Credit Risk (Risk Management) : Job Level - Analyst

Firm Risk Management

Firm Risk Management (FRM) supports Morgan Stanley to achieve its business goals by partnering with business units across the Firm to realize efficient risk-adjusted returns, acting as a strategic advisor to the Board and protecting the Firm from exposure to losses as a result of credit, market, liquidity, operational, model and other risks.

Background on the Position

The role will reside within the Firm Risk Management's Credit Risk Management department. The team is dedicated to covering the lending businesses within ISG (Institutional Securities Group) at a portfolio level, including analyzing the portfolio risk with each lending business, conducting stress loss analysis (centered around the Firm's CCAR submissions), and collaborating with other areas within Risk and the Business to manage and analyze the pipeline.

Primary Responsibilities

The role will focus on the ISG Lending activity within the Firm including running stress testing models, analyzing stress testing results, and reporting to management.

• Perform stress testing model runs and analyze results for regulatory stress tests (CCAR) as well as for ongoing business-as-usual stress loss estimates
• Collaborate with risk analytics and technology groups on model implementation and testing
• Create and deliver presentations to management audiences to aid in analysis and understanding of stress loss results
• Covering risk identification process for ISG Lending Credit including materiality assessments, material preparation and ad-hoc requests on risk ID process
• Ensure proper implementation of Governance and Controls including updating documentation and project management of recurring and ad-hoc deliverables
• Work with technology / perform UAT testing on projects to streamline and enhance existing stress testing models, data tables, and analysis tools

Bachelor's degree required. Strong writing and communication skills. Familiar with fixed income products such as loans, bonds, CDS, securitized products as well as fundamental financial / economic concepts. Strong Excel skills including data lookups (e.g. Vlookup, Index / Match) and transformations (e.g. pivot tables) as well as writing logic-based formulas. Strong mathematical skills, including exposure to fixed income mathematics and concepts. Hard working team player / self-starter with a desire and willingness to learn, attention to detail, and problem solving skills. Basic knowledge of programming languages such as SQL / VBA / R / Python a plus.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $75,000 and $95,000 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.

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).