Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.
The talent and passion of our people is critical to our continued success as a firm. Together, we share four core values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic:
1. Putting Clients First
2. Doing the Right Thing
3. Leading with Exceptional Ideas
4. Giving Back

Morgan Stanley is committed to helping its employees build meaningful careers and we strive to be a place for people to learn, achieve and grow.

Firm Risk Management
Firm Risk Management (FRM) enables Morgan Stanley to achieve its business goals by partnering with business units across the Firm to realize efficient risk-adjusted returns, acting as a strategic advisor to the Board and protecting the Firm from exposure to losses as a result of credit, market, liquidity, operational, model and other risks.
Our mission is to serve as the follow roles:
- Independent agent to set consistent principles and disciplines for risk management
- Strategic advisor to Firm management for setting risk appetite and allocating capital
- Industry leader to influence and meet regulatory standards
You will collaborate with colleagues across FRM and the Firm to protect the Firm's capital base and franchise, advise businesses and clients on risk mitigating strategies, develop tools and methodologies to analyze and monitor risk, contribute to key regulatory initiatives and report on risk exposures and metrics to enable informed and strategic decision-making. Through thoughtful analysis and clear communication we are best able to bring our ideas to the table and improve the Firm.
Firm Risk Management values diversity and is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive workplace for all employees.

Firm Risk Management's unique franchise promotes:
- Flat, flexible and integrated global organization
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Credible, independent decision-making
- Organizational influence
- Creative and practical solutions
- Meritocratic and diverse culture

Background on the Position
Fixed Income Secured Lending (FSL) team in Credit Risk is looking to hire an experienced real estate collateral manager to monitor collateral performance and valuations of portfolios comprised of real estate asset backed loans. The primary responsibility for this individual is to design, build, and lead a global FSL team to conduct i) valuation due diligence on real estate loans pledged as collateral to secure revolving and portfolio financing transactions and ii) prepare market trend reports to monitor concentrations in the portfolio with the ultimate aim of highlighting potential collateral valuation and performance risks and recommend appropriate courses of action related to obtaining third party valuations.
The underlying properties securing the collateral loans may be commercial real estate (all property types), data centers and residential real estate globally.

Responsibilities include:
- Manage a collateral loan portfolio consisting of several hundred loans, primarily secured by real estate
- Ensure compliance of the collateral loan appraisal with applicable regulation and market standards (ie Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), FIRREA, or relevant international standards) as well as internal policies;
- Determine if market values have become challenged and make recommendations regarding updating valuations for underlying properties;
- Develop processes and procedures to create efficiencies and improvements to monitor market activity;
- Assist the Global Head of Real Estate Valuation and Analysis in management of external vendors Skills Required
- 2-4+ years of real estate loan asset management or risk management experience across all commercial real estate, data centers and residential real estate
- Experience with valuations and markets in the US
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent time-management skills
- MAI - AI-GRS - RICS certifications preferred
- Experience/knowledge of Western European and Asian (specifically Australia) markets is beneficial but not required

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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.

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).