We are seeking an Operational Risk Governance Analyst to join our team in the Firm Risk Management Division.

In the Firm Risk Management division, we advise businesses across the Firm on risk mitigation strategies, develop tools to analyse and monitor risks and lead key regulatory initiatives.

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.

The role will reside within the Operational Risk Coordinator (ORC) team that sits in Firm Risk Management’s (FRM) Chief Operating Office function. ORC provides global risk governance and oversight of operational risk framework elements for FRM, such as business continuity planning and the validation of Key Controls. ORC is critical to ensuring the effectiveness of FRM’s operational risk management approach by maintaining robust controls, safeguarding business continuity, and proactively identifying and mitigating operational risks across the organization.

The ideal candidate will possess a willingness to learn about risk management with a focus on operational risk and its business impact and is a natural communicator who possesses attention to detail. This position offers an excellent opportunity for growth, providing exposure to all areas within FRM.

What you’ll do in the role

• Proactively engages stakeholders from the Non-Financial Risk team across relevant operational risk areas to ensure clear understanding of operational risk requirements
• Effectively communicate operational risk expectations to FRM and provide quarterly updates to report on FRM’s progress and compliance with operational risk requirements, including across the below topics
• Business Continuity Planning: Provide centralized oversight and management of FRM’s Business Continuity processes across its global offices, ensuring alignment with firm-wide standards and deadlines
• Key Control Validation: Perform annual validation of Key Controls, confirming their design and effectiveness in mitigating operational risks
• Separation of Duties Certification: Coordinate the Separation of Duties process to help reduce the risk of fraud and prevent high-risk system access combinations
• Issues Management: Help update and maintain the Firm Risk Management Issues Management Framework, while developing expertise to train and guide colleagues on the procedures

What you’ll bring to the role

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Comfort communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, both written and verbally
• Experience performing operational risk management assessments and controls reviews
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail and ability to provide information in comprehensible formats
• Proactive in driving projects and identifying solutions
• Inquisitive with a focus on information sharing
• Effective at balancing multiple projects and delivering under tight deadlines
• High proficiency in PowerPoint and MS Excel, with an ability to analyze large data sets, distil conclusions and create dashboards
• Ability to automate using VBA macros, Power BI is a plus

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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 is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.