Finance Change Vice President

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

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About The Position

We're seeking someone to join our Finance Centralized Management team as a Vice President in Finance Change to implement projects serving the Finance Division, which is responsible for the end to end delivery of financial and regulatory programs. 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 Portfolio & Change Management job family which manages strategic change management, process re-engineering, and establishment of control procedures for projects. Focus on milestone delivery across projects, manage risks and issues that impact program objectives, and facilitate communication across related projects and impacted stakeholders to keep programs on track. 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 the finance functions and processes of a financial service organizations such as General Ledger accounting/finance processes, US GAAP/IFRS accounting principles, and regulatory reporting
• Experience across a range of financial products (Fixed Income, Equity, Derivatives, Loans)
• Experience in Business Analysis working on projects for the Finance department of an investment bank / financial services company.
• Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills are required to perform detailed data quality analysis, root cause issue analysis, and data reconciliations.
• Experience in agile methodologies and iterative incremental code releases
• Experience in the following systems: MS Office tools, Visio, Alteryx, Axiom, Rally, Jira
• Ability to provide positive and constructive feedback and acknowledge efforts of team members
• Excellent communication skills with ability to articulate risk and impact to various audiences, and create plans to mitigate those risks
• At least 6 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a varied group of colleagues across Finance and Technology in a very dynamic, rapidly evolving, high pressure, high visibility project setting
• Responsible for and lead a significant set of deliverables, leveraging advanced understanding of Finance functional area, product and/or client segment
• Proactively identify and mitigate risk
• Plan and execute meetings with the stakeholders raising appropriate status, risks, and issues
• Act as the point person between Finance and Technology teams during all phases of the program management life cycle (detailed data analysis, planning and executing the testing phase with all stakeholders, facilitating transition to BAU processes to Finance Controllers)
• 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
• Manage, attract, develop and retain talent for team within Finance while creating an inclusive environment; translate Firmwide goals into actionable goals for department/function

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees