Domestic Tax Vice President

Morgan Stanley•New York, NY

About The Position

We're seeking someone to join our US Domestic Tax team as a Vice President in Tax department to be responsible for overseeing key tax compliance and provision activities, ensuring the accurate preparation and review of federal and state tax filings, delivering high quality tax analytics and financial reporting, and fostering effective knowledge sharing and coordination with stakeholders across the Firm. In the Finance division, we act as a partner to business units around the globe by providing management, review, analysis and advisory services of the Firm's financial and capital resources. This is a Vice President level position within the Tax & Advisory job family which ensures compliance with income and indirect tax filings, reports tax information for the Firm’s regulatory filings, manages the Firm’s global tax authority relationships, including tax controversy, and monitors relevant tax regulations and legislation. Additional responsibilities include managing the Firm’s domestic and international tax strategies, determining the Firm’s transfer pricing policies and advising Senior Management and BUs on business products, strategic transactions and restructuring objectives. Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

Requirements

Advanced understanding of Finance functional area, product and/or client segment and technical skills, as well as of industry and competitive environment
Ability to provide positive and constructive
feedback and acknowledge efforts of team members
Ability to articulate risk and impact to various audiences, and create plans to mitigate those risks
Approximately 10 - 15 years of hands-on income tax experience in a corporate environment or public accounting firm
Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in tax or accounting
Excellent analytical, organizational, written and oral communication skills
Strong managerial skills, with a hands-on approach
Strong interest in collaboration and knowledge sharing
Experience covering tax issues in a real-time environment
Significant tax compliance and ASC740 experience
Superior work ethic with high level of accountability
Facility with Excel

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of partnership basis calculation and maintenance a plus
knowledge of Corptax a plus
Financial services industry experience preferable, but not required

Responsibilities

Collaborate with a varied group of colleagues in Finance and across the Firm
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
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
Tax compliance management, oversight for a high volume of tax adjustments, Federal and state corporate income tax returns in a time sensitive environment for multiple legal entities across different businesses
Active participation in preparation of Federal consolidated forms and schedules
Tax provision management and review, monthly and quarterly income tax provision calculations.
Review monthly and quarterly effective tax rates
Preparation and review of separate company income tax provision and footnote for audited financial statement Review of quarterly federal and state deferred tax balances for regulatory reporting purposes
Analysis of income tax accounting impact of transactions
Reconciliation and validation of income tax accounts and balance sheet tax accounts
Assist with review of separate state and local tax returns
Tax analysis, planning and analytics
Tax audit support, including responding to IDRs
Special projects
Manage, attract, develop and retain talent for team within Finance while creating an inclusive environment; translate Firmwide goals into actionable goals for department/function.