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E-Trading (Risk Management) : Job Level - Vice President

Independently assess electronic-trading risks at Morgan Stanley. The role reviews algorithm controls, limits and testing practices across trading businesses.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Review electronic-trading algorithms and control tests.
Monitor limits and challenge emerging execution risks.
Report material findings and improve controls with trading and technology teams.

What they ask for

Required

Electronic-trading exposure
Financial-product risk knowledge
Trading regulatory requirements
Technical analysis
Senior stakeholder communication

Preferred

FIX, market data or microstructure experience

Education: Advanced qualification in a quantitative discipline.
Experience: At least 10 years with relevant electronic-trading or algorithm-development exposure.
Markets: multi-asset

How to prepare

Test execution controls under a stressed market-data scenario.
Analyse the effectiveness of a trading-limit threshold.
Write an independent risk challenge supported by reproducible evidence.

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Morgan Stanley and doesn’t handle applications.