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

· Culture carrier and role model, representing and leading the Firm's core values to influence and motivate those around you

· Experienced in delegation, organizational and people management

· BS/BA degree required.

· A minimum of 10 years of related experience, preferably in asset management with experience working in portfolio or fund accounting.

· In depth knowledge of middle office operations including but not limited to trade settlement, IBOR/ABOR, transaction lifecycle events across spectrum of asset class (equity, fixed, derivatives), cash and position reconciliation, performance reporting.

· A proven track record of developing, maintaining, and enhancing workflows/controls with understanding of potential impact of workflows on other areas of the firm.

· Extensive experience with accounting systems; preferably Aladdin

· Experience with tax managed strategies

· Experience working with, and accounting for, derivatives and synthetic exposures (e.g., Bank Loans)

· Automation with low code tooling, AI savvy, and experience with leading teams through process improvements and transformation

· CPA and/or CFA designation highly desired

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).