Vice President - US Legal Entity & FHC Regulatory Governance

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.

The FHC & U.S. Legal Entity Regulatory Governance team works across Finance, Business Units, Legal and Compliance, Risk and other key stakeholders to provide governance, control oversight and lead strategic initiatives and governance projects for Legal Entity Controllers and FHC Regulatory Reporting organization globally.

We’re seeking someone to join our FHC & U.S. Legal Entity Regulatory Governance team as a Vice President to drive data initiatives and implement solutions serving the Legal Entity & FHC Reg Reporting organization, which is responsible for internal management reporting and external financial and regulatory reporting. This is a Vice President level position within the Portfolio & Change Management job family which manages strategic change management, process re‑engineering, and establishment of control procedures for projects.

Focus on milestone delivery across projects, manage risks and issues that impact program objectives, and facilitate communication across related projects and impacted stakeholders to keep programs on track.

• Partner with stakeholders to understand operational needs and translate them into actionable data requirements.
• Collaborate with a varied group of colleagues across Finance and Technology in a very dynamic, rapidly evolving, high‑pressure, high‑visibility project setting.
• Be responsible for and lead a significant set of deliverables, leveraging advanced understanding of Finance functional area, product and/or client segment.
• Proactively identify emerging risks in individual and department work and contribute to strategies for mitigating them.
• Plan and execute meetings with the stakeholders raising appropriate status, risks, and issues.
• Act as the point person between Finance and Technology teams during all phases of the program management life cycle (detailed data analysis, planning and executing the testing phase with all stakeholders, facilitating transition to BAU processes to Finance Controllers).
• Act as a role model and culture carrier; embody and set an example of the Firm’s values and hold yourself and others accountable to Firm standards.

• Advanced understanding of the finance functions and processes of a financial service organization such as General Ledger accounting/finance processes, US GAAP/IFRS accounting principles, and regulatory reporting.
• Experience across a range of financial products (Fixed Income, Equity, Derivatives, Loans).
• Experience in Business Analysis working on projects for the Finance department of an investment bank / financial services company.
• Strong data analysis and problem‑solving skills are required to perform detailed data quality analysis, root‑cause issue analysis, and data reconciliations.
• Experience in agile methodologies and iterative incremental code releases.
• Experience with the following systems: MS Office tools, Visio, Alteryx, Axiom, Rally, Jira.
• Ability to provide positive and constructive feedback and acknowledge efforts of team members.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to articulate risk and impact to various audiences, and create plans to mitigate those risks.
• At least 6 years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role.

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