Role Overview

The Executive Director or Vice President, Loan Trading, is responsible for managing the buying and selling of leveraged loans within a dynamic and growing Morgan Stanley franchise with global reach. The role drives portfolio performance while overseeing risk, providing strategic market insights, cultivating client relationships, and leading a team. It also ensures regulatory compliance and efficient trade execution and settlement.

What will you be doing?

• Bolster loan trading capabilities to improve client flow and franchise rankings with key clients and sponsors, and enhance wallet share across secondary loan markets
• Trade leveraged and stressed loan products across financial markets, partnering closely with global sales teams to deliver consistent client pricing and execution
• Deepen and expand client relationships across Leveraged Finance platforms, assessing evolving investment interests, priorities, and risk profiles
• Manage counterparty exposure, and risk through multiple periods of market stress and volatility
• Monitor cash and funding markets to dynamically hedge exposures and efficiently fund trading inventory
• Align loan trading activity with credit and market risk frameworks, balance sheet constraints, and applicable regulatory requirements
• Apply robust pricing methodologies and risk analysis across loan portfolios and client transactions
• Collaborate with sales, research, and other Morgan Stanley trading teams globally to develop loan trading strategies and axes for MSBAG clients, ensuring alignment with overall strategy and business objectives
• Partner with sales colleagues to execute client orders and oversee the efficient and effective execution of trades
• Assess the potential impact of trading activity to safeguard the Firm’s reputation with clients, regulators, and other external stakeholders
• Work closely with e-trading stakeholders to support the development and expansion of the loan e-trading platform as part of the Firm’s evolving secondary market infrastructure

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of loan trading experience or experience in closely related disciplines (e.g. credit analysis)
• Degree from a competitive programme (e.g. Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or Engineering) ideal
• Disciplined, high energy professional able to provide consistent client pricing and maintain strong daily information flow across global trading desks
• Proven ability to operate in a fast paced environment, make timely decisions, and prioritise effectively
• Strong relationship builder, comfortable engaging with clients, sales teams, and traders
• Collaborative team player with a positive attitude; prior people management experience is a plus
• Experience reviewing, interpreting, and negotiating loan documentation preferred

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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Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements:
If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Flexible work statement
Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo .