Equity Exotics Sales Assistant at Morgan Stanley (Mumbai) | Apply Now

Role Overview

The role sits within the Sales Support function, providing dedicated support to the French onshore Derivatives Sales Desk. The position involves end-to-end ownership of operational, documentation, coordination, and lifecycle management activities for structured notes, OTC derivatives, and RSP trades.

The Associate acts as a key liaison between Sales, Trading, Structuring, Issuance, and Operations teams, combining execution support with analytical responsibilities.

About Global Capital Markets

In the Global Capital Markets division, we offer global expertise in market analysis and in advisory and capital-raising services for corporations, institutions, and governments. From global institutions to hedge funds, investors come to Morgan Stanley for sales, trading, and market-making services in almost every type of financial instrument in all the world's financial markets.

Morgan Stanley's Institutional Equity Division (IED) is a world leader in the origination, distribution and trading of equity, equity-linked and equity-derivative securities. Our broad and deep client relationships, market-leading platform and intellectual insights enable us to be a world-class service provider to our clients for their financing, market access and portfolio management needs.

The Global Markets Group is the offshoring arm of Morgan Stanley's Sales & Trading businesses in India, covering functions across IED including sales, trading, analytics, strats, and risk management.

What you'll do in the role

• Provide day-to-day operational and analytical support to the French Equity Derivatives Sales Desk
• Manage post-trade activities including trade booking, allocations, sending trade recaps, and resolving settlement and confirmation issues
• Ensure accuracy and control across the full front-to-back trade lifecycle
• Reconcile Structured Notes, OTC derivatives, and RSP trades
• Act as the primary point of contact between Sales and Operations teams for booking, lifecycle, and settlement queries
• Proactively identify process gaps and contribute ideas to improve efficiency, controls, and workflow automation

What you'll bring to the role

• Basic to good understanding of Equity Derivatives products; knowledge of the French securities market is an advantage
• Fluency in spoken and written French is mandatory; strong command of English required
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail
• Ability to multitask and support multiple products and stakeholders efficiently
• Understanding of product lifecycle and post-trade processes
• Coding or automation skills (e.g., Excel VBA, Python) are a plus

More About Morgan Stanley

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