Director Agent - US Banks External Reporting

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the change and transformation agenda for external GAAP reporting and legal entity controllership across Morgan Stanley’s U.S. Banks, with a primary focus on automation, process simplification, and control effectiveness across the close and reporting lifecycle.
• Lead initiatives to automate and streamline close, consolidation, and reporting processes, reducing manual effort, operational risk, and cycle times while improving data quality and transparency.
• Partner with Technology, Data, and Firmwide Finance teams to enhance reporting infrastructure, including upstream data sourcing, system integrations, reconciliations, and reporting tools used for GAAP reporting.
• Execute and support quarterly and annual close activities, with responsibility for improving process design, documentation, and execution discipline.
• Identify, assess, and remediate process inefficiencies, control gaps, and recurring issues within legal entity reporting, ensuring solutions are scalable and sustainable.
• Support preparation and review of MSBNA GAAP financial statements and external reporting deliverables, including balance sheet, P&L, equity, and disclosures, with an emphasis on improving how results are produced and validated.
• Enhance governance, controls, and documentation supporting MSBNA GAAP reporting, including process maps, control descriptions, testing support, and audit readiness.
• Support MSBNA external reporting deliverables by improving data flows, reconciliations, and linkage between GAAP, management, and regulatory views.
• Partner with internal and external auditors on walkthroughs, testing, and issue resolution, with a focus on process improvement and control design rather than audit response execution alone.
• Act as a change agent promoting standardization, best practices, and continuous improvement across legal entity reporting processes.
• Escalate risks and issues proactively and support remediation efforts under VP and ED leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in bank regulatory reporting, capital reporting, or financial analysis.
• Strong understanding of bank regulatory capital frameworks and reporting requirements.
• Solid knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting principles.

• Experience with data modelling and investigation with the ability to identify issues, develop and implement practical solutions.
• Ability to understand and evaluate processes and key controls. Experienced in implementing change effectively.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to interpret complex financial and regulatory data.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline driven environment with a high degree of accuracy.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior management.
• Self directed leader with a strong work ethic, collaborative mindset, and ability to mentor junior team members.
• Experience with process automation, using Alteryx, Axiom, TM1, AI or any other technologies.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $90,000 and $155,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

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