Associate Market Risk Reporting

Department Profile

Morgan Stanley's Institutional Security Division (ISG) 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 (GMG) is the offshoring arm of Morgan Stanley's Equity businesses in India. It covers functions across ISG ranging from those associated with sales, trading, analytics, strats to risk management.

Background on the Team

Financial Resources and Strategy ("FRS") is part of the Institutional Securities Group ("ISG") at Morgan Stanley.

The FRS Reporting team is responsible for reports on financial metrics and market information which are provided to different business units within FRS and more broadly across ISG; these reports support business decisions related to, but not limited to, Secured Financing, Central Clearing Counterparty Management, Collateral Management and Margin.

Primary Responsibilities
• Create, maintain, and improve business reports in Excel on various risk metrices like Liquidity, Concentration, Delta, Vega etc.
• Provide high-level, prompt Risk Reporting and historical trend Analysis for the various businesses to Senior management/Internal clients.
• Create Power Point presentations for senior management.
• Automation/Streamlining/Tool Building for Internal Risk Reporting and creating bespoke reports based on different Strategy, Country, Sector to Senior management.
• Co-operate with the team on VBA macro development and maintenance.
• Uploading and Analysing sample prospective portfolios, comprising of several financial product types in Equities, Convertible Bonds, Corporate Bonds, Swaps (IRS/CDS), Options and Futures in Commodities/Index/Interest Rates/Currencies.
• This may involve searching for relevant tickers/identifiers for such products, using Bloomberg and other internal sources/databases.
• Participate in global risk projects out of Mumbai in terms of requirements gathering, testing and validation.

Primary/Required Skills
• Graduate from a reputed institute with MBA degree in Finance or CFA L1/FRM L1 cleared.
• 1-2 years of experience in the Finance industry.
• In-depth understanding of Financial Products (Equities, Options, Futures, Bonds, Commodities, Rates, Credit) and good understanding of risk in such products.
• Good command of Excel, Advance excel, Power Point and VBA Programming.
• Knowledge of Python, Power BI or any other programming knowledge is preferred.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong Analytical skills and hands-on approach to solving analytical problems and automating process/tasks.
• Exceptional organizational skills and high degree of attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a complex, fast-paced environment.

Desired Skills
• Background in Risk /Financial services.
• Good understanding of Risk concepts.
• An understanding of and strong focus on the mechanics of a Risk/Control environment, including escalation.
• Enthusiasm to volunteer for planning, organizing, and participating in events held by the department and the Firm.