics and advisory services to help financial market participants understand measure and act on climate-related risks across all asset addition our solutionscover corporate and country ESG research and ratings enabling its clients to identify material social and environmental risks and opportunities.

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