Global Investment Office - Institutional Portfolio & Risk Analytics, Vice President

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

7d • $115,000 - $205,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Institutional Portfolio & Risk Analytics team is a newly formed organization within Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, crucial for supporting the Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) and Family Office businesses. As a Vice President on this team, you will be instrumental in driving strategic initiatives and fostering innovation in portfolio and risk analytics. This role involves shaping the strategy and design of institutional reporting frameworks and developing next-generation analytics platforms. The position requires a deep understanding of risk, performance, and portfolio analytics, with the ability to translate portfolio management needs into scalable analytics solutions. You will collaborate closely with team leads, Portfolio Managers, Technology, Client Advisory teams, and other organizations to enhance portfolio performance, scalability, and risk management. This role is ideal for an individual with strong analytical skills, a solid grasp of multi-asset portfolio construction, and excellent communication abilities, particularly with investment teams.

Requirements

• 6-8 years of relevant work experience in performance analytics, portfolio construction, multi-asset research, or institutional reporting.
• Deep understanding of investment products, asset classes (public and private markets), and financial markets.
• Firm understanding of portfolio management concepts including asset allocation, modern portfolio theory, portfolio construction, manager selection, risk management, performance and risk analysis.
• Advance skills in PowerPoint and Excel (read, write, interpret, and audit VBA); experience with macros.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to multitask and handle multiple priorities.
• Desire and willingness to learn and collaborate within a close-knit team.
• Proactive and hardworking, with strong professional accountability.
• Undergraduate degree is required.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge and experience in investment/wealth management data analysis tools and platforms is a plus (e.g., Aladdin, PARis, Addepar, PFaroe, Barra, Bloomberg, FactSet, Morningstar).
• Graduate degree, CFA, CAIA and other professional designations are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and enhancement of a unified institutional reporting framework across segments–pensions, E&F, UHNW, and family offices.
• Develop conceptual frameworks for advanced portfolio analytics including attribution, benchmarking, active risk and tracking error decomposition, factor exposures, liquidity analysis, and guideline monitoring.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and tools, leveraging technology to enhance data points and visualizations, including automation where possible.
• Translate portfolio manager needs into functional requirements for the PM dashboard, including metrics, calculations, workflow, and visual design specifications.
• Help PMs interpret how positioning aligns with objectives, guidelines, and risk budgets.
• Contribute to the dashboard’s design, functionality, prototype validation, and quality control checks.
• Partner with Technology and Data Engineering to define data requirements, metric definitions, and tool integration.
• Contribute to governance frameworks by ensuring consistency and rigor in analytics definitions, methodologies, and quality standards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.
• Opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest.
• Supportive and empowering environment.
• Ample opportunity to move about the business.
• Competitive compensation package including base pay, commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level