Company Profile
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.
Division Profile
One of the largest divisions in the Firm, Operations is the first line of defence for Morgan Stanley's financial and reputational well-being and essential in delivering value to our clients. Operations is responsible for correctly settling and recording millions of transactions per day, identifying and mitigating operational risk, developing strong client relationships and partnering with technology to realize the full potential of IT and Automation. Operations has a world-class team of innovative and dedicated professionals, with a unique vantage point in the Firm interacting with all parts of the business, front to back. The Operations Senior Management team are passionate about our people development and providing best in class employee opportunities through an inclusive, forward-looking environment defined by open communication, collaboration, learning, and proactive career management.
Team Profile - Fixed Income Foreign Exchange Transformation
The Foreign Exchange Transformation team specifically delivers strategic change across Morgan Stanley Foreign Exchange products. The team collaborates with stakeholders and apply first-class project management techniques with a spirit of continual improvement. The team delivers change to enable and protect business revenue, comply with all applicable laws and regulations, realize cost savings through efficiency and renovation and reduce risk to the franchise. The teams focus on business requirements, process design and optimization, user acceptance testing, and implementation and post implementation risk mitigation and management.
You will be part of a team whose responsibilities include:
> Liaising with the team that runs the day-to-day FX operations on process improvement and answering ad hoc queries.
> Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Must be able to articulate the right level of detail based on the audience, concisely explain complex issues and possess strong written and oral executive-level communications skills
> Coordinating complex and high focus technology changes between the global operations, technology developers and business.
> Develop strong relationships with IT colleagues to design, develop and implement technology platforms to deliver solutions to these business requirements.
> Manage high focus global projects and help to assess risk and next steps
> Own the assigned projects or streams, initiate and coordinate the necessary changes until timely resolution.
> Provide regular project status updates to the stakeholders and the senior change management, identify and escalate project risks.
> Collect, assess and document business requirements, complete the necessary analysis of product data, recommend implementation priorities and advise clients on solution alternatives, benefits and costs.
> Coordinate sign off on requirements.
Skills Required
> All degree disciplines considered.
> Strong numerical and analytical skills are a prerequisite
> Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
> Project management & business analysis experience required including, but not limited to, a strong understanding of SDLC, process mapping experience,…