Commodities Trading Risk Analyst

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

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The Fixed Income Division is comprised of Commodities, Interest Rate and Currency Products, Credit Products and Distribution. Professionals in the Division assess and actively manages risk, trade securities, and structure as well as execute innovative transactions in the fast-paced and constantly changing global markets. The Commodities Division, with 200 front office employees, is a market leader in energy, metals, and agricultural product trading worldwide whose professionals trade in both physical and derivative commodity risk.

Within the Commodities Division, the Trading Risk Management (TRM) team is a first line function responsibility for overseeing Commodities market risk. There key areas of TRM include performance analysis, governance and risk advisory/oversight. The team helps the desk and informs management on items related to risk management, analyzing risk/reward of on transactions/strategies and the assessment of positions against risk appetite.

This role is for an Analyst in the TRM team, supporting the North American Commodities business, based in New York or Houston.

Responsibilities:

A successful candidate would be able to develop a deep understanding of market risk, risk management tools and procedures within the Commodities markets. The candidate would work closely with the trading teams and management on the following:

• Participate in weekly performance and risk meetings with traders and management
• Analyze risk/reward on potential transactions
• Develop and publish risk reports
• Work on adhoc risk analysis across various relevant markets/portfolio’s

Requirements:

• Undergraduate or Master Degree in finance or quantitative discipline

• 1-3 years of experience, Financial Industry preferred ideally within the Commodity markets

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel required

• Coursework in Probability & Statistics

• Advanced coursework in Financial mathematics, Option theory, and Stochastic calculus is a plus, but not required

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $110,000 and $125,000 per year for Analyst 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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