IED - Equities Trading Assistant - Analyst

Department Description:
The Institutional Equity Division (IED) is a global leader in the origination distribution and trading of equity equity-linked and equity-derivative securities. The Firms equity Sales & Trading operations provide liquidity distribute content and create product solutions to help our clients generate alpha.
The Exotic Trading desk provides pricing and liquidity for equity exotic derivative products for clients across both retail (banks distributors etc.) and institutions (Hedge Funds Pension Funds Insurance Companies etc.). Mandate includes a wide range of products and covers anything non-vanilla (swaps structured notes barriers basket options QIS etc.) in OTC and securitized form.

Operational and execution-focused trading assistant supporting the New York equity exotics trading desk across various global asset classes and a wide variety of exotic payoff types.

Position Description:
- Assist in the execution and life cycle management of a variety of equity structured derivatives and exotic derivatives
- Work closely with internal colleagues in trading operations and control functions
- Manage operational queues and work to improve workflows to achieve a dual mandate of efficiency and accuracy


Skills Required:
- Extreme attention to detail
- Ability to multitask and work under pressure
- Critical thinking ability to identify and solve weaknesses in existing workflows
- Desire and intention to climb a steep learning curve for expertise in the exotic product space
- Excellent communication skills and effectiveness working across teams
- Previous experience and good understanding of derivatives or equity products would be an advantage

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 - arent just beliefs they guide the decisions we make every day to do whats best for our clients communities and more than 80000 employees in 1200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley youll 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. Theres also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $80000 and $90000 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 Stanleys 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).

Morgan Stanleys 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).