Position Summary:

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence, and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Operations is one of the largest divisions in the firm and has diverse responsibilities, including correctly settling and recording millions of transactions per day, identifying, and mitigating all operational risks, developing strong client relationships, and partnering with technology to realize the full potential of IT and e-solutions. Throughout, the Operations department continually seeks ways to improve while actively supporting the development of new businesses, structures, and markets.

Global Wealth Management Operations provides brokerage, investment, and financial services to hundreds of thousands of individual investors. We apply our expertise in serving institutional clients to create new opportunities for people to achieve their personal financial goals. Morgan Stanley has one of the largest retail brokerage networks, with numerous worldwide representatives and retail locations. Our services are tailored to each client's investment objectives, risk tolerance, and financial needs. Products include mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and alternative investments where appropriate, as well as banking, mortgages, insurance, and annuities.

The Risk and Control Specialist is responsible for a broad range of operational risk management tasks supporting functional process owners in Capital Markets, Core Processing & Risk. Trade Support (e.g., Fixed Income, Equity, Syndicate, Structured Product, Futures, FX, Precious Metals, Options, Crypto, 24/5 Trading model support), Clearance, Settlement (e.g., DTC, International, FED, Stock Leading, Fail management & Buy Ins.) Asset Transfers (e.g., ACAT, DRS, DWAC, Physicals) Corporate Actions  (e.g., Mandatory, Voluntary, Income & Dividend) Control function (e.g., Balance & Control, Possession or Control) Operational Risk Management functions include ensuring desktop procedure and supervisory procedures exist, conducting reviews to assess completion and performance of operations tasks, reviewing compliance with firm policies and regulatory expectations, facilitating Risk Assessments (iNFR-A), control design, business continuity, entitlement management, analyzing and reviewing operational risk incident (ORI), conducting independent monitoring, manage internal audits and compliance reviews, and analyzing key risk metrics. Additionally, the Risk team leads the coordination of external audits (e.g., SOC1, 10-K, FICCA) and internal Compliance exams. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are required to manage multiple collection points, audiences, and fluctuating deadlines. Responsibilities may also include conducting process walkthrough meetings with Operations, designing test scripts, conducting testing, reporting results, and compiling reporting for management.

Qualifications:
- Collaboration and teamwork skills and experience, including strong interpersonal skills

- Organizational skills, with strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines

- Strong communication skills, both oral and written, including experience with business process documentation, and preparing management reports using PowerPoint and Excel

- Strong analytical skills, including root cause analysis

- Understanding of the basic principles of financial operations

- College degree (BS or BA)

- Power BI and Alteryx are a plus

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Primary Responsibilities:
- Complete various operational risk management tasks supporting operations

- Coordinate external/Internal audits with internal teams and external auditors

- Root cause analysis on risk incidents

- Continuing education and training of risk management skills through training, both in the risk and control organization and the functional processing teams

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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices​ into your browser.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).