Transformation Lead - FX Operations - Vice President in Glasgow

The FX Transformation team specifically delivers strategic change across the Foreign Exchange asset class from a front to back perspective. This Vice President role plays a critical leadership role in driving and delivering strategic transformation projects across the FX Operations team, ensuring alignment with business objectives and client needs. The FX Transformation team collaborates with stakeholders across Operations, Technology and Business Unit, to apply first‑class project management techniques with a spirit of continual improvement. The team delivers change to enable and protect business revenue, comply with all applicable laws and regulations, realise cost savings through efficiency and renovation and reduce risk to the franchise. The FX Transformation team focuses on business requirements, process design and optimization, user acceptance testing, and implementation and post‑implementation risk mitigation and management.

Responsibilities

• Providing senior leadership and guiding strategic transformation initiatives across the organization.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align initiatives with front‑to‑back goals.
• Lead delivery of complex, multi‑year programs impacting trade processing, confirmation and settlement.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal risk frameworks.
• Collaborate with Global Operations, Technology and Business partners to secure buy‑in and engagement.
• Communicate program objectives and progress to senior leadership.
• Drive automation solutions to enhance trade lifecycle efficiency.
• Identify opportunities for capacity optimization across platforms and processes.
• Manage and mentor a team of change professionals across FX Transformation.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills Required

• Understanding of fixed income products and operational processes.
• Strong organization and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced leadership and strategic thinking.
• Expertise in change management and transformation methodologies.
• Ability to manage complexity and deliver under tight timelines.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Automation tooling experience e.g. PowerBI, Alteryx, AI.
• Understanding of trade lifecycle, risk management, and regulatory frameworks.
• Proven track record of leading transformation initiatives.

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.

Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements

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Flexible Work Statement

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Equal Opportunities Employer

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.