Job Description

Senior Associate/Manager - MSET Support Role


Job Number: 3221263
POSTING DATE: Aug 25, 2022
PRIMARY LOCATION: Non-Japan Asia-India-Maharashtra-Mumbai (MSA)
EDUCATION LEVEL: Refer to Position Description
JOB: Investment Banking/Sales/Trading/Research
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Part Time
JOB LEVEL: Senior Associate

DESCRIPTION
Department Profile


From global institutions to hedge funds, investors come to Morgan Stanley for sales, trading, and market-making services in almost every type of financial instrument in all the world’s financial markets. Morgan Stanley professionals use our network and technology to provide liquidity and sophisticated analysis, to manage risk and execute reliably in the fast-changing markets.

Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Equity Division (IED) is a world leader in the origination, distribution and trading of equity, equity-linked and equity-derivative securities. Our broad and deep client relationships, market-leading platform and intellectual insights enable us to be a world-class service provider to our clients for their financing, market access and portfolio management needs.


Global Markets Group is the offshoring arm of Morgan Stanley’s Equity businesses in India. It covers functions across IED ranging from those associated with sales, trading, analytics, strats to risk management.


Primary Responsibilities


Morgan Stanley Electronic Trading (“MSET”) is a global leader in equity and derivatives electronic trading. This role, based in Mumbai, requires the individual to work with MSET teams in Asia, Americas and Europe. The successful candidate will be a fast-learning, dynamic, pro-active and self-motivated individual with sound technical skills who can assist the team in maintaining, tracking and analyzing client exposure / risk limits as well as working on multiple projects on back of regulatory reviews


The expected working hours will be 12:00 pm (local time)  9:00 pm (local time)

The key elements of the role are –

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  Running Key projects on back of regulatory and audit reviews
  Development and maintenance of risk exception reports
  Regular Maintenance of the integrity reports
  Identification and automation of manual tasks to improve efficiency
  Creating and presenting Risk decks to MSET stakeholders
  Management / maintenance of MSET risk limits
  Reviewing limits across different cash and derivative products
  Periodic review and reconciliation of internal vs. vendor risk limits
  Risk limit policy monitoring
  Development and coordination of periodic reviews of lower value clients, coordination of off boarding where necessary

The basic skills required for the role are the ability to learn quickly how to navigate databases, manipulate data from these confidently in Excel and respond to requests promptly. Intermediate to advanced knowledge on SQL and VBA. Whilst specific knowledge of the Cash Equities business is not critical an understanding of the product and the trading risks associated would be an advantage.

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills required (essential)


We are looking for a confident and outgoing person, who has exceptional attention to detail and takes initiative.

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  B.E./BSc IT Graduate with 3 -7 years of experience. MBA would be advantageous.
  Exposure/knowledge of different equity and equity derivatives products is desirable.
  Excellent written & spoken English; Excellent business writing skills
  Excellent telephone skills (regular phone contact with team required)
  Advanced knowledge and extensive hands‑on experience with Microsoft Office - Word, Excel including macros and visual basic (preferable).
  Experience with SQL for working on Business Objects (BOXI) database in terms of being able to run queries, pull information and create/edit variables.
  Experience with databases and the ability to manipulate/analyze data confidently
  Strong analytical skills
  Attention to detail
  Team player
  Problem solving