2024 Operations Off Cycle Analyst (Luxembourg)
The Operations Division at Morgan Stanley is the front line of defence for the Firm's financial and operational well-being, and works closely with almost all departments in order to safeguard the Firm's reputation and franchise. Operations partners with Sales & Trading, Finance, Legal, and Technology to execute the Firm's institutional, retail, and asset management businesses - via supporting and settling daily transactions, devising and implementing effective controls, developing strong client relationships, and engaging with its business partners to enable development of new structures, businesses, and markets.
*Please note that this is a 12 Month Internship Programme.
Responsibilities
Within Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) EMEA Funds Services Operations, the individual will be part of a team of four persons and will report to the Transfer Agency (TA) Vendor Management Manager. The individual’s main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Assisting with the daily monitoring of deliveries and maintaining of the monthly time Table.
- Assisting key internal stakeholders with Transfer Agency related queries
- Following up with transfer agency vendor on operational deliveries, and monitoring of monthly MIS reporting.
- Assisting with the reporting of TA related items at the management company board meeting
- Participation and execution of various initiatives from Product development (such as Fund launches, share class launches, prospectus reviews, Foreign tax, new strategies)
- Regulatory filings associated with the European Funds and specifically the reporting that the European TA team provides.
- Assisting with documenting of operational procedures and checklists
* Salary is competitive with excellent benefits
Qualifications / Skills / Requirements
- You have a minimum 2.1 honours degree or equivalent.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
- Exceptional excel/database/desktop skills.
- Superior problem solving and analytical skills as well as the ability to multi-task.
- Flexible and able to adapt to change.
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Fluency in English, whilst multi-Languages skills (German and French) are considered an asset.