Investment Risk Management - Associate - MSIM

Position Title : Associate – Investment Risk Management

Location : Mumbai, India

Department : Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)

Department Overview

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (IM), along with its advisory affiliates, manages over USD 1.6 trillion in assets globally (as of June 30, 2025).

Role Summary

This role is within the Mumbai-based Investment Risk Management. The successful candidate will contribute to both fund risk management initiatives, including but not limited to fund risk reporting, analysis, and monitoring. This role also involves active participation in portfolio hedging programs and advanced risk analytics, including sensitivities and Greeks. The candidate will work closely with investment, trading, and operational teams to ensure robust risk oversight, regulatory compliance, portfolio hedging and rebalancing and other related objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Fund Risk Management

• Good knowledge and experience in Asset Management and Hedge Fund styles.
• Conduct regular risk reporting, including Value-at-Risk (VaR) backtesting, stress testing, and scenario analysis.
• Monitor risk exposures across multi-asset classes and ensure alignment with fund mandates and regulatory limits.
• Ensure compliance with UCITS and AIF regulations (UCITS knowledge is a strong plus).
• Produce periodic board and regulatory reports, highlighting risk metrics and compliance breaches.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive investment risk and compliance framework tools.

Portfolio Hedging & Rebalancing

Cross-functional Collaboration

Required Skills & Experience

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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 opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize 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.

Skills Required

backtesting, Powerpoint, Stress Testing, Sql, Financial Instruments, Derivatives, Bloomberg, scenario analysis, Vba, Excel, Asset Management, Python