Job purpose:

  • Are you just as passionate about sustainable investments as about the passive index industry?
  • Do you follow the latest trends and regulatory developments in the ESG space?
  • Are you highly motivated to take on responsibility for projects and to work independently as well as in a team?
  • A high customer orientation is an essential part of your personality?
  • Are you highly ambitious to push things forward and to participate in shaping the further development of the ESG equity index business?
  • Then you will very likely fit into our team!

Your Responsibilities:

  • Developing innovative ESG equity indices
  • Communicating and cooperating with our reputable, global client base and ESG rating agencies throughout the process
  • Expanding sustainability product offering derived from current market trends and regulatory developments
  • Preparing historical performance measurements (back-testing) for defined investment strategies
  • Drafting index guidelines and supporting documents/analysis
  • Setting up indices for the calculation and publication via data vendors
  • Coordinating internal processes with our operations, sales and marketing teams for a successful index launch.

Skills and Qualifications:

  • Academic degree in Economics, (quantitative) Finance, Business Engineering or comparable programs
  • Several years of experience in the indexing business or other relevant fields (e.g. Portfolio or Asset Management)
  • Proven knowledge of current ESG trends and regulation
  • High command of Microsoft Excel
  • Further programming skills (VBA, Python, MATLAB, R, etc.) are beneficial
  • Experience with data vendor terminals (e.g. FactSet, Reuters or Bloomberg) and ESG rating agencies is a plus
  • Delivery of timely results with focus on high quality even when confronted with tight deadlines
  • Self-confidence and team-spirit
  • Intercultural competence and excellent communication skills.

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