Vice President - Investment Management Operations

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Vice President in Investment Management Operations to play an integral role servicing clients and facilitating client events including, on-boarding of new business, account transitions and client terminations. The individual will work closely with the outsourced Investment Manager Solutions (IMS) team to ensure completion of all client deliverables.

Morgan Stanley’s Investment Management’s product range is continually evolving into new product and strategy areas, demanding ever-changing infrastructure and solutions. The Vice President will be required to facilitate discussion with all the impacted parties to ensure that the appropriate support models are in place. The Transition team focuses not only on institutional segregated business but also on proprietary fund launches or closures.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on…

What you’ll do in the role:

• Manage North America client events including, on-boarding of new business, account transitions and client terminations for Separately Managed Accounts and Funds business

• Coordinating support on North America pipeline from team in India and discharging outsourcing oversight responsibilities

• Organizing regular huddle meetings & training sessions with India

• Joint oversight of State Street Transitions team

• Assisting with strategic priorities of the T3 platform and ownership of initiatives assigned

• Co-responsibility with global

• Achieve Global consistency and ensure T3 checklists/PEGA and desktop & supervisory procedures are kept up to date with current responsibilities

• Act as single point of contact for both internal and external parties, including, clients, sales, portfolio managers, legal, compliance, risk, operations, custodians and other appointed client service providers

• Responsible for the facilitation of all client events including client on-boarding, terminations, custody transfers, in-specie transfers and other related transition activities

• To provide daily support to a suite of clients for queries ranging from reporting to investment decisions

• Facilitating regular internal client event meetings, ensuring all functional groups have the appropriate level of information and that they are performing the required tasks.

• Close liaison with sales and the client to ensure that client expectations are understood and accomplished

• Strong relationship with legal and compliance to understand the requirements of, and provide feedback on, investment management agreements and all other associated documentation.

• Work with Product Development, Fund Administration and the Funds Client Service group to set up new MSIM proprietary vehicles

• Ensuring all procedural documentation is up to date and accurate

• Provide and implement recommendations for process improvements, including workflow and technology

• Working proactively with counterparts on a global basis, in making recommendation for process improvement and consistency

• Using strong business sense and judgment to identify potential risk areas; making appropriate recommendations and highlighting those risks via the appropriate escalation channels

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Working background in all aspects of Investment Management Operations, preferably with a focus upon transition events

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent organizational and project management skills

• Strong business sense and excellent judgment

• Good knowledge of the custody environment

• Stakeholder management

• Strong risk awareness and communication skills

• Has proven ability to interact with multiple internal and external functions including clients, legal, compliance, fund managers, sales, client service and other functional operations teams.

• Comfortable dealing with senior individuals and management across these functions

What you can expect from Morgan Stanley:

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