Company Profile

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.
As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Department Profile

The Equity & Fixed Income Operations Groups, provides Operations functions in direct support of activity executed by Institutional Sales &Trading. The MORS team provides Operations functions in direct support for activity cleared by Morgan Stanley on behalf of our clients in Prime Brokerage, Listed Derivatives, and OTC Derivatives. The broad organization partners closely with Sales and Trading and Business Unit Risk Management (BURM) teams to develop and implement new products and services as well as drive efficiency and reduce risk in our processes. At all times we are focused on delivering quality service to clients both internal and external. Equity & Fixed Income Operations partners closely with Shared Services and Banking Operations (SSBO) as well as Branch Operations and Operations Risk & Control (ORRC) to deliver a connected 'front to back' view of operations to ISG Sales and Trading.

Team Profile
The Middle Office Risk Support team (MORS) is part of the Equity Operations Group and is responsible for exposure monitoring of complex client trading strategies for the International Prime Brokerage (IPB) and Cleared business at Morgan Stanley. In order to facilitate this and proactively report on risks inherent to the business, close co-operation is required with Risk Management, Account Managers, Sales and Technology.
MORS supports the Institutional Equity Division's (IED) Risk Management function, handling the critical responsibility of daily monitoring of Market and Counterparty Risk issues. The team provide risk support analysis on a wide range of hedge funds & high net-worth individuals. These clients trade a variety of strategies covering the full range of Equities, Fixed Income, Credit, FX, Commodity, OTC and Listed Derivatives products. A technical appetite is therefore critical in this role.
There is currently a position available for an Associate within the MORS team. This role is based in New York.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partnering with Risk, Sales and Trading to provide margin financing quotes for prospective new business
• Working with Risk, Strats and Technology to develop, stress test and implement new margin lending models
• Performing extensive exposure analysis across the client base to flag risk across different Issuers, Countries, Markets and Sectors
• Attend client meetings and host margin workshops to articulate the industry leading, sophisticated margin lending models and reporting that Morgan Stanley offers
• Ensuring that client positions and valuations are accurate, correct requirements are being charged in accordance with the clients' strategy and margin policy, issuing margin calls and ensuring they are covered same-day.
• Understanding the day-to-day client portfolio movements and products traded, thinking about what your clients are trading, actively challenging things that do not make sense
• Managing operational risk. We are relied upon to manage and highlight operational risk in the margin process. We are the last line of defense in a market or client crisis. You will perform a central role in this defense by challenging the status quo and maximizing the value that the team can add to our franchise.

Qualifications

Role is Hybrid and will require in office attendance 3 days/week.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $51,000 and $85,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).