Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. seeks an Associatein New York, New YorkMonitoring and analyzing country risk developments, producing in-depth credit analysis, assigning internal ratings, setting country limits, and articulating views within Risk and beyond. Handle a portfolio of countries, as the senior coverage officer for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Participating in limit management discussions with the business unit and senior management for countries with constrained risk appetite. Analyzing macroeconomic, geopolitical, and political developments in various regions and communicating views to the Risk department. Contributing to the development of the Country Risk management framework such as the enhancement of existing stress testing practices in collaboration with teams in Credit and Market Risk. Collaborating with colleagues in IT and Reporting to improve the functionality and user friendliness of Country Risk reporting systems. Maintaining ownership of the sovereign rating template, as well as Country risk analytical tools and frameworks related to stress testing and illiquid risk management.Salary: Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $125000 and $140000 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.Requirements:Requires a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field of study and four (4) years of experience in the position offered or four (4) years as an Associate, Analyst, or a closely related occupation. Alternatively the employer will accept a foreign 3 year Bachelor degree equivalent and and four (4) years of experience in the position offered or four (4) years as an Associate, Analyst, or a closely related occupation. Requires four (4) years of experience with: assessing macroeconomic performance and stability by analyzing GDP growth, inflation dynamics, and consumer strength; examining sovereign governments' public and external finances to determine imbalances and vulnerabilities; using qualitative political risk analysis tools and analyzing opinion polls to assess domestic and external stability; applying credit and country risk knowledge to assign internal sovereign credit ratings and set firmwide country limits; creating and automating regional and country-specific dashboards by combining the functionalities of the Bloomberg terminal, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint; utilizing Refinitiv DataStream to update and analyze macroeconomic indicators; extracting, manipulating, and transforming large data sets from credit and market risk databases using SQL queries; calculating country stress losses using key credit and market risk indicators; and maintaining documentation for country risk stress testing methodologies and procedures.Qualified Applicants:To apply, visit us at https://ms.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en Scroll down and enter 3240862 as the "Job Number" and click "Search jobs."No calls please.EOE
