Operations Industrial Placement Review

by Morgan Stanley

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Was placed in the Security Settlements team in the Frankfurt Office. Was tasked with ensuring settlement of equity and fixed income trades in the German markets in a timely manner. Constant interaction with both internal and external stakeholders on a daily basis to ensure trade settlement.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • High pressure management, prioritisation, adaptability, keeping to deadlined and multitasking. Increased level of spoken German.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, a lot. I was treated as full time member of the team. The team was fully dependant on me for a variety of tasked to be completed. I had responsibility over a very of tasks, some of which handled very high risk or high value trades that needed the upmost attention.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • High level of training, support and guidance from the operations division and the settlements team as a whole. Specific mentoring scheme and induction programs to ensure constant support. Very close monitoring from HR throughout the placement for support and guidance.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very accepting, welcoming culture that valued hard work and effort. Very rewarding atmosphere and pleasant working environment which challenged you to progress regularly.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I could not have asked for a better placement. High quality of work with a great level of responsibility. Pleasant working environment with a great team to work with. Very enjoyable time and rewarding experience.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Morgan Stanley
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Morgan Stanley to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Morgan Stanley
  • Great company to do a placement at. Say yes to all opportunities that come your way and get involved with the culture. Essential to have a background knowledge of the finance industry before applying.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Banking

International

July 2021


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