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About ISS

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) is the world’s leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment (RI) solutions for asset owners, asset managers, hedge funds, and asset service providers. ISS’ solutions include: objective governance research and recommendations; RI data, analytics, and research; end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions; turnkey securities class-action claims management; and reliable global governance data and modeling tools.

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ISS has more than 30-year history of working with institutional investors globally makes it the most experienced governance advisor in the sector enabling the financial community to manage governance risk for the benefit of shareholders.

ISS is headquartered in US and is a global leader in Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment solutions for Financial community. We are a global multinational company into Financial Services domain (with focus on Governance) with more than 2000+ employees spread across 33 offices in 13 countries. Mumbai is our core technology office (established in 2011) and we have 600+ employees and growing very fast. Please visit our careers site https://www.issgovernance.com/join-the-iss-team/

ISS Corporate Solutions (ICS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Institutional Shareholder Services, provides corporate governance and executive compensation related database & analytical tools as well as various advisory services to enable corporate issuers to improve shareholder value and reduce risk through the adoption of improved corporate governance practices. ICS works with more than 1,300 clients located in N America, EMEA and Asia who leverage ISS Corporate Solutions’ resources, tools and advisory services to help them design, manage and measure their corporate governance programs in order to improve shareholder value and reduce risk.

Junior Data Analyst

Overview

This position will be permanent based in Mumbai office and will become an integral part of the data operations team. The role entails helping deliver data and research in assigned market. Our team is composed of 4 pillars listed below, with global coverage.

1. Core (Individual) - identify (master data) management, employment history
2. Core (Company) - board of directors, shareholder rights, stock, audit finding
3. Compensation - burn rate, dilution, say-on-pay and equity plan proposals
4. Pay - actual pay and grants received by top executives
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Responsibilities

1. Search for, collect and verify data (of basic and intermediate levels of complexity) for companies under his/her assigned market based on current collection methodologies and acceptable sources
2. Attend to internal/client queries and requests to ensure data captured is aligned with data methodology and policy guidelines
3. Comply with established work process standards to ensure quality of data collected
4. Meet pre-determined turn-around goals for work assignments
5. Escalate data interpretation issues, as needed
6. Perform root-cause analysis if data issues are identified
7. Update internal documents for performance metrics monitoring
8. Participate in working committees/ projects and/or tasks aside from his/her core responsibilities
9. Maintain appropriate paper and electronic files as required by ISS and client file retention policies
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Qualifications

1. Post-Graduation in Finance and Economics.
2. Knowledge and experience in using MS Office;
3. Excellent English communication (both oral and written) and reading comprehension skills;
4. Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with clear attention to detail;
5. Ability to prioritize and work under tight deadlines;
6. Fast learner, able to master new concepts, theories, ideas and processes with ease;
7. Willingness to work beyond traditional working hours/days as required by the business;
8. Experience in data collection and analysis, corporate governance and business research would be an advantage.
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What You Can Expect From Us

Our people are the moving force behind ISS STOXX. We are dedicated to hiring the best, most talented people in our industry and empowering them with the resources and support to enhance their career, health, financial and personal well-being.

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We are invested in our people and are working every day to ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.

Let’s empower, collaborate, and inspire one another.

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether.

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 3,400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide, serving around 6,400 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.

Founded in 1985 as Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) Inc., ISS Governance is a leading global provider of independent and objective shareholder meeting research and recommendations, providing multiple voting policy choices as well as end-to-end workflow solutions for institutional investors. More than 1,600 clients worldwide utilize ISS Governance’s actionable expertise to help them make informed investment stewardship decisions, and to help them manage their voting responsibilities. Covering over 50,000 meetings annually, ISS Governance leverages its extensive global footprint, deep experience, high quality data and analysis, unified client support, and technology infrastructure to continuously evolve and extend its innovative suite of solutions to meet clients’ evolving portfolio, fiduciary, and stewardship requirements.

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