ISG Management

We’re seeking someone to join our team in Institutional Securities Group Management

Institutional Securities provides products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions and ultra-high net worth clients.  Investment banking services consist of  capital  raising  and  financial  advisory  services, including  underwriting  of  debt,  equity  and  other  securities,  and  advice  on  mergers  and  acquisitions,  restructurings and project finance.

Our Equity and Fixed  Income  businesses  include  sales,  financing,  prime  brokerage,  market-making,  Asia  wealth management  and  certain  business-related  investments.  Lending activities include originating corporate loans  and commercial  real  estate  loans,  providing  secured  lending  facilities,  and  extending  securities-based  and  other financing to customers. Other activities include research.

We are the Non-Financial (NFR) group within the Institutional Securities Group (ISG) management function. NFR is responsible for managing several non-financial risks across ISG, including but not limited to Compliance, Supervision, Conduct, Client and Product Risk. As an in-business risk management team, we partner with our ISG business stakeholders, as well  as  the  technology  groups  and  2nd  line  control  functions  to  understand  business needs  and  their  associated  risks,  execute  on  practical  solutions,  and  maintain  a  global  governance,  monitoring, communication,  and  awareness  strategy  that  underscores  a  culture   control  excellence.  Our team has  a  global presence with members located in New York, London, Mumbai, and Hong Kong

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

Primary Responsibilities

Data Governance Info Management; Privacy

• Collaborating with desk heads, Technology and Operational Risk on defining the Sensitive Data Security Program, which includes the implementation of cataloging and other key controls

• Establishing and performing BAU activities for Privacy related governance processes.

• Developing business requirements and procedures for strategic initiatives under Information Management program.

• Defining detailed requirements and providing overall project management of workflow and platform capabilities front to back, from a client interface to internal Morgan Stanley workflows, product inventories, entitlements systems, APIs, legal requirements etc.,

• Creating internal efficiencies for how data is used & managed within ISG, which includes building new processes, functionality and systems.

• Creating a framework for managing client requests by making processes more efficient and building technology with support organizations to maintain it;

• Engaging global ISG Business Control Unit (BCU) to focus on and deliver increased automation and standardization across applicable processes.

• Improving and monitoring existing data related control frameworks and / or creating new control frameworks if none exist.

• Identifying opportunities for process efficiencies and implementing corresponding solutions within the team as well as teams external to IDG.         

• Establishing relationships and work closely with IDG supervisors, ISG BURM, Technology, Operations, Finance, and Compliance.

• Perform day to day tasks of providing exceptions to users that deviates from the policy post due diligence

• Risk Projects

  • Lead Risk projects, related to the supervisory platform and the information security program

  • Developing business requirements documents and procedures for strategic initiatives

  • Identifying and driving various efficiency and productivity initiatives for the team

Qualifications

Skills required (essential)

• Chartered Accountant or MBA

• 4 -7 years with a background in Data Privacy governance, Information Management, Compliance, Risk Management, Trade surveillance and / or Trading Support focusing on sales and trading issues

• Ability to work independently

• Exceptional organizational skills and high degree of attention to detail

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• An understanding of and strong focus on the mechanics of a control environment, including escalation and risk-related issues

• Proficiency in MS Office and related applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Product knowledge of Equities, FID and or Derivative products will be an added advantage

• Project Management - ability to scope, plan, and execute projects

• Ability to build & maintain credible relationships

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.