Morgan Stanley

Vice President, Liquidity & Fixed Income Trade Support

Morgan Stanley$152K — $233K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-10+ years in liquidity and fixed income trade support, middle office, or investment operations
  • Experience in supporting front-to-back workflows with PMs/Traders
  • Strong knowledge of liquidity and global fixed income market products
  • Hands-on experience with trade management and operational controls
  • Ability to lead across functions with no direct authority
  • Familiarity with Aladdin or similar platforms
  • Strong understanding of market standards and risk frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a primary contact for front office stakeholders
  • Drive the Trade Support coverage model
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives across operations
  • Contribute to governance and procedural enhancements
  • Monitor data quality to prevent execution issues
  • Ensure effective issue resolution and support compliance
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to ensure smooth operation execution

Benefits

  • Dynamic and collaborative work environment
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth
  • Access to leading technology and market tools
  • Strong commitment to diversity and inclusion
  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
Full Job Description
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Operations is seeking a proactive Liquidity and Fixed Income Transaction Management leader to join the Public Markets Middle Office and provide high-touch operational partnership to Portfolio Managers and Traders. This role serves as a day-to-day point of contact for front office stakeholders, ensuring smooth front-to-back execution, governing strong control framework, and timely issue resolution across trade capture, confirmations, settlement, cash/positions, and key lifecycle events.
The position provides an opportunity to partner closely with MSIM Trading, Technology, Compliance, Counterparties, Prime Brokers/Clearing Brokers, Custodians and various functional teams within MSIM Operations to proactively monitor data quality and resolve issues that could impact trade execution, settlement, valuation, risk, and client/regulatory reporting. The successful candidate is detail-oriented, remains composed under high-pressure situations, and comfortable operating in time-sensitive markets across multiple products.

As Vice President of Liquidity and Fixed Income Trade Support, you will help drive the Trade Support coverage model, act as a key escalation point for front office stakeholders, and lead continuous improvement across controls, incident management, and operational resilience. You will also contribute to procedures, governance forums, and change initiatives to ensure consistent execution and a strong risk and control environment.

In the Operations division, we partner with business units across the Firm to support financial transactions, devise and implement effective controls and develop client relationships, driving strategic automation solutions by embracing a transformation mindset and challenging the status quo.

This is a Vice President position at the P5 job level within Client Service & Relationship Management, which is responsible for managing internal and external client relationships. We do this by engaging in client service activities, optimizing the client experience, and managing vendor/external business partner relationships.

> 8-10+ years of experience in liquidity and fixed income trade support, middle office, or investment operations at a global asset manager, bank, or financial institution.
> Proven experience supporting front-to-back workflows and partnering closely with PMs/Traders and downstream operations teams from execution through settlement and reporting.
> Strong understanding of liquidity and global fixed income market products and lifecycle events relevant to the desk(s) supported (e.g., repo, money markets, treasuries etc; confirmations, netting, settlements, resets, corporate actions, and cash flows).
> Hands-on experience with trade management, confirmations/settlement, reconciliations, exception management, and operational controls; familiarity with applicable regulatory and client reporting expectations.
> Demonstrated ability to lead through influence-coordinating across functions, mentoring teammates, and driving outcomes without direct authority.
> Proficiency in Aladdin and/or comparable OMS/IBOR/ABOR platforms, plus market/data tools and post-trade utilities used for confirmations, settlement, and reconciliations.
> Strong understanding of global market standards, broker/clearing and custodian practices, and risk and control frameworks.
> Data-driven approach to identifying trends, producing management information, managing service performance, and enhancing operational resilience.

> Service & Client Mindset: Delivers an exceptional experience for Portfolio Managers and Traders while keeping a strong risk and control orientation
> Operational Leadership: Anticipates risk, leads issue resolution and escalation, and communicates clearly under pressure.
> Strategic Agility: Understands the broader investment, operational, and regulatory landscape and adapts the support model accordingly.
> Data & Control Orientation: Uses data to produce KPIs/KRIs, identify root causes, and improve preventative controls and process stability.
> Collaboration & Influence: Builds trust across stakeholders and drives alignment across Front Office, Operations, Technology, and external partners.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be $152,000.00-$233,000.00 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.

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

About Morgan Stanley

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Learn more about Morgan Stanley
Size
77,000 employees
Market Cap
$144.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$10.9 billion
Founded
1935
5 Year Trend
+10%
Revenue
$52 billion
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