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.
Department Profile
The Finance Division reports to the Chief Financial Officer and consists of some 3,000 employees worldwide. Finance protects the Morgan Stanley franchise by serving as guardian of the Firm’s books and records, and by contributing to firm wide risk management and risk reduction. This division maintains relationships with Morgan Stanley’s various industry and government regulators, and also serves as the conduit of financial information to the outside investment community.
Finance plays a critical role as advisor to Morgan Stanley’s various businesses and its senior management team. Our employees support numerous activities such as Product Controllership, Profit & Loss (P&L) analysis, Regulatory Reporting, Digitization, Business Management, Capital Requirements and Sourcing / Vendor Management.
Our Finance teams are currently seeking to engage with New York’s leading junior talent. Our opportunities span across the global Finance organization, including: Institutional Securities Group, Global Corporate Controllers, Reengineering & Expense Management, Treasury and Investment Management Finance teams. Our teams are looking for a diversity in experience and background, including candidates coming from industries outside of Financial Services.
We Offer
- Work in the Finance department of one of the world’s top tier Financial Institutions and gain first-hand insight of our business
- A desirable compensation and benefits package including eligibility for an annual bonus
- Professional development opportunities including access to Morgan Stanley’s world-class internal trainings and specific Finance-led learnings to help set employees up for success
- Enriching challenges that provide opportunity for constant learning and advancement
- A supportive and vibrant diverse environment, we are inclusive of individual backgrounds and leverage them to foster our work environment and culture. Our Firm and the Finance Division offer Employee Networking Groups to help connect employees and create inclusion across the Firm
You Will
- Gain experience with and exposure to financial products, financial statements, regulatory reporting
- Communicate and work alongside a diverse group of professional in Finance and across the Firm
- Work and collaborate with others in an analytical environment
- Add value and be productive in our high energy setting
- Grow in your career and develop new technical and interpersonal skill
- Understand the risk-based capital rules, minimum capital standards as required by the FRB
- Run end-to-end processes for capital end user computing tools for daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly processes
- Identify the root cause issue in process and propose solutions
- Work across systems such as Microsoft Access, Python and R-Script
- Run various initiatives across the end-user-computing team
- Work across products (i.e., Derivatives, Securities Financings Transactions, Loans, etc.) by engaging with product owners to determine optimization solutions for calculating capital and forecasting
- Partner with business and technology counterparts in outlining and implementing optimization solutions
- Gain an understanding of the connectivity between products, balance sheet, systems, processes, regulatory Capital, and analysis
- Assist in managing remediation efforts for various capital calculation
You’ll Develop
- Problem Solving & Decision Making
- Project management
- Time Management & Organization
- Overall firm structure
- Network
Qualifications:
You Have
- 3-5 years of work experience
- Diversity of thought and background
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel
- Collaboration and relationship building skills
- Motivation to be accountable and deliver positive results
- An ability to analyze information and present it back within an agreed timeline
- A sense of organization and time management skills
Optional
- An interest or familiarity with Financial Markets and Products
- Previous work experience of Audit or Accounting
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $70,000 and $105,000 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.
We are focused on bringing together different backgrounds, experience, and talents to deliver world class service. If you are a driven self-starter, client-focused, and eager to contribute to a leading Global Financial Services firm, please apply. We welcome all backgrounds and experiences, and no direct industry experience is required.
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).