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Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), together with its investment advisory affiliates, operates in 23 countries with $2 Tn in assets under management or supervision as of July 2026. Morgan Stanley Investment Management strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide.
We are seeking an Associate to join the Central Trading & Risk Management team of a multi-manager, market neutral equity hedge fund. The team partners directly with portfolio managers to optimize portfolio construction, manage risk, develop quantitative investment tools, and improve investment performance across the platform. This is a highly analytical role with broad exposure to the investment process, combining risk management, quantitative research, portfolio construction, and data analysis. This role provides a unique opportunity to influence investment decisions across multiple portfolio managers and strategies while helping shape the quantitative infrastructure of MSIM's flagship market-neutral equity platform.
Job Description
- Perform factor attribution and portfolio exposure analysis across managers and strategies.
- Develop and enhance portfolio construction and optimization methodologies.
- Research new alpha signals and evaluate interactions with portfolio positioning.
- Design quantitative tools supporting investment decision making.
- Conduct stress testing and scenario analysis across portfolios.
- Monitor fund-wide exposures across portfolios and identify concentrations or emerging risks.
- Partner with trading to improve execution and implementation efficiency.
- Monitor market developments and proactively communicate portfolio risks, opportunities, and positioning implications to portfolio managers and senior leadership.
- Analyze portfolio performance and attribute returns across factors, sectors, themes, and individual positions.
- Design and develop Python-based analytical tools, research infrastructure, and automation that improve portfolio analytics and investment workflows.
Qualifications
- 2-5 years of relevant job experience, preferably on the buy side in a multi-manager platform.
- Strong understanding of equity markets, equity index futures, and market-neutral portfolio construction.
- Experience with equity risk models, such as MSCI Barra, Axioma, or in-house models.
- Deep knowledge of statistical methods and quantitative techniques.
- Proficiency with Python and SQL.
- Experience working with large financial datasets and time series.
- Experience with portfolio optimization, stress testing, and simulations.
- Demonstrated interest in financial markets and a passion for quantitative investing.
- Excellent verbal communication and relationship management skills.
- Ability to work both independently and be a strong team contributor with proactive drive to deliver results.
- Outstanding attention to detail and committed to process and related improvements.
- Flexible, quick learner with the ability to multi-task.
- Advanced degree in quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field from an accredited university.
Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate is intellectually curious, collaborative, and enjoys solving complex investment problems using data and quantitative methods. They are equally comfortable building research tools, analyzing risk, and engaging with portfolio managers on investment decisions. They possess strong communication skills, thrive in a fast-paced investment environment, and can translate sophisticated quantitative analyses into actionable insights.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $150,000 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.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
Description
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), together with its investment advisory affiliates, operates in 23 countries with $2 Tn in assets under management or supervision as of July 2026. Morgan Stanley Investment Management strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide.
We are seeking an Associate to join the Central Trading & Risk Management team of a multi-manager, market neutral equity hedge fund. The team partners directly with portfolio managers to optimize portfolio construction, manage risk, develop quantitative investment tools, and improve investment performance across the platform. This is a highly analytical role with broad exposure to the investment process, combining risk management, quantitative research, portfolio construction, and data analysis. This role provides a unique opportunity to influence investment decisions across multiple portfolio managers and strategies while helping shape the quantitative infrastructure of MSIM's flagship market-neutral equity platform.
Job Description
- Perform factor attribution and portfolio exposure analysis across managers and strategies.
- Develop and enhance portfolio construction and optimization methodologies.
- Research new alpha signals and evaluate interactions with portfolio positioning.
- Design quantitative tools supporting investment decision making.
- Conduct stress testing and scenario analysis across portfolios.
- Monitor fund-wide exposures across portfolios and identify concentrations or emerging risks.
- Partner with trading to improve execution and implementation efficiency.
- Monitor market developments and proactively communicate portfolio risks, opportunities, and positioning implications to portfolio managers and senior leadership.
- Analyze portfolio performance and attribute returns across factors, sectors, themes, and individual positions.
- Design and develop Python-based analytical tools, research infrastructure, and automation that improve portfolio analytics and investment workflows.
Qualifications
- 2-5 years of relevant job experience, preferably on the buy side in a multi-manager platform.
- Strong understanding of equity markets, equity index futures, and market-neutral portfolio construction.
- Experience with equity risk models, such as MSCI Barra, Axioma, or in-house models.
- Deep knowledge of statistical methods and quantitative techniques.
- Proficiency with Python and SQL.
- Experience working with large financial datasets and time series.
- Experience with portfolio optimization, stress testing, and simulations.
- Demonstrated interest in financial markets and a passion for quantitative investing.
- Excellent verbal communication and relationship management skills.
- Ability to work both independently and be a strong team contributor with proactive drive to deliver results.
- Outstanding attention to detail and committed to process and related improvements.
- Flexible, quick learner with the ability to multi-task.
- Advanced degree in quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field from an accredited university.
Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate is intellectually curious, collaborative, and enjoys solving complex investment problems using data and quantitative methods. They are equally comfortable building research tools, analyzing risk, and engaging with portfolio managers on investment decisions. They possess strong communication skills, thrive in a fast-paced investment environment, and can translate sophisticated quantitative analyses into actionable insights.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $150,000 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.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Risk Manager
Align your credentials to specialty occupation standards
Risk Manager roles qualify under H-1B1 visa only when the position requires a degree in a specific field like finance, economics, or statistics. Gather your degree transcripts and any professional certifications before outreach, as employers will need these to prepare the Labor Condition Application.
Use OFLC Wage Search to benchmark your target salary
Your employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the risk manager SOC code in the job's location. Pull the OFLC Wage Search figures for your target city before negotiating an offer, so the LCA filing won't stall over a wage discrepancy.
Target employers with existing H-1B1 Singapore filing history
Companies that have filed H-1B1 Singapore petitions before already understand the consular process and LCA requirements. Use Migrate Mate to filter for employers with verified H-1B1 sponsorship history in risk and compliance roles, cutting time wasted on employers unfamiliar with the visa.
Get your LCA certified before scheduling the consulate interview
Unlike H-1B visa, the H-1B1 visa skips USCIS adjudication, but DOL must still certify the LCA first. Confirm your employer has submitted and received certification before you book your consulate appointment, since the certified LCA is a required document at the interview.
Prepare for specialty occupation scrutiny specific to risk roles
Consular officers sometimes question whether risk manager positions genuinely require a degree in a specific field rather than any business degree. Bring documentation showing the role's technical scope, such as quantitative modeling responsibilities or regulatory capital framework duties, to support the specialty occupation determination.
Review your O*NET profile to frame your application accurately
The O*NET occupation profile for risk managers outlines the knowledge domains and analytical tasks that support a specialty occupation claim. Use it to map your actual job duties to the listed competencies when writing your job description, making the LCA filing more defensible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Risk Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation under the H-1B1 Singapore visa?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as finance, economics, mathematics, or statistics. Generic business degrees without a field-specific connection can weaken the claim, so your employer's job description should tie the role's duties directly to a quantitative or financial discipline to satisfy the specialty occupation requirement.
How does the H-1B1 Singapore visa differ from H-1B for Risk Manager candidates?
The H-1B1 Singapore visa has no lottery and no USCIS petition filing requirement, which means there's no random selection risk and no premium processing option either. Approval happens at the consulate after DOL certifies the LCA. The annual cap is 5,400 and rarely fills, so qualified risk managers can apply in any month without timing concerns tied to a lottery window.
How can I find Risk Manager employers who sponsor the H-1B1 Singapore visa?
Use Migrate Mate to search for risk manager roles filtered by H-1B1 Singapore sponsorship history. Many employers who regularly hire quantitative or financial risk professionals have prior LCA filing records, and Migrate Mate surfaces that data so you can prioritize outreach to companies already familiar with the consular process rather than educating an employer from scratch.
What documents does a Singaporean Risk Manager need for the H-1B1 consulate interview?
You'll need the certified Labor Condition Application, your job offer letter, academic transcripts and degree certificates, a valid Singapore passport, DS-160 confirmation, and the visa application fee receipt. If your risk manager role involves specialized certifications such as FRM or CFA, bring those too, as they reinforce the specialty occupation claim during the consular review.
Can a Risk Manager on H-1B1 Singapore status change employers without leaving the U.S.?
The H-1B1 does not support portability the way H-1B does under AC21. If you change employers while inside the U.S., the new employer must file a fresh LCA and you must obtain a new H-1B1 visa at the consulate before beginning work. Planning your employer transition with enough lead time to complete consular processing is essential to avoid an authorization gap.