Asia Liquidity Risk, Vice President

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Vice President in the Asia Liquidity Risk team in Hong Kong to provide independent liquidity risk coverage across multiple businesses and legal entities in the region.

In the Firm Risk Management division, we advise businesses across the Firm on risk mitigation strategies, develop tools to analyze and monitor risks and lead key regulatory initiatives.

The Liquidity Risk Department (LRD) is an independent second line of defense responsible for identifying, assessing, measuring, monitoring, reporting and escalating liquidity risks arising from the Firm’s activities. The department oversees the adequacy and effectiveness of liquidity risk management frameworks across business units and legal entities and provides independent challenge to liquidity risk management decisions.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, continuously evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Serve as a primary Liquidity Risk coverage officer for designated businesses, products and legal entities across Asia
• Assess liquidity vulnerabilities under business-as-usual and stressed market conditions
• Independently review and challenge liquidity risk management decisions, stress testing methodologies and assumptions
• Identify and monitor emerging and existing liquidity risks and enhance risk limits, Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), risk appetite metrics and monitoring processes
• Oversee legal entity liquidity risk management, including stress testing, recovery planning, exposure monitoring and escalation of material risk events
• Engage stakeholders across Business Units, Corporate Treasury and control functions on business strategy, funding requirements, risk mitigation and liquidity implications
• Evaluate liquidity implications of new products, business initiatives, large transactions and changes in market or funding structure
• Prepare and present liquidity risk assessments, thematic reviews and emerging risk analyses to senior management, governance committees and risk oversight forums
• Escalate material liquidity risk concerns in a timely and effective manner
• Participate in regulatory examinations, internal audits and risk reviews, and collaborate with global Liquidity Risk teams to promote consistent standards, methodologies and governance practices

What you'll bring to the role:

• Experience in liquidity or treasury risk, market risk, Treasury / asset-liability management or related risk disciplines within financial services
• Strong understanding of financial markets, balance sheet dynamics, funding and liquidity management concepts
• Solid understanding of financial products, including derivatives, financing transactions and capital markets activities
• Knowledge of regulatory liquidity frameworks and stress testing principles applicable to global financial institutions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex issues and develop practical risk management solutions
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to articulate complex risk topics to senior stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment
• High degree of accountability, intellectual curiosity and attention to detail
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and data analysis tools
• Demonstrated interest in leveraging automation, data analytics and AI tools to improve risk monitoring and workflow efficiency
• English language proficiency
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience

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.

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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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