FID - Client Financing Strategist

The Fixed Income Division (FID) is comprised of Interest Rate and Currency Products, Credit Products, Securitized Products, and Municipal Securities. Professionals in the Division assess and actively manage risk, trade securities, and structure as well as execute innovative transactions in the fast-paced and constantly changing global markets. The Commodities Division is a market leader in energy, metals, and agricultural product trading worldwide whose professionals’ trade in both physical and derivative commodity risk.

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. 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. We 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.

The Client Financing Strats team focuses on three areas: developing pricing and risk models and systems to support client financing trading in products such as repo, bills, total return swaps, and bond forwards; implementing electronic trading algos for repo and bills, and driving system development; building data analytics that improve business operation efficiency.

Team is seeking an experienced candidate to contribute to the research and development effort of client financing strats, with a focus on data analytics, improvement of live risk and P&L system and implementation of electronic pricing algos, and application of GenAI technology in both strats and trading workflow.

• Active improvement of GenAI‑powered strats and trading workflow.
• Active development and production support of trading applications in a Python‑based data analytics library.
• Active development and production support in Scala‑based risk and P&L system.
• Close collaboration with operations, middle office, IT teams to improve the existing workflows of Client Financing.
• Acquisition of in‑depth knowledge of repo markets to improve collateral allocation and funding, balance sheet management, and funding cost P&L attribution.
• Establishment of a close relationship with Sales and Trading to identify PnL opportunities, propose and implement creative solutions for P&L generation.
• Close collaboration with other Strats groups to consolidate resources and push for strategic business solutions.

• Experience with GenAI tools and their application.
• Strong technical skills in programming. Scala and Python are a plus.
• Strong statistical /econometric skills and ability to analyze large datasets.
• Experience in risk and P&L implementation and production support.
• Experience in trading application development.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Statistics, Engineering, Physics or Computer Science.
• Knowledge of Fixed Income products is a plus.
• Strong communication skills (the role requires effective collaboration across a range of groups and regions;
  Ability to present complex issues clearly, both verbally and in writing; Ability to work thoughtfully, independently and manage multiple projects.)
• Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements:
  This role is deemed as a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.