FID, Commodities Strat - AS

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 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 is a market leader in energy, metals, and agricultural product trading worldwide whose professionals trade in both physical and derivative commodity risk.

The commodities business is looking for a quantitative strategist at the Associate level, located in New York, to support its North American Power and Gas business. The strategist will work closely with other commodities strategists, the front office trading and origination teams and IT.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Develop new pricing and forecast models. Improve the existing models
• Setup and test of new products for trading
• Perform data analysis for the trading desk
• Work with traders and originators on deal pricing and risk management
• Work with controllers and the model risk groups on model documentation and approval

Qualifications

• Master or PhD degree in a quantitative subject
• Graduate up to 2 years of experiences
• Coding experience, preferably in C++/Python/Matlab
• Good analytical, problem solving, communication skills

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $150,000 - $200,000 per year 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).