Risk Manager, Equities, Associate

About the Firm

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, the firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com .

About the Division

The Morgan Stanley Institutional Securities Group operates globally in all major locations and is an industry leader in Equities Sales and Trading. The Institutional Equities Division (IED) is a global leader in sales and trading across all product types as well as Prime Brokerage services.

In an increasingly competitive and complex regulatory environment, there is a need for a strong and dedicated Business Control Unit (BCU) risk management function to support IED in furthering our market leading position, and doing so in a risk focussed and controlled manner.

The BCU team operates globally and is managed regionally in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. The team is responsible for ensuring a best in class Front Office Risk Management environment is in place. The BCU team provides risk management services covering market, counterparty, electronic trading, operational, regulatory, technology and franchise risk.

About the Role

This is a Junior role within the team covering Non Financial risk elements of the business, including operational, franchise and regulatory risk.

The candidate will need to work with sales and trading personnel and internal stakeholders to ensure that the business is prosecuted in a manner that is well-controlled and in line with the Firms risk appetite.

Key Responsibilities - Management of governance processes for new business initiatives,

• Risk Governance ownership for the business and participation in other Firm wide governance,
• Ownership of business unit operational risk monitoring and remediation processes which entails actively identifying and remediating operational risks in business lifecycle and front to back processes,
• Management risk reporting and escalation,
• Engaging with IED personnel on ad hoc queries,

• Business Continuity planning.

  Qualifications, Skills & Requirements

The preferred candidate will have practical risk management experience in financial services with specific experience in dealing with equity products across Asian markets.

The qualified candidate must have: - Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others not in direct span of control

• Strong presentation skills with an attention to detail
• Experience having worked in a high pressure, delivery focused environment
• Strong analysis skills and is intellectually inquisitive
• A drive to learn and have strong attention to detail
• Confidence and ability to be self-starter

• Strong work ethic

  Technical skills preferred: - Institutional Securities experience in control/risk functions

• Front to back knowledge of key sales and trading process flows
• Operational Risk / Internal Audit / Regulatory background and/or experience
• Project management experience - track record of delivery on projects, commitments
• Strong Microsoft skills