Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and detailed-oriented Portfolio Accounting & Recordkeeping - Vice President to support and evolve a best-in-class Portfolio Accounting function.
The successful candidate will provide accounting expertise to the firm, maintain and guide the continuous development of our accounting capabilities and controls. This role will partner with the Head of Portfolio Accounting to transform business process and deliver high-quality, ready for business, IBOR/ABOR data to enable front-to-back operational processes, investment analytics, regulatory compliance, and a best-in-class client experience.
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. This is an Advanced Specialist position at Director level within the 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, always 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:

• Provide expertise on current portfolio accounting standards.
• Produce and publish the official Aladdin Portfolio Asset Value on a monthly, in accordance with client and reporting SLAs, including performing all Quality Control (QC) checks to finalize and close the books.
• Execute and oversee daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual control processes to ensure consistent and accurate accounting data, while mitigating risk of delays in daily IBOR and month-end close.
• Ensure complete, accurate, and timely start of day positions to support investment process
• Enhance Management Information reports with key performance indicators (KPIs) and other data to drive effective management of the day-to-day operations.
• Support the integrity of tax lot-level data, particularly for tax-managed portfolios, to enable accurate tax reporting and performance attribution.
• Act as the central point of contact for Aladdin transaction and position data consumers, ensuring accessibility and alignment across teams.
• Strategically review our accounting capabilities and make recommendations on areas where we need additional development, and process improvement.
• Provide leadership and education across the firm regarding our accounting capabilities and work to resolve accounting issues experienced by cross-functional users of the data (e.g., Bank Loans)
• Perform impact analysis of regulatory and operational changes in portfolio accounting that impact the investment process and suggest ways to address changes, both tactically and strategically
• Partner with Data Quality and Engineering team to define proactive data quality controls through development and cross-functional process.

What you'll bring to the role:

• BS/BA degree required.
• A minimum of 10 years of related experience, preferably in asset management with experience working in portfolio or fund accounting.
• In depth knowledge of middle office operations including but not limited to trade settlement, IBOR/ABOR, transaction lifecycle events across spectrum of asset class (equity, fixed, derivatives), cash and position reconciliation, performance reporting.
• Experience in investment management across pooled vehicles, SMAs, and institutional mandates.
• Experience leading and developing a team
• A proven track record of developing, maintaining, and enhancing workflows/controls with understanding of potential impact of workflows on other areas of the firm.
• Extensive experience with accounting systems; preferably Aladdin
• Experience with tax managed strategies
• Experience working with, and accounting for, derivatives and synthetic exposures (e.g., Bank Loans)
• Automation with low code tooling, AI savvy, and experience with leading teams through process improvements and transformation
• CPA and/or CFA designation highly desired

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.
To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices? into your browser.
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.

Skills Required