Analytics Consultant in Dubai

We are looking for a highly skilled, motivated, and service-oriented individual to join our analytics sales team as an 

Analytics Consultants act as trusted advisors to our clients across the region and have responsibility for managing the associated client relationships. Consultants look to develop deep linkages with our clients and help clients make best usage of our products in the context of their investment or risk process and their business goals.

The individual will be responsible for supporting a suite of our Analytics Products. This will involve sharing best practices, explaining risk models applied to multi asset class portfolios and partnering with the sales team to provide expertise in client engagements and pre-sales activities. Successful candidates will have a thorough knowledge of market risk measurement and management, pricing of asset types (including equity, fixed income, private assets, commodities, and derivatives), highly quantitative skills and an ability to guide institutional clients to better use our products for assessing risks and making investment decisions. The successful candidate must be adaptable, able to lead efforts to solve clients' problems. 

• →Manage relationships within our Middle East client base; work closely with senior client executives & risk managers; implement strategic plans to ensure client retention.
• →Develop expertise in MSCI products and models as well as latest market trends and regulatory landscape to provide clients with Best Practices guidance.
• →Identify opportunities to increase client usage of our products and identify new users.
• →Work closely with the sales team on potential up-selling and cross-product selling opportunities. Assist in campaigns on new product placement.
• →Proactively engage with clients to keep them informed of our product road map with a view on how our development efforts will help them achieve their business goals; proactively solicit client feedback regarding future product development.
• →Work with internal functional teams to ensure that all clients requests / inquiries are managed appropriately.
• →Respond to detailed client enquiries about methodologies and analytics; hold advanced client training / workshops; present in seminars.
• →Based in our Dubai office, travel to client locations across Saudi Arabia and GCC may be required. 

• Deep understanding of global financial markets, including modeling and pricing of different asset types in the fixed income, equities, private assets, commodities, and credit markets and their derivatives ·
• Superior written & verbal communication and time management skills.  
• Business level English essential.
• Experience in having used any of the following platforms: RiskManager, BarraOne, or similar portfolio/risk analytics tools is a strong preference 
• Desired Experience Previous experience in risk management/quantitative finance, working closely with investment decision making teams. 
• Desired Qualifications MSc required ideally from finance/engineering/mathematical background. CFA, FRM, MFA, CAIA, a plus 

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