Reference Data_Associate_Product Support & Services IM

Morgan Stanley; India; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking an Associate in IM Operations to provide security master and reference data support to traders and stakeholders across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The role sits within Operations, partnering across the firm to enable controls, automation, and client service excellence.

You will work with teams in West Conshohocken and Boston on related data cleanups and projects, operating in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with a focus on accuracy and risk management.

Qualifications

• Understanding of operational/compliance policies within the team.
• Ability to operate independently on responsibilities.
• Culture carrier aligned with firm values.
• Experience in the investment management industry.
• Strong knowledge of equity, fixed income and derivative security master and reference data.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate processes and risks, acting in a Team Lead capacity.
• Identify risks and propose process improvements.
• Train team members and manage task allocation.
• Provide security master and reference data support to traders globally.
• Review exception reports and resolve GSD/Aladdin issues.
• Resolve reconciliation breaks related to security master data.
• Collaborate with global teams for data cleanups and data point additions.

Skills

Security master

Reference data

Investment management

Aladdin knowledge

Data warehouses

High-volume environment

Tools

Aladdin

Data flows

GSD

Job description

We’re seeking someone to join our team as an Associate in IM Operations to provide security master and reference data support to traders and other stakeholders across Asian, European, and American regions.

In the Operations division, we partner with business units across the Firm to support financial transactions, devise and implement effective controls and develop client relationships, driving strategic automation solutions by embracing a transformation mindset and challenging the status quo.

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.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Execute complex processes and assist a Team Manager in coordinating processes, risks and/or projects in a Team Lead capacity
• Recognize risk in day-to-day processes to draw out the key issues and leverage detailed knowledge to propose changes in process
• Train others, allocate tasks and support with first line escalation where required
• Providing security master and reference data support to traders and other stakeholders across Asian, European, and American regions.
• Reviewing exception reports such as those for GSD and Aladdin daily and resolving the exceptions
• Resolving reconciliation exceptions such as researching and fixing coupon and amortization breaks between GSD and Aladdin, and cash and position breaks caused by security master data settings.
• Partnering with global teams in West Conshohocken and Boston for any security master related cleanups, new data points and related projects.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of functional area and operational/compliance policies and procedures of their team
• Ability to operate independently with respect to some job responsibilities
• Culture carrier across Operations, embracing the Firm’s core values
• Experience in the investment management industry.
• Strong knowledge of equity, fixed income and derivative security master and related reference data.
• Knowledge of Aladdin applications, particularly Security Master. Other modules such as Trade Entry, Dashboard, and Reconciliations a plus.
• Experience with data warehouses and data flows a plus.
• Demonstrated success working in a high volume, high intensity environment.

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.

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.