Sales Assistant Convertible Bonds_ Senior Associate _ Institutional Equity Division

Company Profile

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success.  Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic.  Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

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.

Global Markets Group is the offshoring arm of Morgan Stanley’s Sales & Trading businesses in India. It covers functions across IED ranging from those associated with sales, trading, analytics, Strat’s to risk management.

Primary Responsibilities

The candidate will be based out of Mumbai and will be primarily working with the Convertible Bonds Sales and Trading desk (HongKong). The role suits a self-motivated, highly energetic individual who has a strong background in Financial Market, Analytics. The role offers great opportunity to the candidates to build on their knowledge of and exposure to Equity Derivative products, risks as well as valuation.

The role also offers a unique opportunity of exposure into financial analysis across varied industries/sector combined with working on trading related activities for the desk.

Responsibilities for this role would involve:

• Booking and Monitoring HT Chats, Liaising with Multiple Internal Teams
• Trade Life Cycle Queries and Management along with Sales Booking Reconciliation 
• Client onboarding activities
• Demonstrate working knowledge of QIB norms, ISDA documentation, 144A and Reg S requirements.
• Oversee primary deal workflows and Operational holdings
• Address and resolve ad‑hoc compliance‑related queries.
• Dispatch GU notifications to brokers and follow up to ensure completion.
• Adhoc Queries
   

Office Timings: 08 AM – 05 PM IST (Flexible)

Skills required (essential)

• Graduates with MBAs and/or CFA (preferred but not must)
• 2-6 years’ work experience in Banking/Financial Services in Trading Support
• Coursework/Strong understanding in Finance Market, (Convertible Bonds Knowledge Preferred)
• Good communication skills – written as well as telephonic. There will be regular communication with the trading desk and the person needs to be able to understand the requirements and express their thoughts clearly.
• High level of attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Office products – Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Python (Preferable)

In addition, the candidate should have theoretical or practical understanding of - Options and their behavior over time

• Basic options trading strategies
• General behavior of Equity Derivatives markets – Flow and Structured Products
   

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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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.  Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.