Morgan Stanley Hiring for Global Capital Markets Credit Advisory Vice President – New York at New York, New York Full Time

Morgan Stanley’s Banking Group provides industry, regional and product expertise to corporations, institutions and government clients in order to develop and execute innovative and customized solutions to the most challenging strategic and financing issues faced in the global marketplace. The Banking Group is comprised of a number of industry groups which work closely with product team members in Mergers & Acquisitions, Global Capital Markets, Real Estate, and other industry groups throughout the Firm to provide relevant market insight, product creativity, and execution expertise to clients. These solutions include initial public offerings; public and private equity and equity-linked financings; mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; defense advisory assignments; strategic partnerships; public and private debt placements; share repurchases; and hedging, swaps and derivative transactions.

When clients need capital, Global Capital Markets (GCM) responds with market judgments and ingenuity. Whether executing an IPO, a debt offering or a leveraged buyout, GCM integrates Morgan Stanley’s expertise in Sales and Trading and Investment Banking, offering clients seamless advice and sophisticated solutions. GCM originates, structures and executes public and private placement of equities, investment-grade and non-investment-grade debt and related products. The group provides fresh ideas and broad distribution to help clients get the most out of each stage of a transaction, and continually develops capital markets solutions to enable clients to mitigate strategic, operational, credit and market risks.

Our New York office is looking for a Vice President to join the Credit Advisory Group (CAG). CAG team members are expected to haveexperience in fixed-income capital markets, investment banking and credit risk analysis advising high yield and investment grade clients in their capital raising and strategic financing decisions. CAG members worked very closely with GCM and Investment Banking colleagues and have a substantial focus on corporate credit including the rating impact from strategic decisions associated with M&A, LBOs, stock buy-backs, hybrid issuance, special dividends and general capital structure positioning. Ability to work closely with GCM and Investment banking colleagues is paramount in providing seamless advice to senior management of Fortune 500 companies on strategic positioning to optimize corporate financing decisions with investors and rating agencies. Such advice to fortune 500 and mid cap clients on optimal capital structures include debt capacity associated with M&A, LBO and other corporate finance strategic decisions, liquidity analysis, loss given default and recovery analysis and general rating advisory methodologies, as well as best positioning clients for credit rating defense and paths for rating upgrades.

• You have an ability to manage multiple projects, provide complicated financial analysis, and develop appropriate corporate finance and credit advisory solutions.

• Comprehensive understanding of Debt Capital Markets

• Extensive Rating Agency experience (highly preferred) with comprehensive insight and perspective of Rating Agency’s overall credit analysis and methodologies

• Extraordinarily high level of motivation and commitment to working hard

• Extraordinarily high level of focus on work quality and attention to detail

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Professionalism and ability to articulate and present complex rating agency methodology, Criteria and rating impacts on complex transactions in a clear and concise manner during client interaction meetings

• Commercial instinct and ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines

• Interest in developing a career in Global Capital Markets

• An MBA, CA and/or CFA designation would be an asset

• Series licensing or must obtain

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $225,000 and $275,000 per year for Vice President, 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).

Job: *Capital Markets

Title: Global Capital Markets Credit Advisory Vice President – New York

Location: New York-New York

Requisition ID: 3234311