2027 Financial Resources and Strategy Summer Analyst Program (New York)

Job Description
The Financial Resources and Strategy (FRS) Summer Analyst Program is a 10-week program, beginning with a one-week classroom training followed by nine weeks of three rotations across the FRS Business—Resource Management, Margin & Capital Optimization, and Funding & Collateral Optimization. The Program features senior management speaker series, networking events, community service, performance review and a mentorship program. Summer Analysts receive continued on-the-job training and benefit from working with experienced professionals on meaningful projects. In addition to daily responsibilities on the desks, Summer Analysts will be assigned a summer-long project, which is presented to the entire division at the end of the summer.

Responsibilities

There are largely four businesses under Institutional Securities Group (ISG): Investment Banking, Global Capital Markets (GCM), Sales & Trading, and Research. Within Sales & Trading, Financial Resources and Strategy (FRS) sits alongside the Institutional Equities Division (IED), Fixed Income Division (FID), and ISG Risk Management.

FRS is a centralized function responsible for secured funding, collateral management, margin optimization, CCP (Central Clearing Counterparty) relationship management, and managing capital / balance sheet / liquidity across ISG. Because FRS works with business heads to develop a near and medium-term strategy for growth and optimal use of the Firm’s financial resources, members of the FRS team work on projects across divisions, asset-classes, and regions. These projects have direct and meaningful impact on ISG and the Firm’s strategic direction.

Resource Management: closely integrated with FID, IED, and GCM enabling/pricing/deploying resources as well as partnering to structure transactions to maximize returns and support strategic business initiatives globally. The team manages the front-to-back ISG Financials, working to ensure efficiency, optimal resource usage and operating leverage, across its balance sheet, capital, liquidity, and expense base.

Margin and Capital Optimization: responsible for margin and capital optimization for both cleared and uncleared Firm trading activity for all cash, derivatives, and securities financing transactions across all asset classes. Partner with traders in executing derivatives trades by pricing funding and capital impacts as well as execution of post-trade optimization . Engage with CCPs to establish new clearing services which, are often, capital / liquidity efficient.

Funding and Collateral Optimization: finance ISG using Repurchase Agreements, Total Return Swaps, and Securities Lending products. Responsible for ISG’s secured funding framework, including impacts to liquidity and capital requirements, and assisting trader execution within this framework. Optimize various collateral margin postings, while minimizing cost and pursuing revenue opportunities.

Qualifications/Skills/Requirements

You are pursuing an undergraduate Bachelor’s degree with a graduation date of December 2027 or Spring 2028.
Minimum 3.20 GPA.
You have basic knowledge and a keen interest in finance.
You are analytical, adaptive, collaborative, a leader, and a multi-tasker.
You possess strong oral and written communication skills.

Expected base pay rate for the role will be $52.89 per hour 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).