QIS StratVice PresidentIntitutional Equity Division

Division: Institutional Equity Division (IED)
Job Title: Quantitative Investment Strategies Strats

Location: Mumbai
Job Level: VP

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 Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations governments and individuals from more than 1200 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 a 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 worlds 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 Stanleys 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. It covers functions across IED covering sales trading analytics strats and risk management.

Primary Responsibilities

The Quantitative Investment Strategies business at Morgan Stanley sits within the Institutional Securities Group with a cross-asset mandate and is a global multi-function team consisting of dedicated Research Structuring Strats and Trading. The mandate of the group is to design quantitative systematic strategies that can be offered to the firms clients to access in a variety of formats.

Responsibilities for this role involve:

• Equity and multi-asset strategy development using programming and applied mathematics.
• Development of tools and processes to improve the management of strategies
• Bespoke strategy analysis for clients
• Helping the team to answer technical queries about the strategy
• Overseeing Index rebalance processes for client directed strategies

Essential skills

• Degree with a quantitative discipline (BE BTech MS in Maths/Statistics/Financial Engineering) from Tier 1 or 2 institutes
• Computer Skills: strong object oriented programming skills in Java Python or C including knowledge of data structures algorithms and design
• Knowledge of applied mathematics and statistics
• Interest in learning financial products and markets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills essential for a front office environment
• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to take ownership of projects
• Ability to work with and support the team

Additional skills

• Option Greeks and their behavior over time
• Derivative products like Options Futures Swaps etc.
• General behavior of the Equity Derivatives markets Flow and Structured Products

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential

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 thats differentiated and weve 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 - arent just beliefs they guide the decisions we make every day to do whats best for our clients communities and more than 80000 employees in 1200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley youll 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. Theres 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.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1