Director Ops Specialist, CTB (Operations)

Job Description

*Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firms 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. Department Profile Institutional Securities Group Institutional Securities Group (ISG) Product Operations encompasses two functionally aligned organizations. The first, Trading & Client Operations, provides Operations functions in direct support of activity executed by Institutional Sales &Trading. The second, Clearing Operations, provides Operations functions in direct support for activity cleared by Morgan Stanley on behalf of our clients in Prime Brokerage, Listed Derivatives, and Over the Counter (OTC) Derivatives. The broad organization partners closely with Sales and Trading to develop and implement new products and services as well as drive efficiency and reduce risk in our processes. At all times we are focused on delivering quality service to clients both internal and external. ISG Product Operations partners closely with Shared Services and Banking Operations as well as Branch Operations and Operations Risk & Control to deliver a connected front to back view of operations to ISG Sales and Trading.The goal of the Clearing Trade Projects (CTP) Team is to deliver an industry leading Client Clearing service for the following asset classes OTC Derivatives (equity, interest rates and credit), Listed Derivatives, and Prime Brokerage by doing the following: Deliver an industry leading clearing platform covering Trade Entry, Trade Affirmation, Allocation and External Connectivity (Affirmation Platforms, Clearing Houses and Settlement). - Specify and deliver the technology and processes necessary to support the Derivative Clearing & Cash Equity and Fixed Income custody (Prime Brokerage) businesses- Define the future vision for Derivative Clearing Operations & Cash Equity and Fixed Income custody (processes, organizational models etc.)The open role is for an Operations Specialist to work on Listed Derivatives, OTC Clearing and Prime Brokerage Custody Trade Processing projects within the Clearing Trade Projects team. The candidate will play a key role in supporting the Listed Derivatives, OTC Clearing Trade Processing and Prime Brokerage Custody initiatives and will be responsible for interfacing with the Business Units, Legal and Compliance, Risk Managers, Technology and Operations Line teams., *- A background in Prime Brokerage products and processing is advantageous. Duties and Responsibilities Preferable experience in Prime Brokerage and Project Management Ability to take ownership of multiple projects within the Clearing space with ultimate responsibility for successful delivery of the project(s) to time and budget- Experience in managing large scale projects with practical knowledge of defining business cases, requirement gathering, resource planning, implementation and milestone tracking, test planning and other project management skill sets - Ensure for each of these projects that thorough business analysis is performed and accurate & detailed business requirements are developed with the support of the appropriate Operations resources. Create and chair appropriate forums (such as working groups) to drive the project(s), provide status updates and escalate/resolve issues. - Develop strong relationships with IT colleagues to design, develop and implement technology platforms to deliver solutions to these business requirements.- Liaising with Business Units, Legal and Compliance, Technology, and Operations Line across multiple areas to gather requirements and assist in strategic project scoping and planning. - Comfortable working with ambiguity, managing & resolving complex issues The ability to communicate requirements to Operations, project members as well as IT and project partners. Strong organizational and time management skills.

Keyskills :
managing large scale projectsfixed incomeoperational risktrade processingbusiness analysiswealth managementbranch operationsresource planninginvestment bankingbanking operationsfinancial servicesinstitutional sales