Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division is seeking a senior Associate to join our EMEA Emerging Markets Coverage team in London, with a primary focus on CEE. In the Investment Banking Division, we offer global expertise in market analysis and in advisory and capital-raising services for corporations, institutions, and governments. 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. About The Team: Morgan Stanleys EMEA Emerging Markets Coverage Team devises and executes innovative, customised solutions to our clients’ most challenging issues. The Group excels in domestic and international / cross-border transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, recapitalisations, spin-offs, exchange offers, equity & debt capital market transactions, leveraged buyouts and takeover defences as well as shareholder relations. What you’ll do in the role: Associates work on assignments which include various types of different transactions (M&A, capital markets) and business development projects. Associates will play an important role on teams that include senior professionals who will encourage you to go beyond the numbers and think creatively. Responsibilities will include: • Helping to manage / support in the execution of corporate finance transactions (including IPOs, M&A, strategic advisory). • Creating and analysing financial models with a high degree of granularity. • Gathering market data to analyse trends and help value companies and transactions. • Creating, drafting, and taking ownership of presentations and memoranda for a wider audience both internally within the firm as well as externally. • Contributing to team discussions and client meetings. What you’ll bring to the role: • Educated to degree level from a leading university (or equivalent). • Relevant Investment Banking (corporate finance/M&A) experience or equivalent required. • Familiarity with the sector and corporate landscape is desirable. • Fluency in English. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. • Fluency in a regional CEE language would be a plus. • Strong analytical and modelling skills. • Knowledge of accounting and financial concepts; ability to analyse and value businesses. • Results-driven team player who performs well under pressure and against tight deadlines. • Commitment to excellence and maintain high professional and ethical standards 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 whats 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.