Investment Due Diligence Analyst

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a range of wealth management products and services for affluent individuals, businesses, and institutions. These services include brokerage and investment advisory, financial and wealth planning, credit and lending, cash management, annuities and insurance, retirement and trust.

Position Summary

Global Investment Manager Analysis (GIMA), a unit within Investment Solutions, provides comprehensive manager due diligence on a wide range of investment strategies, including separately managed accounts, mutual funds, UCITs, exchange-traded funds, and private vehicles in the equity, fixed income, and alternative investments spaces. The GIMA team engages with a broad array of investment managers to identify high quality strategies for portfolios.

The investment analyst will provide support to the team’s investment officer, focused on fixed income investment strategies available across mutual fund, SMA, and ETF vehicles. The investment analyst will primarily be responsible for sourcing new investment managers and conducting initial and ongoing investment due diligence for various fixed income products.

Core Functions

• Lead the due diligence process from inception to completion, which typically involves documentation review, conference calls, and in-person meetings with investment managers.
• Analyze managers in relation to their investment process, portfolio construction, and risk management capabilities.
• Assess manager’s historical return profile based on their performance history and attribution.
• Prepare written reports and commentaries on various managers.
• Present findings and results to internal product approval committees, as necessary.
  
  

Ongoing Activities Include

• Adhere to policies and procedures for initial and ongoing due diligence including onsite reviews, written notes, and updating reports.
• Interact with internal teams as appropriate, including Product Management, Sales, Legal, and Compliance, as needed.
• Support a team atmosphere including idea sharing, learning, and back-up.
• Remain abreast of industry trends, regulatory matters, and market events impacting funds, managers, clients, and the industry.
  
  

Experience/Skills/Abilities

• Looking for a candidate that has a strong knowledge of fixed income active manager strategies and the desire to expand their skillset across investment strategies and products.
• 6-10 years of job experience in the financial markets, with experience in investment due diligence and knowledge of various traditional investment strategies.
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including experience drafting internal memorandum and detailed reports.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Detail-oriented with ability to multi-task and handle multiple priorities.
• Ability to summarize large quantities of information and to work under pressure without sacrificing accuracy.
• Must be able to efficiently interface with internal personnel and external clients.
• A willingness to learn and to work within a close-knit team.
• Undergraduate degree required.
• MBA, CFA, CPA, and/or CAIA not required but viewed favorably.
• Appropriate securities licenses required or will need to be obtained upon hire.
  
  

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley

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 $110,000 and $185,000 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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.