Associate, Country Risk

Company Profile:

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

In the Firm Risk Management division, we advise businesses across the Firm on risk mitigation strategies, develop tools to analyze and monitor risks and lead key regulatory initiatives.

Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is seeking an Associate, Country Risk in New York, New York to develop the data and reporting strategy for new frameworks to measure and control country risk amid rising geopolitical risk and uncertainties. Work with colleagues in the central reporting teams, risk stripes, business units, Finance and Information Technology, as providers of the data, to align on the data delivery and reporting strategy.

Collaborate with cross-functional groups using Agile methodology and practices to design a cohesive country risk data reporting infrastructure, including data hierarchy, data engine processes, and reporting system integration. Identify opportunities for leveraging data and technologies to deliver business insights. Ensure the effective and timely execution of the agreed strategy. Ensure overall data quality. Develop workflow tooling and infrastructure strategies and drive execution to mitigate risks around data delays and data quality issues.

Identify potential data quality issues and strategise forward-looking solutions. Telecommuting permitted up to two (2) days a week.

• Requires a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field of study
• Requires five (5) years of experience in the position offered or five (5) years as an Associate, Director, Application Development Analyst, or a related role
• Requires five (5) years of experience with the following skills:
  • Developing and implementing data and reporting strategies to meet business and regulatory data requirements;
  • Conceptualizing and implementing Risk and Finance portfolio data and reporting solutions;
  • Handling complex data requirements to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and reliability;
  • Planning roles, dependencies, risks and issues in the delivery of scalable data and reporting solutions;
  • Managing multiple projects and collaborating across business units to develop realistic and executable project plans and deliver data solutions;
  • Utilizing Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik Sense, for developing dashboards and visualizations;
  • Utilizing object-oriented programming and scripting languages, including SQL and VBA;
  • Utilizing MSSQL, and MS Access relational databases and data workflow optimization.

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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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $149,875 and $149,875 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired…