Fixed Income Operations Analyst

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking securities investment management and wealth management services. The Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations governments and individuals from more than 1200 offices in 43 countries. As a market leader the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together we share a common set of values rooted in integrity excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Department Profile: The Fixed Income Cash Client Processing Group (CCP) supports cash Fixed Income business for institutional clients across all products and markets and is part of the wider Global Securities Operations department which also includes the Trade Support Groups.
Background on the Team: As a client facing area within Operations the CCP group is responsible for delivering exceptional levels of client service throughout the full life-cycle of the trade process; from post-execution through to settlement. As such the roles are varied challenging and rewarding. CCP always seeks to respond rapidly to clients needs and developments within the industry making it a constantly changing environment which demands high performance from the individuals in the team.

The department currently comprises twenty two members of staff in teams of approximately five Analysts/Associates reporting to a Team Leader and a Director.

Primary Responsibilities: CCP Reps are primarily responsible for the completion of daily processing tasks working in a fast-paced high-risk team environment investigating and resolving issues to ensure client on boarding account opening trade allocation confirmation processing and settlement occurs in line with client service level agreements while minimizing risk to the Firm and client.
Key to the role is building and maintaining excellent client relationships at the operational middle / back office level and as such developing detailed technical and product knowledge together with demonstrating excellent client service communication organization and prioritization skills are essential. The successful candidate will be expected to become a subject matter expert contribute to projects and initiatives develop and implement process improvements and become a key point of contact for a wide range of internal stakeholders including direct contact with both Sales and Trading and well as other Operations teams including Trade Support and Settlements. - Excellent teamwork and communication skills
- Strong analytical numerical and inter personal skills
- Ability to prioritize effectively and achieve results under pressure
- Self-motivated and conscientious
- Experience of working to tight deadlines
- Excellent client/customer focus- Bachelors degree required

Skills desired:

- Second language(s) advantageous particularly Spanish French German and Italian
- An understanding of Fixed Income products would be advantageous although not essential. Full training will be provided.
- Experience with MS Office applications in particular Excel - Excellent teamwork and communication skills
- Strong analytical numerical and inter personal skills
- Ability to prioritize effectively and achieve results under pressure
- Self-motivated and conscientious
- Experience of working to tight deadlines
- Excellent client/customer focus- Bachelors degree required

Skills desired:

- Second language(s) advantageous particularly Spanish French German and Italian
- An understanding of Fixed Income products would be advantageous although not essential. Full training will be provided.
- Experience with MS Office applications in particular Excel

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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Salary range for the position: $58000 - $62000 Yr. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business units incentive compensation plan which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits including Medical Prescription Drug Dental Vision Health Savings Account Dependent Day Care Savings Account Life Insurance Disability and Other Insurance Plans Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually) 10 Paid Holidays 401(k) and Short/Long Term Disability in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit to learn more about our benefit offerings.

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).