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Morgan Stanley

Director - Model Risk Quant (Market Risk) (Firm Risk Management)

Mumbai

FULL TIME

September 1, 2024

Director - Model Risk Quant (Market Risk) (Firm Risk Management)

Job Number:
3258450

POSTING DATE: Sep 1, 2024

PRIMARY LOCATION: Non-Japan Asia-India-India-Mumbai (MSA)

EDUCATION LEVEL: Bachelor's Degree

JOB: Model Risk

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time

JOB LEVEL: Director

DESCRIPTION

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 Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

Firm Risk Management
Firm Risk Management (FRM) supports Morgan Stanley to achieve its business goals by partnering with business units across the Firm to realize efficient risk-adjusted returns, acting as a strategic advisor to the Board and protecting the Firm from exposure to losses as a result of credit, market, liquidity, model and other risks.

Department Profile
The cornerstone of Morgan Stanley’s risk management philosophy is the execution of risk-adjusted returns through prudent risk-taking that protects Morgan Stanley’s capital base and franchise. Risk Management protects the firm from exposure to losses resulting from market volatilities and defaults by our lending and trading counterparties. Morgan Stanley’s Model Risk Management (MRM) department resides within Morgan Stanley’s Firm Risk Management Division. Morgan Stanley’s global MRM team, spread across New York, London, Mumbai and Budapest is broadly responsible for the risk management of all of the Firm’s models involving model validation, risk assessment, and governance and act as an effective second line of defence within the Firm.

The primary responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to the following:

Provide independent review and validation compliant with MRM policies and procedures, regulatory guidance and industry leading practices, including evaluating conceptual soundness, quality of model / tool methodology, model / tool limitations, data quality, and on-going monitoring of model / tool performance
Take initiatives and responsibility of end-to-end delivery of a stream of Model and Tool Validation and related Risk Management deliverables
Write Model and Tool Review findings in validation documents that could be used for presentations both internally (model and tool developers, business unit managers, Audit, various global Committees) as well as externally (Regulators)
Verbally communicate results and debate issues, challenges and methodologies with internal audiences including senior management
Represent MRM team in interactions with regulatory and audit agencies as and when required
Follow financial markets & business trends on a frequent basis to enhance the quality of Model and Tool Validation and related Risk Management deliverables.

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills required (essential / preferred)

Masters or Doctorate degree in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or Engineering is essential
Experience in a Quant role in validation of Models / Tools, in developments of Models / Tools or in a technical role in Financial institutions e.g. Developer, is essential
Strong written & verbal communication skills including debating different viewpoints and making formal presentations of complex topics to a wider audience is preferred
5+ years of relevant work experience in a Model / Tool Validation role in a bank or financial institution
Proficient programmer in Python ; knowledge of other programming languages like R, Scala, MATLAB etc. is preferred
Willingness to learn new and complex topics and adapt oneself (continuous learning) is preferred
Working knowledge of statistical techniques, quantitative finance and programming is essential; good understanding of various complex financial instruments is preferred
Knowledge of popular machine learning techniques is preferred
Relevant professional certifications like CQF, CFA or progress made towards it are preferred
Desire to work in a dynamic, team-oriented, fast-paced environment focusing on challenging tasks mixing fundamental, quantitative, and market-oriented knowledge and skills is essential

FRM is committed to creating and providing opportunities that enable our workforce to reflect diverse backgrounds and views.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

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