Data Research Analyst

Title: MDP Associate (Earlier known as Data Research Analyst) Department: Managed Investment Data CTC: INR 4.74 LPA. Shift: Flexible to work in shifts Shift Timings: Afternoon Shift (UK): 3pm to 12am (Drop provided)/Night Shift (US): 8pm to 5am (Drop provided) Work Location: Vashi (Navi Mumbai) The Program: At Morningstar, we want people who are smart, creative, hard-working, curious, and passionate about their work. We built the Morningstar Development Program (MDP) to prepare recent graduates for successful, long-term careers here at Morningstar. Throughout this two-year program, you will be placed in a cohort where you will receive ongoing career development, mentoring, training opportunities, and exposure to different areas of the business to help you succeed at Morningstar. The Group: Morningstar is one of the largest independent sources of fund, equity, credit data and research in the world, and our advocacy for investors’ interests is the foundation of our company. We provide independent analysis on individual securities, funds, markets, and portfolios. We also provide data on hundreds of thousands of investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and alternative vehicles, along with real-time global market data on millions of equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. The Role: In this role as MDP Associate, will work on collecting operational, document, performance, and portfolio data from various vendor sources. You will adhere to the company goals, policies and procedures and work in a focused manner to achieve the overall objectives. You will be responsible for, with the help of leaders, ensuring and improving the performance, productivity and efficiency and the delivery of the operational performance KPIs. You will effectively manage your performance and development in order to support us continuous operational success. Responsibilities: • Actively collect managed investment data using Morningstar collection systems, and • ensure data timelines, completeness and accuracy to meet business goals. • Work with product teams, technical teams to identify and solve data issues. • Manage relationships between Morningstar and Asset Management companies, • insurance companies and other data vendors. • Closely work with quality assurance, products, and technical departments to resolve • clients’ data issues timely and effectively. • Participate in the Centre of Excellence initiative focused on reducing resource costs, • consolidating global data collection platforms, and supporting database integration • projects. • Establish and achieve the set SMART goals with the direction of team lead. • Continuously improve data collection and quality assurance process using LSS tools. • Actively discover and raise issues in work (including system, process, and collection • methodology) and propose enhancement suggestions to further improve system • functionality, process efficiency and data quality. • Participate in data and process related projects such as industry/market research, market • expansion, process certification, new product development support, etc. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree or above in economics/ finance/ business / maths/ statistics with • minimum 60% in final year, with knowledge in fund investment data. • Good command in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint etc.); advanced users preferred. SQL, • Macro or Python will be a plus. • Proficient with the data management policies, procedures and common technical tools. • Strong analytical, problem-solving capabilities, and excellent communication written as well as verbal & reporting skills. • Strong learning ability and equipped with self-motivation in an independent, fast-paced work environment. • Ability to exercise control over the executed tasks with the planned activities. • Able to work under tight deadlines and handle pressure during peak seasons. • Flexibility to work in shifts. Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.