Bank Resource Management - Secured Funding Controller

Description

Company Profile:

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.

Department Profile:

The Finance Division reports to the Chief Financial Officer and consists of some 3,000 employees worldwide. Finance protects the Morgan Stanley franchise by serving as guardian of the Firm’s books and records and by contributing to firm wide risk management and risk reduction. This division maintains relationships with Morgan Stanley’s various industry and government regulators, and also serves as the conduit of financial information to the outside investment community. Finance plays a critical role as advisor to Morgan Stanley’s various businesses and its senior management team.

Team Profile:

Institutional Securities Group Finance (ISGF) contributes to Finance’s success as a guardian of the Firm’s books and records by ensuring the appropriate accounting classification, timing and accuracy of economic transactions and events. ISGF reports, reviews, and analyses divisional and consolidated net revenue, and contributes to controlling the daily and month-end close process. ISGF is responsible for monitoring resource limits and reporting on the balance sheet, capital, liquidity, and funding.

Bank Resource Management (BRM) is a division within the Institutional Securities Group, which is responsible for the Firm’s securities financing transactions, including repo and securities lending, hedging of OTC derivative counterparty exposures and global collateral management. This is accomplished through the sourcing, pricing, and distribution of resources across Morgan Stanley's businesses, within Firm-established targets and limits. BRM's centralized framework enables the division to most efficiently provide durable resources to the Firm and its clients, whilst supporting Morgan Stanley’s strategic efforts to optimize resources and maximize returns.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive forward delivery of the broad BRM project agenda spanning system renovation, new business onboarding and reporting automation
• Manage and develop the critical relationship with Finance Technology
• Front to Back (F2B) project management ownership
• Work in partnership with peers across Finance, Technology, Operations, and Sales & Trading on both Run the Bank (RTB) & Change the Bank (CTB) initiatives
• Coordinate and perform core testing for Technology-based solutions
• Engage with broader BRM Controller teams to derive solutions to P&L / Balance Sheet reporting challenges, such as adjustment elimination and automation
• Control: Identify / Design / Implement new controls and processes where required in keeping up to date with new policies and standards and best practice
• Involvement in Strategy Initiatives and projects prioritised by senior Finance and Business Unit management
• Ownership of P&L attribution logic and renovation

Qualifications

Skills Required:

• The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or related field, or equivalent
• Project Lifecycle Management experience critical, specifically stakeholder engagement
• Automated reporting solutions (Tableau) / Big data analytics (Alteryx) experience desired
• Relevant experience in Product Control and knowledge of financial products would be advantageous
• Advocate and practitioner of Agile-based project management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proactive and driven mindset
• High regard for attention to detail and accuracy to ensure actions are captured and scoping requirements are targeted yet concise
• High self-motivation and the ability to work both independently and as an effective team member
• Ability to partner and work effectively both with direct team members and with colleagues across the wider organisation
• Strong planning and prioritization skills with the ability to work on multiple tasks and with multiple stakeholders
• Proficient in MS Office, specifically a strong command in Excel and PowerPoint

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