Business Control Unit - Margin Risk

Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management (PWM) Asia provides highly customized financial advice, investment solutions and brokerage services to individuals, families and foundations.

As Morgan Stanley's premier service for individuals and families with significant means, we specialize in providing our clients with custom-tailored financial solutions and a level of sophistication and access to expertise and investments typically reserved for large corporations, financial institutions and governments.

The Business Control Unit (BCU) Risk Management team operates within the Asia Private Wealth Management business as the first line of defense and is responsible for structuring and implementing the risk management framework.

Key Risk responsibilities included in this role are managing the Margin Lending Risk Management from a 1st line of defense:

• Perform risk analysis of PWM client portfolios to assess market and counterparty risks, with a focus on equities and FICC.
• Maintain close dialogue with sales teams on client portfolios and articulate Morgan Stanley's margin methodologies and risk management approach.
• Conduct stress and scenario testing; Improve existing and design new risk infrastructure to handle current/new business.
• Participate in client communication related to exceptions of margin lending.
• Partner with functional groups, including Investment Financing Group, Credit, Legal and Compliance to identify, assess and mitigate business related risks.
• Communicate key risks to senior management and escalate emerging or developing risks in a timely manner
• Ensure consistency in risk management policies and procedures applicable to PWM and comply with ongoing regulatory requirement
• Contribute to risk technology development / longer term projects

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 5-7+ years of relevant experience in credit analysis / credit advisory / risk management experience
• Product knowledge of various asset-classes including equity, fixed income, listed and OTC equity derivatives, FX, Funds is a plus
• An analytical and solution-oriented mindset
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Proficient in English, Mandarin, Cantonese

DESIRED SKILLS (Optional):

• Credit Risk / Margin Risk / Credit Lending experience
• Risk Global Markets experience
• Project Management skills
• Technical skills: SQL, Excel, Power BI, Python

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

University Degree

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

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Client-provided location(s): Hong Kong

Job ID: Morgan-549786107383

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-17T18:35:51