FSS Outsourcing Governance Vice President

Were seeking someone to join our Finance Shared Services (FSS) Governance team as a VP to centralise the oversight of outsourcing requirements and ensure consistency in approach across all the global FSS teams. FSS is >97% deployed making this is a crucial, high focus role.

The successful candidate will have regular exposure to senior leadership across FSS, including the Co-Heads of FSS and COO, and will work with global colleagues of all levels across FSS. With ongoing regulatory and senior management interest this area, this role is pivotal to FSS ensuring effective oversight and compliance.

In addition to their BAU responsibilities, the successful candidate will also have the opportunity to lead project work to deliver consistency, efficiency and transparency for FSS outsourcing.

In the Finance division, we act as a partner to business units around the globe by providing management, review, analysis and advisory services of the Firms financial and capital resources. This is a Vice President level position within the Finance Business Management division.

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.

What youll do in the role:

-Collaborate with a varied group of colleagues in Finance and across the Firm

-Responsible for and lead a significant set of deliverables, leveraging advanced understanding of Finance functional area, product and/or client segment

-Proactively identify emerging risks in individual and department work and contribute to strategies for mitigating them

-Act as a role model and culture carrier; Embody and set an example of the Firms values and hold yourself and others accountable to Firm standards

-Partner with internal FSS stakeholders to ensure compliance with outsourcing requirements, including understanding and validating changes (e.g.: resulting from deployments).

-Develop SME knowledge to ultimately perform an internal advisory role regarding compliance requirements.

-Ensure timely communication of updates, including changes to cost allocations for US Banks and providing training across FSS as required.

-Design and implement a Comprehensive Dashboard that enables FSS management to monitor gaps, track ongoing projects, and assess overall compliance and performance.

-Work with the broader governance team to ensure consistency across reporting of KPI/KRIs. What youll bring to the role

Advanced understanding of Finance functional area, product and/or client segment and technical skills, as well as of industry and competitive environment

-Ability to provide positive and constructive feedback and acknowledge efforts of team members

-Ability to articulate risk and impact to various audiences, and create plans to mitigate those risks

-Strong organisational / project management skills, with experience of innovation and process improvement.

-Self-motivated with the ability to work consistently and efficiently to achieve goals either as an individual or as part of a team.

-Experience of interpreting, summarising and presenting results in a meaningful format.

-Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) and ability to engage with colleagues of all levels.

-At least 6 years relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role

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 whats 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.