Business Information Analytics Researcher - Director

Business Information Analytics Researcher - Director

Location - London

We're seeking someone to join our team as a Business Information Analytics Researcher to lead in depth research and analytics across EMEA Industrials and provide high quality, real time support to internal clients. The role primarily supports Investment Banking while partnering with Research, Investment Management, Sales & Trading, Wealth Management, and other groups across the Firm on client projects and strategic priorities.

In the Corporate Services division, we empower our businesses by creating collaborative workplace solutions and commercial services that enhance the employee and client experience, while optimizing the value of our sourcing and third-party lifecycle to enable the Firm to do-and-win business. This is a Director level position within the Business Information Services team in London.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always 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:

• Conduct and deliver company, market, and industry research across EMEA Industrials to support decision making for internal clients.

• Develop subject matter expertise and produce high value research, analytics, benchmarking, transaction analysis, industry reporting, and agent based deliverables.

• Analyse complex quantitative and qualitative information, synthesizing findings into clear, concise, and actionable insights.

• Build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders across Investment Banking, Research, Investment Management, Sales & Trading, Wealth Management, and other business groups.

• Design, build, and maintain AI enabled workflows, agents, and reusable skills, incorporating validation, escalation, and governance controls.

• Drive innovation and continuous improvement by optimizing research processes, enhancing analytics capabilities, and collaborating globally to deliver consistent, compliant, and scalable solutions.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in sector research, information research, financial analytics, or a comparable financial services role; Industrials experience preferred but not required.

• Strong business, finance, and accounting knowledge, including capital markets, financial statements, financial modeling concepts, ratios, and transaction analysis.

• Excellent client relationship management skills, including the ability to understand business objectives, manage competing priorities, and deliver effective solutions.

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing AI enabled workflows, prompts, reusable skills, workflow orchestration, evaluation processes, and control frameworks.

• Strong analytical judgment and problem solving skills, with the ability to assess data quality, evaluate AI generated outputs, and communicate recommendations clearly.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and synthesize complex information effectively.

• Effective organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver independently.

• Proficiency in financial and market information platforms, research databases, spreadsheets, presentation tools, and emerging technologies.

• Ability to collaborate across business functions and geographies while maintaining high standards of confidentiality, compliance, and professional judgment.

Stand Out If You Have

• Experience managing information products, research vendors, data suppliers, or service portfolios with experience in undertaking task decomposition, optimization and agentic build outs.

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.

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Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements:
If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Flexible work statement
Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.

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.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.