Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm that conducts its business through three principal business segments-Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Asset Management.
The Assistant Vice President position is within Morgan Stanley Bank, NA and Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association (together the, “US Banks”) Vendor and Bank Risk (VBR) Team. The US Banks VBR Team includes Vendor Management, Regulatory Risk, Business Continuity Planning (BCP), and Operational Resilience.
Description:
This Assistant Vice President position is responsible for supporting the overall US Banks VBR Team in both a strategic and COO capacity in addition to work on the US Banks Vendor Management Team . We are seeking a high-performing team member to join our growing team to assist in a number of governance, business management and strategy related tasks. Responsibilities will include:
• Serve as program coordinator for various ad-hoc projects across all team
• Oversee and manage team policies, procedures, and learning & development
• Manage the recruiting lifecycle and general HR matter
• Plan and execute on team building activities including volunteer events, lunch and learns, offsites, etc
• Manage miscellaneous team requests including entitlement requests, mail group requests, etc
• Project manage the quarterly governance committee including driving the finalization of materials, documenting meeting minutes, identifying quorum, etc
• Identify and implement process improvement opportunitie
• Provide coordination of the Affiliate Service Level Agreement (SLA) management program, including agreement drafting, periodic cost and service level reviews, meeting minute reviews, and Bank Committee presentation
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Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business or other related field
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in risk management, documentation and governance in the financial services industry is a plu
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of various compliance and regulatory areas (e.g. FFIEC, NIST)
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong project management, organization, communication, and analytical skill
• Ability to manage ambiguity and bring focus with recommendations on solving tactical and strategic challenge
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment, both independently and as part of a team, and under strict deadline
• Strong at identifying key control points within a process, and then provide assessment of the preventative and detective control
• Strong interpersonal skills – freely develops networks, builds consensus, prioritizes effectively, and develops alliances across organization
• Strong written and oral communication skills will be important for this role as effective communication of our role to IT, the business units, regulators, and our vendors is critical
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).
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $85,000 USD and $130,000 USD per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
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