Morgan Stanley

Risk Analytics (Risk Management) : Job Level - Executive Director

Posted On

July 18, 2025

Location

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

Sept. 3, 2025

Job Description

Company Profile

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a comprehensive array of investment banking, securities, wealth management, and investment management services. With operations in the world's major financial centers, Morgan Stanley is dedicated to excellence, integrity, and innovation for clients, shareholders, and employees.

The Market Risk Analytics team

Risk Analytics sits within Morgan Stanley’s Firm Risk Management and plays a pivotal role in supporting Morgan Stanley’s strategic objective of achieving efficient risk-adjusted returns while safeguarding the firm from financial and operational risks.

The Market Risk Analytics (within Risk Analytics) consists of highly skilled risk professionals, quantitative analysts, and subject matter experts based in Mumbai, New York, London, and other major hubs.

The Mumbai team is a key part of the global organization, with end-to-end ownership of asset classes and critical workstreams. It develops and implements cutting-edge models that assess the impact of market fluctuations on the firm’s portfolio, ensuring robust risk management in a dynamic financial landscape.

The team is central to regulatory compliance, capital adequacy analysis, and actionable insight delivery to senior leadership.

A non-exhaustive list of the scope of Market Risk Analytics is listed below:

Design and implement models for Value-at-Risk (VaR), Stressed VaR, Incremental Risk Charge (IRC), and Default Risk Charge (DRC).
Support FRTB (Fundamental Review of the Trading Book) implementation and market shock infrastructure migration.
Enhance risk factor exchange and data tooling

Key qualifications to join the team include:

Core Technical Skills

Strong foundation in mathematics, statistics, econometrics, and quantitative modeling.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or SQL.
Experience with data visualization and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel, Tableau).

Domain Knowledge

Understanding of financial products and markets, including derivatives, credit instruments, and structured products.
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (e.g., Basel III, CCAR, FRTB).
Knowledge of risk metrics such as VaR, stress testing, and scenario analysis

Position Summary

As an Executive Director in Market Risk Analytics, you will lead a high-performing team at the intersection of quantitative finance, risk modeling, and strategic decision-making. This senior leadership position provides a unique opportunity to shape risk measurement frameworks and develop the next generation of risk analytics professionals.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a diverse team of risk analytics professionals across multiple specialized functions including Credit, Upfront Market Shocks, Macro, SA, EVaR, Incremental Risk Charge (IRC), and Time Series modeling.
Strategic Direction: Drive the strategic development of market risk methodologies, aligning with global regulatory requirements and business objectives.
Regulatory Engagement: Collaborate with global regulators on market risk frameworks such as FRTB implementation, leading critical stress testing programs and capital adequacy assessments.
Cross-Functional Partnership: Work closely with trading desks, technology teams, and executive leadership to ensure risk tools deliver timely, accurate insights that inform business decisions.
Model Governance: Oversee the validation and implementation of sophisticated risk models, ensuring methodological rigor and alignment with industry best practices.
Global Collaboration: Partner with international teams across Mumbai, New York, London, and other financial centers to ensure consistent risk measurement approaches.

Qualifications

Experience: 15+ years in market risk management or related fields with substantial people management responsibilities.
Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of market risk methodologies including VaR, Expected Shortfall, Stressed VaR, and IRC.
Education: Advanced degree (Masters/PhD) in Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or related quantitative field.
Regulatory Knowledge: Strong understanding of Basel market risk frameworks including FRTB, stressed risk measures, and capital allocation methodologies.
Leadership Skills: Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing teams across multiple locations and risk disciplines.
Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex quantitative concepts into clear business insights for senior stakeholders.

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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