Investment Management - Client Account Services - Vice President in London

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.

Client Account Services (“CAS”) is a newly formed global team within the Investment Management Division (“IM”), its objective is to enhance client experience and to standardize processes and technology and improve partnership and synergies with other client facing functions. CAS supports the equity, fixed income, multi-asset, liquidity and alternative businesses for IM, playing an integral role in servicing clients and coordinating client and pooled vehicle events including onboarding of new business, account transitions and terminations. The team also facilitates the onboarding of derivative products where applicable. The team works closely with IM business stakeholders, outsourced vendors, counterparties and other external parties to ensure completion on all deliverables.

Morgan Stanley’s Investment Management’s product range is continually evolving into new product and strategy areas, demanding ever changing infrastructure and solutions. The CAS Team facilitates discussions with all impacted parties to ensure that the appropriate support models are in place.

Primary Responsibilities

• Client and Pool Vehicle Event Coordination

Responsible for the facilitation of client and pooled vehicle events including onboarding, termination, custody transfer, in-specie transfer and other related transition activities. Coordinate global events including management of the event pipeline, agreeing event prioritisation with stakeholders and the supervision of activities performed by junior team members. Ensure the appropriate sign off from internal and external parties is received prior to funding, transition and termination of assigned accounts. Oversee the set-up of accounts and sleeves on trading systems and other internal/external platforms and the global workflow tools are updated in a timely manner. Oversee market registration activities and ensure the appropriate documentation, set-up and communication are in place to ensure no impact to trading.

• Complex Solution Project Management

Partner with key stakeholders from Product Development and Client Relationship Management to define and document the requirements for bespoke client solutions. Facilitate design workshops and coordinate with Operations, Technology, third-party vendors and other stakeholders as needed to define the operating model (e.g. the services required, roles and responsibilities, data feeds, fee structures, cashflows, trade flows, valuation and booking models). Create and manage the project plan including tracking of actions, risks, issues and dependencies. Host project working groups.

• Stakeholder and Risk Management

Ensure that client expectations are understood and accomplished and there is a timely response to client queries and requests. Ensure stakeholders are aware of progress with regular status updates and prompt responses to queries including facilitating regular event meetings. Coordinate with Operations and other business functions to ensure dependencies are managed and timelines are met. Ensure activities outsourced to other locations are managed in accordance with the relevant global and regional outsourcing policies and supervision is robust. Prepare and present management information and metrics. Ensure issues and incidents are escalated in a timely manner and tracked to conclusion. Support cyclical risk management activities including BCP, audits, control assessments, entitlement reviews etc.

Skills Required

• A sound understanding of investment management, preferably with a focus on client service and onboarding.
• A strong background in Operations, Custody, Fund Administration or mutual fund product development and implementation.
• Excellent client service including strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and risk awareness.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to interact with multiple internal and external parties including clients, client relationship managers, legal, compliance, investment teams, sales, and other functional operations teams.
• Ability to manage various tasks at once and work with several members of the team simultaneously.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.

Skills Desired

• An understanding of public and private assets would be beneficial.

What you can expect from Morgan Stanley

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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 opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents. Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.