Asset Transfer, Associate, Product Support & Services ISG

We're seeking someone to join our team as an Associate in Asset Transfer team within Asia Wealth Management (AWM) Operations responsible for entering of securities and cash into the various Morgan Stanley systems to support cash and securities movements into and out of Morgan Stanley, as well as internal movements of cash and stock.

In the Operations division, we partner with business units across the Firm to support financial transactions, devise and implement effective controls and develop client relationships. This is an Associate level position within the Product Support & Services, which is responsible for providing transaction support and managing post execution processes.

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.

• Execute processes/functions and/or support process management and project efforts, leveraging knowledge of the systems, markets and instruments that influence the team
• Recognize risk in day-to-day processes to draw out the key issues and contribute to process improvements
• Build relationships within team and internal stakeholders, sharing knowledge to contribute to team output
• Processing of asset transfer requests (Payments / Receipts) from the business
• Work with authorizers to ensure asset transfer requests are processed in a timely manner
• Liaise with the various departments to resolve any issues that may affect the timely settlement of the asset transfers
• Processing of journals

• Ability to establish clear goals and priorities, and address non-standard issues within area of expertise with minimal guidance and supervision
• Subject matter expertise in business area supported, client requirements, and ability to ensure control is not compromised to comply with client requests
• Culture carrier across Operations, embracing the Firm's core values
• Strong investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience of Payments and Settlements
• Acute awareness of risk, with clear focus on control and timely escalation of risk items to management
• Providing value-added client service to the business
• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office - experience of spreadsheets, formulae and pivot tables is advantageous
• At least 2 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role