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Job Description
Overview:
Environment & Social (E&S) Data Stewardship is ISS STOXX’s data hub, which designs data catalogues and consolidates environmental & social data on companies across major global indices. We are currently seeking an ESG Japanese data analyst for our ESG Newsroom unit. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in the media, a solid grounding in ESG, the ability to assess and validate alternative ESG data and to work with our Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing experts on continued enhancements of news capture and indexing.
Responsibilities:
Monitor the press, NGO, and government sources for ESG news and corporate controversies
Identify alternative, non-corporate sources to supplement, complement, and compare corporate ESG data
Contribute to team processes focused on strengthening the ISS ESG Newsroom product offering
Participate in maintaining and developing methodology and processes to capture salient ESG news
Report potential data issues and improvements in the workflow process
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree (in a relevant field such as Business Analytics, Economics, Journalism, Environmental Science, ESG or Sustainability is desirable); a Master’s degree would be an advantage
0 to 3 years of experience in research, and analytical skills in evaluating ESG data
Excellent Japanese language skills, both written and oral
Excellent command of English
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Strong interest in business and finance
Attention to detail, and methodical and thorough approach to work
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work towards deadlines, manage tasks, and prioritize
A desire to show initiative
A drive for constant improvement of processes
Note:
Interested applicants should include a cover letter along with the CV in English in a single file (PDF or MS Word).
Applications without a cover letter will not be taken into consideration.
We offer a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
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About Us
About ISS:
Founded in 1985, Institutional Shareholder Services group of companies (ISS) empowers investors and companies to build for long-term and sustainable growth by providing high-quality data, analytics and insight. ISS, which is majority owned by Deutsche Bourse Group, along with Genstar Capital and ISS management, is a leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions, market intelligence, fund services, and events and editorial content for institutional investors and corporations, globally. ISS’ 2,200 employees operate worldwide across 29 global offices in 15 countries. Its more than 4,600 clients include many of the world’s leading institutional investors who rely on ISS’ objective and impartial offerings, as well as public companies focused on ESG and governance risk mitigation as a shareholder value enhancing measure. Clients rely on ISS’ expertise to help them make informed investment decisions.
About ISS Governance:
Governance offerings include objective governance research and recommendations, and end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions. Institutional clients have long turned to ISS to apply their corporate governance views, identify environmental, social and governance risk, and manage their complete proxy voting needs on a global basis. ISS covers approximately 45,000 meetings in 115 markets yearly, delivering proxy research and vote recommendations while working closely with clients to execute more than 12.2 million ballots representing four trillion shares.
About ISS:
Founded in 1985, Institutional Shareholder Services group of companies (ISS) empowers investors and companies to build for long-term and sustainable growth by providing high-quality data, analytics and insight. ISS, which is majority owned by Deutsche Bourse Group, along with Genstar Capital and ISS management, is a leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions, market intelligence, fund services, and events and editorial content for institutional investors and corporations, globally. ISS’ 2,200 employees operate worldwide across 29 global offices in 15 countries. Its more than 4,600 clients include many of the world’s leading institutional investors who rely on ISS’ objective and impartial offerings, as well as public companies focused on ESG and governance risk mitigation as a shareholder value enhancing measure. Clients rely on ISS’ expertise to help them make informed investment decisions.
About ISS Governance:
Governance offerings include objective governance research and recommendations, and end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions. Institutional clients have long turned to ISS to apply their corporate governance views, identify environmental, social and governance risk, and manage their complete proxy voting needs on a global basis. ISS covers approximately 45,000 meetings in 115 markets yearly, delivering proxy research and vote recommendations while working closely with clients to execute more than 12.2 million ballots representing four trillion shares.
