Off-cycle Internship

Responsibilities

There are two types of roles within Quantitative Finance that Associates can assume: Desk Strategists, who are embedded within the business units, and Modelers. There are other project-based teams providing direct support of trading and banking similar to Core Analytics but with a tailored focus to certain functions such as Collateral Analysis or Structuring. Responsibilities will vary depending on role, and are listed below:

• Desk Strategists provide quantitative support to the trading and sales desks to drive trading decisions, analyse and manage the risk. They also create pricing and marking models, and create trader-efficiency tools.
• Market Modelers enhance Morgan Stanley's ability to take and manage risk while generating profits through mathematical finance to create effective valuation and hedging models. They will also develop and analyse investment and trading strategies.

*Salary is competitive with excellent benefits.

Qualifications/ Skills/ Requirements

• You are in your penultimate or final year, studying towards a PhD or other advanced degree in a quantitative subject such as Mathematics, Financial Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Quantitative Finance or Computer Science.
• You are available for three to six months to complete the internship in 2016.
• You have a strong mathematical background in an academic setting.
• You have excellent computer programming skills.
• You have a keen interest in the financial markets and have the drive and desire to work in an intense, team-oriented environment.
• You are able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal English.