Business Solutions Group (BSG), Associate

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

11d • $100,000 - $200,000

About The Position

The Business Solutions Group (BSG) team sits within Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Securities Group (ISG) and functions as an in-house management consulting team supporting the firm with strategic program management and delivery, large-scale transformation, operational improvement, and regulatory change or remediation. The team partners with individual business lines, Legal/Risk/Compliance, and senior firm leadership to drive initiatives to completion. This individual will play a foundational role in shaping the team’s capabilities, delivering high-impact engagements. Primary Responsibilities As a key member of the BSG team, this individual will provide program management and delivery support for key business initiatives and will coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams with a key focus on program planning, readiness planning and program execution across all impacted groups (e.g. business, technology, operations, external stakeholders), risk monitoring and remediation planning, and management reporting.

Requirements

• Proven ability to manage delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Proven experience developing partnerships with and successfully coordinating across various business and functional stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to interact at all levels of the organization and tailor messages appropriately.
• Strong presentation skills, including ability to create polished PowerPoint presentations for various levels of management.
• Independent self-starter who can manage multiple activities to aggressive deadlines.
• Eagerness to learn the business and understand detailed technical requirements.
• A minimum of 3-7+ years of professional experience in management consulting/strategy, transformation.
• A strong understanding of the sales and trading ecosystem – products, markets, risk management, finance and regulatory drivers.
• Experience building or scaling an internal consulting, strategy, PMO or transformation function.
• Prior roles within a top-tier consulting firm (strategy, big 4, etc), a global investment bank or asset management firm.
• Project management, product development, business management, or management consulting in the financial services industry, ideally Wealth Management.
• BS/BA degree required.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degrees in business, finance, economics, engineering or related fields preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support high quality, multi-workstream consulting engagements within ISG including front office, risk, finance, operations and technology.
• Partner with BSG leadership and stakeholders on all stages of program planning and execution to ensure deadlines are met and assist with risk/issue resolution.
• Assist in the production and coordination of various presentations and collateral for senior management.
• Support change management/ process enhancements, control, and governance-related initiatives.
• Partner with various business stakeholders and technology, operations, finance and risk teams to diagnose issues and help develop actionable initiative and sustainable resolutions.
• Help track and analyze engagement economics, staffing, budgets and performance metrics.
• Promote a collaborative, inclusive, high-performance culture that balances excellence with sustainability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level