Dir, P3, Business Analysis III : Job Level - Director

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (IMIT) Technology exclusively partners with the Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) business division to design and develop systems and integrate vendor products to globally support full life cycle business processing. Activities include Portfolio Analysis, Risk, Trading, Operations, and Sales & Marketing. Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) Technology also provides holistic support and quality assurance across the suite of applications used in the MSIM environment.

Role Description:
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Technology in the UK offers a challenging opportunity to be part of a highly specialized IT team supporting Business Users from Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), including, but not limited to, Portfolio Managers, Traders, Quantitative Analysts, and Operations Teams. The Solutions team is a client focused IT team responsible for delivering core business processes covering portfolio construction, order generation, order management, and the full lifecycle of a trade. This role requires an individual with strong business and technical knowledge to support Front Office applications and electronic trading applications as well as deliver on critical business driven projects and initiatives. A solid understanding of financial instruments, portfolio construction and trade lifecycle is essential to the role. The core focus with be on supporting our fixed income investment teams with a secondary focus on supporting equity/multi-asset. Primary skills:
- Strong communication skills needed to act as primary point of contact between Front Office Business Users and other stakeholders
- Must be team oriented and work well within a global team
- Must be self-sufficient, be accountable and act like an owner of IT related issues handled by the team
- Good analytical and problem solving skills
- Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Responsible for managing incidents at all levels, troubleshooting and change management related activities
- Solid experience working with relational databases
- General understanding and ability to write scripts in Shell and Python
- Understanding of Fixed Income and their various instruments, assets, and trade lifecycles
- Batch job scheduling tools like Autosys and CA Workload Automation
- Ability to work in stressful situations
- Handle sensitive information with discretion and care

Preferred skills:
- Experience working directly with Aladdin and third party vendor platforms
- Experience working on reporting tools like Power BI and Tableau
- Exposure to agile methodology
- Strong understanding of financial markets and various financial instruments with a focus on Fixed Income


Education:
Bachelor's Degree 5+ years of financial services experience

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.

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