Fixed Income Operations Associate

We’re seeking someone to join our team as an Associate supporting Morgan Stanley's FID Secured Lending (FSL) business. FSL Operations manage primary origination, syndication, collateral management, and loan servicing across all FSL asset classes and partner with both external clients and internal stakeholders (FSL Business, Asset Management, Financial Controllers, Credit, and Legal) to ensure that operational functions and risk are managed effectively.

In the Operations division, we partner with business units across the Firm to support financial transactions, devise and implement effective controls and develop client relationships. This is an Associate level position level position within Product Support & Services, which is responsible for providing transaction support and managing post execution processes.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on…

What you’ll do in the role:

• Review of relevant credit and closing documentation to build out bilateral and syndicated loan facilities in internal booking systems

• Daily loan servicing including borrowing/funding requests, settlement/paydown processing for bilateral and syndicated facilities

• Collateral review and management: load and review of daily custodial reports; coordinate with external document custodian on exceptions. Execution of collateral releases for the shipment of loan documents to investors purchasing loans off the warehouse line.

• Borrowing base management: monitoring warehouse line expiration dates, advance limits, collateral eligibility, and deficiencies; coordinate with client and Business Unit as needed. Where applicable, coordinate with Credit and Business Unit on temporary exceptions.

• Daily review of exception/break reports and taking appropriate actions to resolve

• Preparation and distribution of periodic interest & fees invoices

• Fielding other ongoing/ad hoc inquiries/requests from clients. Required Loans servicing and closing experience. Be able to review CA and read notices. experience Junior level knowledge of loans processes.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Ability to establish clear goals and priorities, and address non-standard issues within area of expertise with minimal guidance and supervision

• Subject matter expertise in business area supported, client requirements, and ability to ensure control is not compromised to comply with client requests

• Culture carrier across Operations, embracing the Firm's core values

• At least 2 years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role

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 $65,000 and $103,000 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's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).