Equities Strategy Associate Vice President

Description

Morgan Stanleys Equity and Fixed Income businesses include sales financing prime brokerage market-making and certain business-related investments. Financing activities include originating corporate loans and commercial real estate loans providing secured lending facilities and extending securities-based and other financing to customers.

In the Institutional Equity Division the Strategy team works closely with the leadership team to develop multi-year strategic priorities analyze competitive landscape assess business mix and identify and drive actionable expense management opportunities including technology upgrades and process reengineering. Additionally the team is responsible for the divisions budgeting forecasting and capital planning processes and supports divisional management in internal and external communication.

The team has built broad and deep partnerships with Fixed Income Global Capital Markets Research Finance Treasury Capital Planning Investor Relations Risk Management and Technology to ensure Firm-wide alignment on strategy and execution. Team members thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy the challenges of problem-solving across large and dynamic businesses.

JOB SUMMARY

Key Responsibilities:

• Advance the Generative AI agenda within the Institutional Equity Division as one of Morgan Stanleys key near-term priorities including:
  • Develop the business case strategy and roadmap for integrating Gen AI into workflows
  • Identify coordinate and prioritize the development and deployment of Gen AI use cases
• Engage with sales trading and prime brokerage leadership globally to develop strategic plans and tactical initiatives including:
  • Identify and prosecute cross-business opportunities monetizing institutional product capabilities across client segments
  • Conduct deep dive analysis on client wallet progression to inform opportunities
• Engage with other business divisions Treasury Capital Planning Investor Relations Risk Management and Technology to ensure Firm-wide alignment on strategy and execution
• Evaluate competitive dynamics with direct and third-party research and data analysis
• Manage capital and financial resources planning business budgeting and forecasting and regulatory updates
• Support divisional management in internal and external communications
  

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of experience in strategy management consulting or financial services
• Proven conceptual and analytical problem solving organizational ability meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to manage and prioritize complex time-sensitive projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills and ability to interact with colleagues at all levels in a peer-like way and achieve goals through collaboration with other teams within the Firm
• Proficiency in Excel Word and PowerPoint; preference for candidates with Python experience
• Preference for candidates familiar with institutional businesses

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 $150000 and $200000 per year for Associate and between $175000 and $250000 per year for VP 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).