Department Profile

From global institutions to hedge funds, investors come to Morgan Stanley for sales, trading, and market-making services in almost every type of financial instrument in all the world’s financial markets. Morgan Stanley professionals use our network and technology to provide liquidity and sophisticated analysis, to manage risk and execute reliably in the fast-changing markets.

Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Equity Division (IED) is a world leader in the origination, distribution and trading of equity, equity-linked and equity-derivative securities. Our broad and deep client relationships, market-leading platform and intellectual insights enable us to be a world-class service provider to our clients for their financing, market access and portfolio management needs.

Primary Responsibilities

Description

Morgan Stanley is seeking an application support Analyst to join our ISG Data Management team to help manage quantitative data products through a global application platform.  The candidate will work closely with various teams including subject matter experts to assist in client onboarding/entitlement and level 1 support. The candidate will also coordinate with technology and cross-divisional data teams to help identify root cause for client issues

Job responsibilities

·   Client Onboarding, client entitlement and product support for clients and internal users of data products

·   Coordinate with technology teams to design, construct, install, test and maintain data management systems

·   Help create and evolve data standards and product documentation

Skills required (essential)

Technical Qualifications

·    Experience with using data profiling tools to query data, identify anomalies, gaps and issues

·    Experience working with data in various forms: files (Excel, csv…), relational databases, data warehouses, unstructured data environments (HIVE, Impala)

·    General awareness of data management best practices, emerging trends, and challenges 

·  Experience and/or exposure to financial data; experience with datasets commonly used in investment Research analysis (both macro and Equity) preferred

Required

·     Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. Python/Power BI/SQL

·     2+ years’ experience in financial services/Application support role

·   Strong analytical and reasoning skills; able to decompose complex problems and projects into manageable pieces; comfortable suggesting and presenting solutions

·   Comfortable working in a large organization and interfacing with a broad set of stakeholders across various functions (i.e., Business, IT, Operations)

·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills presenting complex analytical results to both technical and non-technical audiences

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.