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Morgan Stanley

Business Analyst

New York, NY

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.

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Department Profile:
The Finance Division reports to the Chief Financial Officer and consists of ~3,000 employees worldwide. Finance protects the Morgan Stanley franchise by serving as guardian of the Firm's books and records, and by contributing to firm wide risk management and risk reduction. This division maintains relationships with Morgan Stanley's various industry and government regulators, and also serves as the conduit of financial information to the outside investment community. Finance plays a critical role as advisor to Morgan Stanley's various businesses and its senior management team.
This resource specification is for a business analyst with approximately 3-5 years of experience with strong analytical and communication skills to work on implementation projects serving the Global Finance COO, which is responsible for the end to end delivery of financial and regulatory programs.

Job Summary:

The candidate will be working within the Finance COO team on improving the quality, timeliness, and centralization of data within the Finance organization to facilitate financial and regulatory reporting. The candidate needs to be able to balance work across Finance and Technology teams in a very dynamic, rapidly evolving, high pressure, high visibility project setting environment. They will partner with Technology, Operations, and other teams within Finance during all phases of the project management life cycle:
1) Initiation phase
2) Requirement & analysis phase
3) Design and build phase
4) Testing phase
5) Implementation phase

Responsibilities:
  • Documentation of the current state processes, business requirements including the target state processes
  • Performing detailed data analysis and communicate finding to cross-functional teams
  • Prepare for and lead meetings with the stakeholders raising appropriate status, risks, and issues
  • Planning and executing the testing phase with all stakeholders (testing approach, test plan, cases, testing metrics)
  • Agile tracking and management leveraging JIRA


QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:
  • 2+ years of work experience in data quality management role
  • Strong organization and process skills; attention to detail
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to interact with various levels throughout the organization across functions and business units
  • Self-starter; good time management; team player
  • Experience with designing processes and incorporating strategic thinking
  • Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills are required to perform detailed data quality analysis, root cause issue analysis, and data reconciliations.
  • Relevant experiences as Business Analyst working on projects for the Finance department of an investment bank / financial services company.
  • Exposure to financial products such as Fixed Income, Equity, Derivatives is a plus
  • Experience with data quality management, financial services or capital markets data is a plus
  • Experience with regulatory reporting is a plus

Systems:
  • MS Office skills
  • Knowledge of Business Process Mapping tools like Visio
  • Experience with General Ledger query/ reporting tools (SAP ECC, SAP BPC) a plus
  • Exposure to Regulatory Reporting Tools like AxiomSL is a plus.
  • Experience with Testing & Quality Management systems is a plus (ALM, RALLY, JIRA)
  • Experience with Alteryx a plus.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between 70,000 and 105,000 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).

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY, USA
Job ID: Morgan-3233773
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • FSA
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
    • HSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Personal/Sick Days
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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