Morgan Stanley Fund Services (MSFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, provides fund administration services to the world’s leading hedge funds. With over $700+ billion in Assets under Administration, the division employs over 1,400 professionals globally, with offices in New York, Dublin, London, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Glasgow and Bangalore.

The Portfolio Analytics group within Morgan Stanley Fund Services focuses on helping clients analyze, understand and report Investment risk and performance of client’s portfolios, provide portfolio transparency reporting, derivatives valuation and other portfolio analytics needs of Morgan Stanley’s global hedge fund clientele. We leverage the group’s proprietary web-based applications and work closely with hedge fund clients and other teams within the division.

The Portfolio Analytics team is currently seeking a candidate based in New York who is interested in applying skills in the business area concerning performance and risk attribution for hedge fund portfolios using in-house analytical tools. The candidate is expected to apply business knowledge, process, and people management skills to effectively manage client deliverables. The role will include significant collaboration with teams across the globe, particularly in New York, Hong Kong, and London.

Responsibilities

Support our hedge fund clientele in their use of our proprietary web-based performance and risk applications

Consult with clients on internal/external reporting, including sharing information on industry reporting trends

Create bespoke solutions for client-specific analytical needs, using a combination of R, SQL, Excel, and other such tools as necessary

Build and maintain the technology infrastructure to automate and scale such bespoke solutions where necessary

Collaborate with technology development teams to resolve issues or develop new features within the team’s proprietary web tools

Qualifications

Master’s degree with a quantitative/economics/financial engineering background strongly preferred

7-10+ years of experience in a portfolio analytics role within asset management, hedge funds or allocator industry

Client facing experience is required

Strong attention to detail, exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills

Self-starter, driven and results-oriented individual with an aptitude for relationship management

Ability to analyze the risk and performance of investments at both a security and portfolio level, and to understand the results both quantitatively and qualitatively. Common financial instruments include equity swaps, future, and options, bonds, and foreign currency forwards

Experience in team management and fostering an environment of collaboration conducive to innovative ideas and solutions to problems.

Knowledge of Microsoft Excel; Bloomberg; VBA; object-oriented programming or statistical scripting language including R, Matlab, or Python; hands-on experience in sifting through and analyzing large data sets programmatically

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong communicator with good interpersonal skills

Demonstrated ability to write effectively and create presentation decks suitable for senior management

Results oriented, deadline driven resource person who thrives in fast paced, dynamic environment

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $140,000 and $200,000 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.

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.

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