IED - Transaction Management Group - Associate/Analyst

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Morgan Stanley is seeking a full-time front office/on-desk Transaction Manager to join its Structured Notes business that sits within the Institutional Equity Division, based in New York City. The candidate will act as a deal execution specialist, managing the front-to-back equity-linked Structured Note origination and distribution process and coordinating the interface across all internal and external counterparts. The candidate will preferably have prior legal or execution experience with Structured Notes and/or OTC Derivatives. The role will ideally leverage prior legal/execution experience to impact growth and business capabilities and create efficiencies in non-trading capacities.

Requirements

• Knowledge of structured notes and OTC derivative products and programs highly preferred
• Strong communication skills and ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work on multiple transactions with excellent attention to detail
• Solid understanding of securities laws in the US
• A balance of legal and commercial skills

Responsibilities

• Transaction Management - manage structured notes trade lifecycle (approvals, legal documentation, marketing materials, hedge documentation, settlement, lifecycle events)
• Central Trade Contact - key business partner accountable for collaboration across front office (treasury, sales, trading, structuring) and support functions (operations, controllers, legal, compliance, risk, tax, audit) to optimize, monitor and govern the business
• Collaborate on establishment and maintenance of business-related procedures/ policies and socialize best practices
• Streamline Business - streamline processes and create efficiencies (e.g document and optimize procedures, streamline approvals process, develop template documentation).
• Cost Reduction - lead cost reduction initiatives across the business
• Business Metrics / Trade Reporting - maintain and present business metrics / report trades on behalf of business
• Automation - initiate and oversee automation solutions to create business efficiencies
• Governance / Regulatory be a key member of related BU specific committees, playing a major role in governance, policy formation and formulation of firm positions/decision making in response to regulatory environment; present business / coordinating response to requests from various internal and external oversight entities
• New Products leverage product expertise and contacts to collaborate with traders/sales/structuring to develop new products and create customized solutions to meet specific client needs take lead on determining legal feasibility, non-market risk and cost analysis of new product implementation participate / manage new products approval process

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees