Vice President, Lead Business Analysis

Morgan Stanley•New York, NY

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is seeking a Vice President, Lead Business Analysis in New York, New York to utilize advanced data analysis techniques to assess, validate, and interpret regulatory and compliance-related datasets, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to reporting standards. Develop and optimize SQL-based analytical scripts and queries to streamline data collection, validation, and reporting processes, reducing manual effort and improving efficiency. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Technology, QA, Product, Operations) to gather, analyze, and interpret regulatory inquiries and evolving compliance requirements. Conduct in-depth data investigations to identify anomalies, trends, data gaps, and potential compliance issues; partner with stakeholders on root-cause analysis and remediation plans. Create and maintain comprehensive documentation including business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, source-to-target mappings, test plans, and compliance artifacts. Work closely with technology and development teams to implement data enhancements, logic changes, and control improvements while ensuring compliance standards are met. Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements using Agile methodologies, including user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting screen mock-ups. Perform data gap analysis across source systems and downstream platforms; coordinate with cross-functional teams to bridge gaps through data transformation and enrichment. Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and development teams to ensure products are developed according to approved specifications and regulatory expectations. Conduct Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) validations and lead end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including test planning, execution, defect tracking, and business sign-off. Manage project-level execution plans, track milestones and dependencies, and proactively escalate risks or delivery delays to program leadership. Support audit readiness and regulatory reviews by ensuring data lineage, traceability, and testing evidence are well-documented and up to date.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or a related field of study
Three (3) years of experience in the position offered or three (3) years as a Data Analyst, Business Analyst, or a closely related occupation
Three (3) years of experience with Business Analysis and requirements gathering
Three (3) years of experience with End to End process modelling
Three (3) years of experience with Data Analysis and Querying using SQL
Three (3) years of experience with Data modelling
Three (3) years of experience with Systems integration analysis
Three (3) years of experience with Reporting and metric design for management information
Three (3) years of experience with Change Management and Client Enablement
Three (3) years of experience with Financial Services in front office trading applications
Three (3) years of experience with Compliance technology domain
Three (3) years of experience with Regulatory Reporting
Three (3) years of experience with Agile
Three (3) years of experience with Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) concepts including snow schema, star schema, Hadoop, Oracle, and SQL Server
Three (3) years of experience with Business Intelligence (BI) analytics tooling including Business Objects, Tableau, Spotfire, and Cognos
Three (3) years of experience with ETL concepts and tools including Informatica
Three (3) years of experience with end-to-end project implementation from inception to delivery

Responsibilities

Utilize advanced data analysis techniques to assess, validate, and interpret regulatory and compliance-related datasets, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to reporting standards.
Develop and optimize SQL-based analytical scripts and queries to streamline data collection, validation, and reporting processes, reducing manual effort and improving efficiency.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Technology, QA, Product, Operations) to gather, analyze, and interpret regulatory inquiries and evolving compliance requirements.
Conduct in-depth data investigations to identify anomalies, trends, data gaps, and potential compliance issues; partner with stakeholders on root-cause analysis and remediation plans.
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation including business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, source-to-target mappings, test plans, and compliance artifacts.
Work closely with technology and development teams to implement data enhancements, logic changes, and control improvements while ensuring compliance standards are met.
Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements using Agile methodologies, including user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting screen mock-ups.
Perform data gap analysis across source systems and downstream platforms; coordinate with cross-functional teams to bridge gaps through data transformation and enrichment.
Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and development teams to ensure products are developed according to approved specifications and regulatory expectations.
Conduct Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) validations and lead end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including test planning, execution, defect tracking, and business sign-off.
Manage project-level execution plans, track milestones and dependencies, and proactively escalate risks or delivery delays to program leadership.
Support audit readiness and regulatory reviews by ensuring data lineage, traceability, and testing evidence are well-documented and up to date.