Vice President- Portfolio Accounting & Recordkeeping- IM Operations

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Portfolio Accounting & Recordkeeping, Vice President to support and evolve a best-in-class Portfolio Accounting function. This role will be responsible to ensure accurate, timely, and globally consistent portfolio accounting, valuation, and production of the official investment/performance book and record.

In the Operations division, we partner with business units across the Firm to support financial transactions, devise and implement effective controls and develop client relationships. This is a Team Manager position at Vice President level within the Product Support & Services, which is responsible for providing transaction support and managing post execution processes.

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:

·        Develop staff, lead projects and control deployment of resources, owning management tools/methods such as work queues, checklists, depth charts and calendars

·        Set direction and expectations for your team(s), defining training plans and transfer of expert knowledge to contribute to team output and development

·        Contribute to business plan for area, establish risk/contingency plans, raise and address issues with urgency when required

·        Build and manage relationships with business unit partners, other Morgan Stanley infrastructure departments, and external contact points in Client or Market organizations

·        Provide expertise on current portfolio accounting standards.

·        Produce and publish the official Aladdin Portfolio Asset Value on a monthly, in accordance with client and reporting SLAs, including performing all Quality Control (QC) checks to finalize and close the books.

·         Execute and oversee daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual control processes to ensure consistent and accurate accounting data, while mitigating risk of delays in daily IBOR and month-end close.

·        Enhance Management Information reports with key performance indicators (KPIs) and other data to drive effective management of the day-to-day operations.

·        Support the integrity of tax lot-level data, particularly for tax-managed portfolios, to enable accurate tax reporting and performance attribution.

·        Act as the central point of contact for Aladdin transaction and position data consumers, ensuring accessibility and alignment across teams.

·        Strategically review our accounting capabilities and make recommendations on areas where we need additional development, and process improvement.

·        Provide leadership and education across the firm regarding our accounting capabilities and work to resolve accounting issues experienced by cross-functional users of the data (e.g., Bank Loans)

·        Perform impact analysis of regulatory and operational changes in portfolio accounting that impact the investment process and suggest ways to address changes, both tactically and strategically

·        Partner with Data Quality and Engineering team to define proactive data quality controls through development and cross-functional process.

What you’ll bring to the role:

·        Strong relationship building skills serving as a role model for client service

·        Ability to think commercially, understand the impact of initiatives, risks on the operational budget

·        Experience in managing teams, enhancing control, continuous improvement and reducing operational risk