Operations Summer Analyst Program (Start ASAP)

About Morgan Stanley

Since its founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services.

Your role

About Operations Team

Operations is the front line of defense for Morgan Stanley’s financial well-being. One of the largest divisions in the Firm, Operations has diverse responsibilities including correctly settling and recording millions of transactions per day, identifying and mitigating all operational risks, developing strong client relationships, and partnering with technology.

As an intern, your roles and responsibilities include:

• Trade capture, enrichment, and confirmation.
• Learn key processes in the life cycle of a trade from deal capture to the final settlement.
• Reconciliation and record keeping: identify and resolve trading breaks from discrepancies dealing with security information, trading date and settlement date, executed quantity, taxes, commission, prices, and settlement locations.
• Data mining, reporting, and documentation, preparation, and compilation of daily/weekly/monthly metric dashboards to ensure thorough business analysis.
• Collaborate with colleagues at all levels to complete daily tasks, and create best practice methodologies and approaches for business analysis, issue follow-up, and escalation.
• Develop relationships with clients (i.e. counterparties, traders, legal, credit, technology, controllers, and other functional teams) to understand the priorities of stakeholders and ensure that business needs are met, protect client confidentiality, and address ad-hoc requests in a timely fashion.
• Support and develop risk policies and control framework with a view to minimizing operational risk.
• Governance of tasks outsourced to vendors.
• Involvement in projects related to the job function.

Training & development 

Interns will join Morgan Stanley in April/May each year. The Program begins with an induction to the Firm and Business Division, followed by on-the-job training with a buddy and mentor assigned to each Intern. Training includes business-specific content, product and market overviews, current events, project work, professional skills training, community service, and cross-divisional networking events.

Benefits

They provide the following benefits

• Health Care & Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Vacation & Paid Time Off
• Maternity and paternity Leave
• Work From Home options 
• Student loan refinancing for you, your family, and your friends
• Cash management, securities-based loans, and home financing solutions with options for each stage of your life.

Career progression

Interns are part of a two-month program, which includes an extensive development plan to expand their experience and exposure. Candidates are placed based on hiring needs and are matched to a specific role depending on their skills. Interns will have support and supervision from experienced Operations professionals throughout their assignments. You will get to work with extremely talented peers in a meritocratic team-oriented culture.

Work-life balance

Regarding work-life balance, Morgan Stanley adheres to a typical Monday to Friday schedule from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. IST, but they provide flexibility for time-sensitive tasks, including Indian public holidays. Employees can enjoy flexible working hours, including the option to work from home. Morgan Stanley maintains a five-day workweek, with an average of 55 working hours.

Culture & vibe  

At Morgan Stanley, you'll find a vibrant and multifaceted atmosphere where individuals collaborate closely with colleagues from diverse functions and the Business Unit in onshore regions. Analysts at Morgan Stanley often highlight the satisfaction of working alongside intelligent and motivated peers and the constant professional challenges as some of the most rewarding aspects of their tenure.

About you

Education, skills, and qualities required:

• University student, who will graduate in 2025
• Willing to work flexible shifts starting and ending between 6:30 a.m. and midnight.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Pay close attention to detail and have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to coordinate, prioritize, and manage multiple activities.
• Exhibit a strong sense of urgency, accountability, and, ownership.

How to apply

To apply for this role, click on the "Apply on employer site" button, which navigates to the career section where the application can be filled out and submitted directly.

Interview Process

• Shortlisted students from the online test will be required to be available for a virtual interview/ Physical interview with Morgan Stanley.
• Students will be further shortlisted based on personal rounds of interviews before the final offer is made.

Sources

The following source was used in researching this page:

• Morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/perks-benefits-working-at-morgan-stanley
• youtube.com