*Custom Research Analyst

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Advance your career with the leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) empowers investors and companies to build sustainable financial and social value by providing high quality data, analytics, and insight. Our clients rely on ISS’ expertise and capital stewardship to help them make informed investment decisions, and our people are equally passionate about positively impacting the communities where we live and work. If you want to be a part of an exciting work culture that values innovation, collaboration, and provides you with the support you need to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! Join our team at ISS!

We are hiring a Custom Research Analyst to join ISS' Customized Research Services. This position builds enduring client relationships to understand their needs and provide them with advisory services and expertise on global corporate governance trends, policies, guidelines, and best methods. You'll complete client-specific projects on corporate governance trends, data, research policy-related issues, and support teammates in their completion of client projects. The Customer Research Analyst cultivates the regional team’s governance expertise and professional development and leads projects across departments. This role will also have the opportunity to collaborate and network with institutional investors, corporate executives, and other market players.

Senior Institutional Advisors operate as members of global regional teams to aid clients in the building customized guidelines that reflect their unique corporate governance philosophies. The teams use a proprietary software, in combination with analysts’ global corporate governance expertise, to offer customized proxy vote recommendations and rationales based on proxy voting guidelines. We also keep clients informed of new trends and emerging issues in the investment community and focus on optimization through customized peer comparison reports, analytics, and research.

• Lead a team of regional Institutional Advisors to maintain Customized Research’s standard operating procedures and actively monitor compliance

• Partner with clients to update, develop, or formulate their proxy voting guidelines, offering well-reasoned recommendations and insights

• Research proposals to be voted on at annual shareholder meetings of publicly traded companies from a client-specific perspective

• Build an understanding of shareholder/corporate governance issues through research and collaboration with investors and executives

• Contribute to seasonal reviews, client calls, and client-focused research reports, answer queries on research analyses, and discuss policies/vote recommendations as needed

• Conduct peer reviews and contribute to the development of other research analysts and to ISS policy formulation/update efforts

• Find opportunities to enhance the department's service offering, including operational improvement initiatives, and work with Corporate Technology to develop, improve, and test applications that will benefit clients, the department, and the company as a whole

• Strong analytical abilities, comfort with ambiguity, and superior problem-solving skills and judgement

• Intellectual curiosity and dedication to mastering complex concepts

• Good understanding and experience working with business technology in an operational context and strong digital literacy with previous experience/excellent knowledge of MS Office

• Strong client service ethic and exceptional relationship-building skills

• Confident and consistent under pressure

• Bachelor's degree, plus 1-3 years' relevant professional experience in research, governance, journalism, law, economics, accounting and/or finance

• Excellent writing and oral communication skills with the ability to formulate and support a position on an issue

• Attention to detail, dedicated work ethic, and able to multi-task and meet deadlines in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment

• Effective time management, organizational skills, and ability to foster team’s professional growth

• Willing to work long hours and weekends primarily during peak weeks (March to June) and as needed throughout the year.

The Washington, DC expected base pay range is $60,000- $65,000 per year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and level of education.

The role is bonus or sales incentive eligible.

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What You Can Expect from Us

At ISS STOXX, our people are our driving force. We are committed to building a culture that values diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences. We hire the best talent in our industry and empower them with the resources, support, and opportunities to grow—professionally and personally.

Together, we foster an environment that fuels creativity, drives innovation, and shapes our future success.

Let’s empower, collaborate, and inspire.

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether.

About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985, we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally, helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Börse Group, ISS STOXX has over 3,400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide, serving around 6,400 clients, including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders' benefit. 

Founded in 1985 as Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) Inc., ISS Governance is a leading global provider of independent and objective shareholder meeting research and recommendations, providing multiple voting policy choices as well as end-to-end workflow solutions for institutional investors. More than 1,600 clients worldwide utilize ISS Governance’s actionable expertise to help them make informed investment stewardship decisions, and to help them manage their voting responsibilities. Covering over 50,000 meetings annually, ISS Governance leverages its extensive global footprint, deep experience, high quality data and analysis, unified client support, and technology infrastructure to continuously evolve and extend its innovative suite of solutions to meet clients’ evolving portfolio, fiduciary, and stewardship requirements. 

Visit our website: https://www.issgovernance.com       

View additional open roles: https://www.issgovernance.com/join-the-iss-team/      

We are proud to offer the following featured benefits 

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401(k) with a company match up to 9%, including a Safe Harbor contribution
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and commuter benefit programs
• Generous paid time off
• Volunteer Day
• Paid parental leave
• Hybrid working options

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