Capital & Data Risk / IM Risk (Risk Management) : Job Level - Analyst
About The Position
The Analyst will be part of Morgan Stanley’s Market Risk Capital team within Firm Risk Management. The team produces Market Risk-Weighted Assets (RWA) and capital results used in regulatory reporting, capital management, and internal business decisions. The Analyst will support US Market Risk Capital production and related controls, while contributing to the governance framework and strategic priorities of the global organization. The role reports directly to the Global Head of Market Risk Capital and provides exposure to stakeholders across Risk, Finance, Capital, Technology, and business units. The position combines recurring production support, analytical review, governance, and project coordination. The Analyst will help coordinate global initiatives, maintain governance standards and documentation, prepare materials for senior stakeholders, and track milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies. The role also supports production checks and reconciliations, investigates material movements and exceptions, maintains control evidence and audit trails, and contributes to process improvements, regulatory examinations, audits, validation reviews, and ad hoc analyses.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 1–3 years of experience in financial services, risk management, finance, regulatory reporting, capital, consulting, project management, or a related field; relevant internship or rotational-program experience may be considered.
- Experience supporting analytical, production, reporting, or project workstreams involving multiple stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and execution skills, including the ability to manage recurring production deliverables and project priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, concise materials for senior management audiences.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with close attention to detail.
- Ability to build effective working relationships and engage stakeholders across functions and seniority levels, with appropriate guidance.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to capital production, regulatory reporting, governance frameworks, regulatory initiatives, operating model development, or process improvement.
- Experience or coursework in market risk, regulatory capital, financial products, or broader risk management concepts.
- Familiarity with Basel capital frameworks and Market Risk RWA.
- Experience working with large datasets or reporting and visualization tools.
Responsibilities
- Support the Global Head of Market Risk Capital and collaborate with US and regional teams on production, governance, regulatory, and organizational priorities.
- Provide project management support for global initiatives, including regulatory change programs, operating model enhancements, process transformation, and strategic projects.
- Maintain and enhance the Market Risk Capital governance framework, including standards, policies, procedures, review and challenge processes, attestations, committee governance, management reporting, and escalation protocols.
- Coordinate with US and EMEA Market Risk teams and with Risk Analytics, Model Risk Management, Firm Capital, Finance, Technology, and business units to manage dependencies and deliver objectives.
- Prepare production updates, presentations, briefing documents, status reports, and decision papers for senior management, governance committees, regulators, internal audit, and validation teams.
- Track production and project milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and action items; identify obstacles, escalate concerns, and support resolution.
- Support recurring US Market Risk Capital production, including data collection, result generation, completeness and reasonableness checks, variance analysis, issue tracking, and management reporting.
- Review and reconcile US Market Risk Capital results across reporting views, investigate material movements and data or calculation exceptions, and partner with relevant stakeholders on resolution.
- Maintain production documentation, control evidence, process procedures, issue logs, and audit trails.
- Conduct analytical reviews of US Market Risk Capital results and help strengthen controls, data quality, transparency, reporting, automation, and operational efficiency.
- Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, process validation reviews, and other production- and governance-related activities.
- Perform ad hoc capital analyses and contribute to special projects supporting management decisions and the broader organization.
Benefits
- Morgan Stanley-sponsored employee benefits and perks; specific benefits are not listed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
