MSIM Hedge Fund Solutions - Asset-Based Finance - Vice President

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) is one of the largest global asset management organizations of any full-service securities firm, with more than 40 years of history, a presence in 24 countries and a total of $1.9 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2025. MSIM strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management seeks to deliver innovative asset-based finance solutions to a global client base. The team draws on decades of asset-based finance experience, with a focus on consumer credit, hard and intangible asset lending, and specialty finance. The Team structures compelling opportunities within less efficient markets and has acquired over $16 billion of assets across 600+ transactions.

The team partners with originators globally in niche verticals to structure and execute complex transactions with 2-5 year expected liquidity horizons. The Team’s approach to each investment is bespoke, tailored to provide an optimal solution to each of the stakeholders in a transaction. As a result, no two transactions are the same, and each requires transaction expertise, thorough due diligence, and careful crafting to achieve desired objectives for all parties involved. These transactions often provide financing in exchange for contractual cash flows that are collateralized by assets. Financing against assets, rather than entities with assets, can mitigate counterparty risks and align incentives. Cash flows may stem from “hard assets” like aircrafts, ships, and infrastructure, or from more intangible assets like royalties, receivables, and consumer loans. Borrowers typically comprise small to mid-sized businesses, consumers, and specialty finance companies.

This role will focus on analyzing opportunities across a wide range of industries with an emphasis on consumer credit, and you will be responsible for investment analysis, research, investment process management, transaction structuring, deal execution, and ongoing monitoring through investment realization.

Responsibilities will be as follows:

• Construct, analyze, and modify detailed financial models and return analyses
• Conduct market and industry research on both a primary and secondary research basis
• Prepare and present investment memos to the Investment Committee
• Prepare term sheets and letters of intent; coordinate the execution of transactions through all parties involved
• Support investment sourcing, client service requests, portfolio monitoring, and other organizational processes

Candidates must have completed an undergraduate degree and have 5-10 years of full-time work experience in a finance, investment, or strategy consulting-oriented role. Candidates with the following characteristics are highly preferred:

• An undergraduate degree from a leading university with a strong GPA in a challenging major
• 5-10 years of full-time work experience
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• High level of attention-to-detail
• Financial modeling experience and an understanding of asset-based finance, including consumer credit
• Ability to meet challenging deadlines while maintaining quality and accuracy
• Willingness to be a team player

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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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $175,000 and $250,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

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.

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