Loan Accounting Portfolio Services_Director_Product Support & Service IM

We're seeking someone to join our team as a Director to Oversee the third-party service providers in posting activity to the portfolios; general ledger and maintaining portfolio activity in AIS's parallel portfolio accounting system.

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, driving strategic automation solutions by embracing a transformation mindset and challenging the status quo.

This is a Team Specialist position at Director within Product Support & Services IM, 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, continuously evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Help identify risk and impact to relevant coverage area to prioritize areas of focus
• Execute and lead aspects of assurance activities (e.g., audits, continuous monitoring, closure verification) to assess risk and formulate a view on the control environment
• Facilitate conversations with stakeholders on risks, their impact and how well they are managed in a clear, timely and structured manner
• Actively monitoring critical investment and investor activity for multiple portfolios and custodian banks, ensuring proper settlement of transactions; developing significant level of expertise of the holdings, terms and transactions of multiple portfolios to provide intuitive and proactive oversight of these portfolios
• Overseeing third party service providers in posting activity to the portfolios; general ledger and maintaining portfolio activity in AIS's parallel portfolio accounting system.
• Reconciling transactions, valuations, management fees, P&L components, and other activity between Investran and the third-party service provider's records on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy
• Signing-off on net asset value and performance-based information on a monthly/quarterly basis; providing regular daily support and responding to numerous ad-hoc requests from investment management, investors and other internal and external stakeholders
• Verifying accuracy of investor capital activity, capital account balances, NAV allocations, and capital statements on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Providing support for product, regulatory, and other audits; assisting with review of offering documents for new products and supporting other areas of product development, as needed
• Working effectively with third party service providers and internal parties to ensure a high level of service for the products; raising service issues in an appropriate manner and following up on issues to resolution; creating or enhancing processes to improve efficiency
• Monthly compliance reporting and highlighting instances with potential noncompliance with the products governing documents
• Involvement in projects related to the job function and liaising with IT on automation projects

• Understanding of business line and key regulations relevant to coverage area
• Strong understanding of audit principles, methodology, tools, and processes (e.g., risk assessments, planning, testing, reporting and continuous monitoring)
• Ability to identify and analyze multiple data sources to inform point of view
• Ability to ask meaningful questions, understand various viewpoints and adapt messaging accordingly
• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in Accounting, Finance, or related business field
• A minimum of three to five years of investment accounting experience and operational expertise across fund lifecycle
• Knowledge of alternative credit, lending platforms, hedge fund accounting, fixed income, and alternative investing.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills, ability to effectively summarize findings, both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment and flexible to adapt to changing needs and requirements
• Strong risk and governance mindset with ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
• At least 4 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role