Market Data Vendor Onboarding Associate, Investment Management

Role overview

Market Data Vendor Onboarding Associate, Investment Management at Morgan Stanley

Serve as a central coordination point for onboarding market-data vendors used by multiple MSIM teams, helping move requests from intake through setup and completion.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a single intake and request-tracking process, gather required information, and provide clear status updates to requestors and stakeholders.
• Shepherd hand-offs across Vendor Risk, Corporate Services/contracts, technology and other downstream partners; follow up on open actions and escalate blockers as needed.
• Coordinate vendor set-up and access administration while ensuring final business, data and risk approvals remain with the appropriate owners.
• Provide day-to-day support on vendor requests.
• Maintain complete and accurate onboarding records, process documentation and management reporting; track volumes, status, issues and recurring bottlenecks to support continuous improvement.
• Develop working knowledge of MSIM market-data vendors, services and internal users to support consistent onboarding, issue resolution and stakeholder communication.
• Support targeted operational cleanup, including improving IShield ownership and record quality and addressing fragmented vendor or entitlement processes.

Required qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant investment management experience.
• Knowledge of market data (such as pricing, financials, estimates, indices, ESG).
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Strong analytical skills and above average attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to take a proactive approach to assigned projects and new team initiatives.
• WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
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Preferred qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in business preferred.

Employment details

• Location: Mumbai [Maharashtra] [India]

About the employer

• 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.
• As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success.
• Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic.
• Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow.
• A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.
• Summary - Public Markets Office of COO:
• The Public Markets Office of COO is seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Mumbai team and work closely with the Investment Management (IM) lead for Market Data Strategy & Oversight.
• This role will serve as a central coordination point for onboarding market-data vendors used across MSIM, managing requests from intake through setup and completion, coordinating hand-offs across business, risk, contracts and technology partners, maintaining accurate records and management reporting, and providing clear stakeholder communication.
• Additionally, this role will support general market data functions, such as questions about coverage, preparation for quarterly business reviews with key vendors, etc.