Morgan Stanley is looking to recruit a talented individual with proven country risk experience into the risk management division in London.
Overview
Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm and a market leader in investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. With more than 600 offices in 36 countries, the people of Morgan Stanley are dedicated to providing our clients the finest thinking, products and services to help them achieve even the most challenging goals.
Responsibilities:
Country/Sovereign Risk Analysis: The individual needs to have the knowledge and ability to analyse countries with a view to ‘rating’ these countries. The individual will have a portfolio of his own, plus would need work closely with others to ensure that all other countries in the group have consistency in the ratings / approach and excellence in the analysis.
Limits framework setting/monitoring: The setting, review and maintenance of internal risk limits for countries across EMEA. This will include Emerging and less stable countries from these areas. Identifying blocks of countries that require a country limit, apply these limits and then create a framework which will be used to manage these limits on an ongoing basis.
This will involve establishing / help establishing an accurate and robust framework to measure all countries that are deemed necessary of having a limit applied, monitoring and adjusting this as and when necessary.
The individual will need to liaise with all other areas within the risk management group (Credit, Market and Operational Risk) to ensure a uniform approach and that limits are applied adequately across all relevant business areas.
This successful candidate will need to be a strong communicator and be able to manage conflict to ensure positive results. They will need to have some understanding of various financial products and what factors drive exposures in the individual geographic areas or specific blocks.
Skills Required:
• The successful candidate will have experience in a similar role covering the responsibilities outlined above. • Proven experience in analysis measurement of Country / Sovereign Risk in EMEA. • Experience in understanding/analysing risks associated with financial products • Must be a confident communicator with strong relationship management skills.
