Posted 2 months ago
Korea Client Coverage
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A Sales Specialist on MSCI's Korea Coverage team who handles institutional sales for MSCI products, achieves revenue and profitability targets, and nurtures and prospects client relationships in the Korean financial markets.
About this role
Your Team Responsibilities
MSCI’s Korea Coverage team is looking for a Sales Specialist to continue to support the growth in Korea.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Institutional sales coverage for MSCI products
- Achieve forecasted revenue, renewal and profitability targets
- Nurture existing relationships and prospect aggressively to establish new ones
- Collaborate with other sales team members to achieve cross-segment opportunities and synergies
Your skills and experience that will help you excel
- Strong understanding of financial markets and Sell-Side product landscape, use cases and end users
- Good understanding of active and passive index fund strategies
- An understanding of the Sustainability and Climate, Risk Analytics, and Private Asset
- Understanding of and/or experience of strategic and consultative selling
- Ability to develop and manage sales efforts to build and manage a pipeline of potential revenue
- Demonstratable oral, written and presentation skills
- Positive attitude coupled with self-drive
- Comfortable working in fast growing, rapidly changing environment.
- University graduate and/or with professional qualification, e.g. CFA, FRM, etc
- 7+ years of experience in financial services, ideally with direct exposure to index solutions, market data, or investment products.
- Oral and written fluency in English and Korean required
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 Learning@MSCI platform, AI Learning Center , 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 vision – to power better 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 strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.
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 Disability.Assistance@msci.com 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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