2027 Finance Industrial Placement Programme (London)

Finance Industrial Placement Programme

Programme Overview

The Finance division acts as a partner to business units around the globe by providing management, review, analysis, and advisory services relating to the Firm’s financial and capital resources.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley has been known as a global leader in financial services, continuously evolving and innovating to better serve clients and communities in more than 40 countries.

Placement and Duration: The Finance Industrial Placement Programme is for penultimate-year students with a year in industry as a compulsory or optional element of their degree programme. The Programme will begin in June 2027 and is for 13 months. You will be placed into one team within the Finance division throughout your placement.

Finance Division: The Finance Division reports to Morgan Stanley’s Chief Financial Officer. It is the guardian of the firm’s books and records and serves as an advisor to Morgan Stanley’s businesses and senior management team. The division also contributes to reducing and managing risk across the firm.

Team members meet regularly, build relationships with industry and government regulators, provide information to the outside business community, and deliver planning assistance and reliable financial information to support the firm’s goals.

Training Programme

• A firmwide induction day with peers from other divisions
• Two days of classroom-based training covering overviews of connecting divisions, product and industry knowledge, personal effectiveness, and technical training
• Team-building and networking activities
• On-the-job training throughout the placement
• A series of Firmwide Senior Speaker events
• Mentoring and events with other interns

Role and Responsibilities

As an Industrial Placement Programme participant, your responsibilities may include:

• Calculating the daily profit and loss (P&L) tallies of traders
• Writing market commentaries for management reports
• Conducting re-engineering projects to review and enhance processes
• Using analytical tools to determine current and potential exposure to risk
• Preparing monthly financial and management reports

Qualifications and Skills

• Penultimate-year undergraduate student with a year in industry as a compulsory or optional element of your degree, and on track for at least a 2.1 honours or equivalent
• A desire to work in Finance, particularly within the financial services industry
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Enjoyment of quantitative tasks and analysis with close attention to detail
• Ability to use Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
• Enjoyment of teamwork and a client service orientation

Recruitment: We recruit on an ongoing basis, so early application is encouraged.

What You Can Expect from Morgan Stanley

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage, and allocate capital for our clients to help them reach their goals. We do this in a way that is differentiated, and we have done so for 90 years. Our values—putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back—guide the decisions we make every day to do what’s best for our clients, communities, and our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside the best and 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 support 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 is also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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