IED COO Office, Associate/ VP, Hong Kong
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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.
The Asia Pacific IED COO team provides strategic and operational support across the business. We partner closely with all functions across IED, Finance, Risk, Technology, Operations, and others across the Firm to meet our business strategy and adhere to the Firm’s governance and standards.
The role is designed for a high‑caliber individual who can independently own workstreams, manage senior stakeholders, and exercise sound judgment on escalation — while operating under the direction of officers in the team.
What you’ll do in the role:
1. Strategy & Senior Management Enablement
a. Own the end‑to‑end preparation of Asia IED strategy materials and management submissions
b. Coordinate inputs from multiple senior stakeholders across Asia, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and leadership‑ready output
c. Serve as a central coordination point across IED, Legal, Finance, Operations, Technology, and Corporate Services. Escalate issues with clear context, options, and recommendations.
2. Cost management
a. Expense management to ensure alignment with organizational priorities
b. Design and maintain trading cost structure across the region to support client profitability review and sales pitching
c. Generate cost efficiency
3. Analysis, reporting & executive support
a. Owner of key performance metrics (i.e., market share, ranking)
b. Develop business logic and provide ongoing maintenance to management dashboards
c. Perform clear and high‑quality quantitative analysis to support senior‑level decision‑making
4. Annual revenue and expense budget
What you’ll bring to the role:
Minimum 5 Years of experience in business-analytics role (preferably financial services sector)
Entrepreneurial, creative, pro-active and results oriented mind-set
Strong quantitative and analytical skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong Microsoft office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
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.
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