Fund Services Client Computing Solutions - Technical Associate

Morgan Stanley Fund Services

Established in 2004, Morgan Stanley Fund Services (MSFS) is a global business within the Institutional Equities Division (IED) that provides fund administration services for over $700 billion in assets across 350+ hedge funds, private equity, and large family offices clients. Our best-in-class offering includes accounting and investor services, portfolio analytics, middle-office functions, regulatory and financial reporting, and tax services. Delivering these services to our clients and their investors is a diverse team of 1,400 highly skilled employees across the globe based in New York, London, Glasgow, Dublin, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong. Joining MSFS, you will discover a dynamic environment where every day offers new opportunities for personal growth and innovation. Here at MSFS your career isn't just a job, it's an incredible journey fueled by collaboration, challenge, and the chance to make a meaningful impact to our business, our clients, their investors, and the wider Morgan Stanley franchise.

The Product Development team is the engine at the heart of our MSFS technology ecosystem, ensuring our platforms perform seamlessly for clients and colleagues every day while leading transformative changes across our business. Through the team's deep partnership with our Technology department, they are reimagining how we work and how clients and their investors engage with MSFS. This team enables breakthrough innovation and an elevated user experience. Product Development is also at the forefront of adopting advanced technologies, including robotics and artificial intelligence, to deliver greater scale, efficiency, and operational excellence for MSFS and its stakeholders.

Role Description

The team is seeking an associate with skills in programming and database, a keen interest in process optimization, and a structured approach to problem solving. The business environment is complex and there are many processes that require deep analysis followed by automation. We are seeking leaders who can help further enhance the efficiency of the organization, by applying his/her creativity, and by making use of familiar tools such as VBA in Excel, R, and the new tools in the marketplace.

Requirements

The candidate must have a technical degree for his/her undergraduate education, in disciplines such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Industrial Engineering. Programming skill is essential in this role, and the candidate also has to demonstrate experience or qualification in Finance/Accounting, through an additional business degree or having acquired the CFA charter. It is only by having both sides of the skills and knowledge can the candidate be effective and efficient in this role. He/she has to be able to program in some of these languages: VBA, Matlab, Python, or R.

The successful candidate's responsibility will span across almost all facets of MSFS, working with various groups on such projects. Besides analytical and technical skills, the candidate has to have good communication skill, a collaborative attitude, high creativity, as well as being an independent thinker and at the same time a great listener.

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.

Expected base pay rate for the role will be between $90,000 to $130,000 for associate per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).