Hedge Funds Solutions Data Management Associate

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) is one of the largest global asset management organizations of any full-service securities firm, with more than 40 years of history, a presence in 24 countries and a total of $1.9 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2025. MSIM strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide.

The Hedge Fund Solutions (HFS) Data Management team is a critical component of the HFS investment team responsible for data collection, coordination, and reporting. Team members regularly interface with all members of the HFS business including front, middle, and back-office personnel to help ensure data integrity, timeliness, and efficiency. While the role includes limited manual data collection and maintenance tasks, the team continuously seeks to source data through more automated means, therefore, a successful candidate also has strong interests in process automation, workflow, and related data optimization tasks.

The role is in New York and will report to the head of the Data Management team. The position will work in close coordination with other India-based Data Management team members to provide continuous data coverage.

Key responsibilities

• Management of the HFS data infrastructure, including the collection of performance, assets, exposure, and investment product details
• Implement and guide data quality best practices, including oversight over process improvement initiatives
• Software and data vendor oversight tasks
• Coordination with offshore team members to help ensure continuous data coverage
• Support HFS reporting, including cross-divisional Investment Management requests, HFS’ client-facing web portal, and coordination of new functionality development

Experience and Skills

• Two-to-three years of relevant financial services experience; hedge fund or alternative asset class experience preferred, but not required
• Resourceful, self-motivated individual with intellectual curiosity able to demonstrate a flexible and creative approach to problem solving
• Ability to produce high-quality work both in a team environment and independently
• Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to translate fundamental research concepts into quantitative frameworks and vice versa
• Intermediate-to-advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including VBA
• Intermediate-to-advanced report development skills including working knowledge of SQL, Tableau, Microsoft Access, or similar

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 $90,000 and $110,000 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.

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