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Operations Project Manager - Director (AVP)

Employer
Morgan Stanley
Location
New York, USA
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
May 29, 2022

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Job Function
Operations
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
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.

Institutional Securities Group Product Operations (ISGPO) partners closely with Sales & Trading and our Clients to process daily activities, develop and implement new products and services, as well as drive efficiency and reduce risk in our processes. As one of the ISGPO departments, Financing & Collateral Operations is the global support organization for Bank Resource Management (BRM), FID, and Corporate Treasury. Businesses supported include Secured Financing (Tri-party and Bilateral Repo), Securities Lending, and Collateral Management for OTC Derivatives, CCP, and Uncleared Margin/Reg IM.

Role Description

The Business Enablement (BE) and Global Inventory Manager (GIM) hybrid role is within Financing & Collateral Ops (FCO), the BE team is comprised of subject matter experts that facilitate tactical and strategic changes to the operational process and technology infrastructure. GIM is a position-keeper providing a real time allocated view of the Firm's Stock Record. What makes GIM unique is that it can provide a detailed view on how and if inventory was utilized globally, across all Firm entities. The Global Inventory Manager tool sources the firm's full stock record and applies business rules and an order of allocation to link sources of assets to uses of those assets.

Primary Responsibilities:

- As a Program Manager, the role responsible for overseeing the development of programs that support an organization's main objectives
- Interface with stakeholders and senior management to confirm project sponsorship and support, align strategies, and report progress, achievements, significant issues, and risks
- Partner with Technology and Operations teams to understand efforts required to support new initiatives
- Ensure projects have thorough business cases with measurable benefits and costs
- Work with stakeholders to understand their priorities, new business opportunities, upcoming regulatory changes, and industry initiatives
- Team is responsible for management of Triparty and Bilateral collateral optimization and sourcing in North American markets
- Interface with Subject Matter Experts (SME's) and key stakeholders to define and document current state processes and business requirements.
- Partner with FCO teams to understand current business flows and processes to help identify risk and oversee remediation
- Analyze large amounts of data, with stock record and accounting background
- Knowledge of security booking and accounting models. Stock record expertise is a must.
- Play an integral role in the development and rollout of strategic operational models to support new business flows

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree required
- Ability to work in a fast pace, pressured environment
- Ability to create and manage project plans
- Proficient understanding of Stock Record
- Escalation Awareness - ability to assess risk and exposure issues
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent metric reporting skills
- Knowledge of Secured Funding market is a plus
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office with a focus on Excel

Hybrid Role (3 days in office)
This role requires that all successful applicants be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and provide proof of such vaccinations within 3 days of commencement of employment.

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