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.
Technology
Technology works as a strategic partner with Morgan Stanley business units and the world's leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global, complex, and dynamic financial markets. Morgan Stanley's sizeable investment in technology results in quantitative trading systems, cutting-edge modelling and simulation software, comprehensive risk and security systems, and robust client-relationship capabilities, plus the worldwide infrastructure that forms the backbone of these systems and tools. Our insights, our applications and infrastructure give a competitive edge to clients' businesses-and to our own.
Position Description:
We are looking to recruit a Senior Business Manager in New York to lead the Enterprise Technology & Services (ETS) Finance Business Management team.
The successful candidate will fulfil a critical leadership role within the team providing support and oversight across all business management disciplines including expense management, quarterly forecasting / annual budgeting processes, and support for a variety of management reporting needs. The role operates in a fast-paced environment and requires a strong resource who has excellent analytical and communication skills and can motivate and lead a large team of finance professions.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver financial decision support to a large and complex technology division focused on both the overall expense base and how that allocates to business lines
- Develop, analyze, and present findings in response to senior management requests (Budget, Workforce, Program deliverables)
- Manage a globally distributed team to deliver exceptional levels of financial support and maximize client delivery
- Partner with ETS leadership (COO/CIO/CoS), Finance, and the Technology COO office to manage and oversee investment management processes especially as it pertains to incremental initiatives
- Drive cross department coordination on divisional efforts (e.g., monthly reporting cycle, annual budgeting/quarterly forecasting, multi-year budgeting, strategic investment analysis, cost efficiency, etc.)
- Partner with ETS COO/CIO to identify cost base optimization and efficiency opportunities
- Report expense base to multiple levels of stakeholders in a clear, concise and transparent fashion
- Develop robust analytics and increase transparency to drive divisional strategy and management decision making
- Demonstrate good time management, resource management, ability to prioritize tasks and to meet deadlines across multiple projects Requirements:
- 15+ years of experience in finance function, management consulting, strategy, resource or budget planning
- Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills (Verbal and Written)
- Ability to work across functional disciplines and with all levels of the organization
- Ability to bring teams together toward a common goal who are not directly reporting to the same manager
- Demonstrate the ability to work independently in a high-pressure environment while juggling multiple tasks
- Demonstrates significant discretion and respect for confidentiality of sensitive information
- Strong Excel skills - able to analyze and manipulate large sets of data to inform stakeholders including shortcuts and formula functions, building charts and graphs, sorting and filtering data, utilizing pivot tables, macros
- Adept at creating management presentations, delivering concise synthesis of suggestion actions to senior firm management- Strong problem-solving, analytical skills and strategic planning ability
- Exceptional attention to details, highly organized and goal oriented
- Good understanding of general finance and accounting principles
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $165,000 and $275,000 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.
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).