Morgan Stanley

Market Risk _ Senior Associate / Manager_ Institutional Equity Division

Posted On

June 26, 2025

Location

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

July 23, 2025

Job Description

Company 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.

Department Profile

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.

Background on the Team

The Institutional Equities Division’s Counterparty Risk team (also called the Market Risk team) supports the Equities, Listed Derivatives, OTC Clearing and Electronic Trading businesses. Professionals in IED’s Risk Division assess and actively manage risk across their clients by analysing client portfolios and transactions, in order to anticipate any potential losses and ensure adequate funding.

Primary Responsibilities

Risk Analysis using Stress Testing, VaR, Backtesting and other measures.
Uploading and Analyzing sample prospective portfolios, comprising of several financial product types in Equities, Convertible Bonds, Corporate Bonds, Swaps (IRS/CDS), Options and Futures on Commodities/Index/Interest Rates/Currencies.
This may involve searching for relevant tickers/identifiers for such products, using Bloomberg and other internal sources/databases.
Analysing live client portfolios, highlighting risk issues/concerns, and recommending margin policy changes.
Conducting Risk analysis for the various funds analysing factors like Liquidity, Concentration, etc.
Senior Management Risk Reporting and Trend Analysis for the various businesses and creating bespoke reports as per business requirement.
Risk analysis based on Strategy or Country, or Sector or other market-based events as needed.
Streamlining/Automation/Tool Building for Internal Risk Management.
Liaising with the relevant regional stakeholders (Risk, Margin, Credit, IT, etc.) in terms of periodic risk deliverables.
Participate in global risk projects out of Mumbai in terms of requirements gathering, developing, testing and validation.

Primary/Required Skills

Graduate degree in Mathematics or Engineering with strong analytical skills.
5-7s years of experience in the Finance industry.
FRM / CFA (at least Level 1 completed) or MBA Finance.
In-depth understanding of Financial Products/Markets (Equities, Options, Futures, Bonds, Commodities, Rates, Credit) and good understanding of risk in associated with such products.
Working Knowledge in any of (VBA /Python/KDB/R) programming languages or ability to analyze large data sets using SQL/Excel/Power BI tools.
Strong Analytical skills and hands-on approach to problem solving.
Excellent communication skills.
Exceptional organizational skills and high degree of attention to detail.
Ability to work independently and efficiently in a complex, fast-paced environment.
Ability to mentor/guide juniors in the team.
Enthusiasm to volunteer for planning, organizing, and participating in events held by the department and the Firm.

Shift Timings: 07.30am to 4.30pm IST

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

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