Finance Data Associate

The Glasgow Finance Division helps senior management and its individual business units manage the Firm's risk by implementing financial controls over our business activities. The division is crucial to safeguarding the Firm's franchise, reporting on current performance, and evaluating business opportunities. We have an exciting opportunity for a self-starter to deliver data governance for the Finance Division. The successful candidate will oversee the co-ordination of all governance deliverables across Finance, developing strong partnerships with Finance Systems Owners, Data Owners, Finance Data Governance leads, Finance Report owners and the Firmwide Data Office.

This is a key role within the Finance Divisional Data Office, who are responsible for the Data Governance framework for the Finance Division. Their responsibilities include:

• Data Governance — facilitating Finance-wide data governance processes by implementing key data principles and providing valuable oversight in line with the Global Data Quality Policy and BCBS 239 execution.
• Systems Data Governance – implementing and executing systems governance standards including executing lineage for Finance, managing system feed governance and system dictionaries.
• Authority Data Sourcing – partnering with technology to ensure data sourced into Finance is from data authorities to enable improved data quality.

The ideal candidate will understand data’s importance to Finance and will be able to effectively work with various levels of business and technology stakeholders toward data governance goals. Given the heightened focus on adequate data quality governance, this is a growing team in the Glasgow office and presents a great opportunity to help shape the function going forward and gain exposure to a wide range of functions, products, and management across Morgan Stanley.

What will you be doing?

• Contribute to the delivery of projects across an international portfolio to ensure ongoing compliance with the Firmwide and Regulatory Data Quality standards (including policy compliance and data lineage).
• Co-ordinate and document Finance system lineage and feed governance, partnering with colleagues across multiple areas, including External Reporting, Treasury, Capital, and Technology.
• Create, manage and maintain feed governance and system dictionary deliverables for Data Owned applications.
• Partner with IT and Finance colleagues to identify authoritative sources and internal ownership for data.
• Working with global colleagues to build and document internal processes and controls, identifying opportunities for ongoing improvement.

What we’re looking for:

• Self-motivated with the ability to work consistently and efficiently to achieve goals either as an individual or as part of a team.
• Strong organization skills, with a continuous focus on attention to detail.
• Effective in balancing key deliverables by prioritising deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly numerate with an attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proven track record of building strong working relationships across a global organization.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office — Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Experience within the Financial Services Industry and/or financial product knowledge.
• Experience with regulatory reporting or BCBS 239 would be advantageous.
• Understanding and experience of good risk and governance frameworks, preferably data governance.
• Experience with metadata management tooling would be beneficial but is not necessary (e.g.: Collibra, MetaCenter).

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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 what’s 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.

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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.