Investment Banking, EMEA Emerging Markets Coverage – Vice President (Primary Focus CEE)

935 MS & Co Intl Plc - UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division is seeking a junior Vice President (VP Class 2026 or 2027) to join our EMEA Emerging Markets Coverage team in London, with a primary focus on CEE. The role emphasizes leading prominent transactions and business development with senior-level clients across international markets.

The VP will work on financial modeling, transaction structuring, and client presentations, while mentoring junior bankers and contributing to recruitment activities.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level from a leading university.
• Relevant Investment Banking (corporate finance/M&A) experience or equivalent required.
• Fluency in English
• Fluency in a regional CEE language is ideal (where applicable)

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute high‑profile transactions within the EMEA Emerging Markets Coverage team.
• Interact with senior executives and decision-makers at corporate and international clients.
• Create and analyse financial models with a high degree of granularity.
• Prepare presentations and memoranda for internal and external audiences.
• Support deal execution, project management, and marketing efforts.

Skills

Investment Banking experience

Fluent English

Modelling & analytics

Communication with senior stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division is seeking a junior Vice President (VP Class 2026 or 2027) to join our EMEA Emerging Markets Coverage team in London, with a primary focus on CEE. In the Investment Banking Division, we offer global expertise in market analysis and in advisory and capital-raising services for corporations, institutions, and governments. Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

About The Team

Morgan Stanley's Emerging Markets Coverage Team devises and executes innovative, customised solutions to our clients’ most challenging issues. The Group excels in international / cross-border transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, recapitalisations, spin-offs, exchange offers, equity & debt capital market transactions, leveraged buyouts and takeover defences as well as shareholder relations.

What you’ll do in the role

The Vice President will primarily focus on driving, leading and executing prominent transactions; ensuring cooperation among key stakeholders within the Firm to deliver highest quality of service to the Firm’s clients. As a Vice President, there will also be business development assignments involving interacting directly with senior-level financial and strategic decision-makers at our corporate and international clients.

Responsibilities will include

• Creating and analysing financial models with a high degree of granularity
• Performing financial, strategic and transaction structuring analyses
• Creating, drafting and taking ownership of presentations and memoranda for a wider audience both internally within the firm as well as externally
• Day-to-day deal execution and project management
• Supporting the senior bankers in marketing the firm’s services
• Regular interaction with senior team members and client management teams
• Participation in client meetings on both execution and business development projects and active contribution to presentation during the meetings
• Providing support, mentorship and supervision to junior team members
• Supporting the recruitment process of junior bankers

What you’ll bring to the role

• Educated to degree level from a leading university (or equivalent)
• Relevant Investment Banking (corporate finance/M&A) experience or equivalent required
• Familiarity with the sector and corporate landscape is desirable
• Fluency in English
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential
• Fluency in a regional CEE language is ideal
• Strong analytical and modelling skills
• Knowledge of accounting and financial concepts; ability to analyse and value businesses
• Results-driven team player who performs well under pressure and against tight deadlines
• Commitment to excellence and maintain high professional and ethical standards

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

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Flexible Work Statement

Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents. Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.

At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for people, governments and institutions, always with a standard of excellence and guided by our core values. Morgan Stanley is dedicated to providing first-class service to our clients, in a way that reflects our commitment to creating a more sustainable future and fostering stronger communities around the world. In each line of business, we strive to demonstrate our belief in the power of transformative thinking, innovative strategies and leading-edge solutions—and in the ability of capital to work for the benefit of all society.