Fund Accounting Director - Product Support & Services IM

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Director into Product Support & Services IM to actively monitor portfolio investment and investor subscription and redemption activity for multiple PSG portfolios and custodian banks; ensuring satisfactory settlement of those transactions, including cash distributions and receipts.

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 a Team Specialist position at Director level within the within Product Support & Services IM, this Operations group supports equity, fixed income, liquidity and alternative businesses for Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), providing middle-office services including portfolio manager support, client services, portfolio transitions, market registration, product data and performance and attribution analysis.

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:

• Serve as a subject matter expert within functional area, working with Team Manager to manage processes, risks and/or projects, proposing and implementing improvements/changes
• Act as key problem solver for area or expertise, applying detailed knowledge to address unique or novel situations, recognize risks and draw out key issues
• Coordinate work, train and develop other team members where required, including task allocation, and project contribution Actively monitoring portfolio investment and investor subscription and redemption activity for multiple PSG portfolios and custodian banks; ensuring satisfactory settlement of those transactions, including cash distributions and receipts; and developing significant levels of expertise of the holdings, terms, and transactions of multiple portfolios, in order to provide intuitive and proactive accounting oversight of these portfolios.
• Providing regular daily portfolio, investment, and performance reporting and investment management support and responding to numerous ad hoc requests from investment management, investors and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Overseeing third-party service providers in posting activity to the portfolios general ledger and maintaining portfolio level activity in AIP's investment book of record portfolio accounting system, Investran.
• Reconciling transactions, valuations, management and performance fee calculations, P&L components, and other activity between Investran and the third-party service providers records on a monthly or quarterly basis to ensure accuracy. Verifying accuracy of investor capital balances, NAV allocations, and capital activity on a monthly or quarterly basis.
• Reviewing daily cash reconciliations performed with multiple custodian banks and ensuring outstanding items are resolved on a timely basis.
• Assist the team on take-on, termination, and transition of new client or fund mandates, the review of client Investment Management Agreements (IMA), IMA amendments, and market registration status for their assigned strategies.

What you'll bring to the role: 

• Ability to lead by example, work with drive and determination, and put forward challenging views to senior levels
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of functional area and operational/compliance policies and procedures of their team
• Ability to operate independently across the majority of day-to-day responsibilities
• Culture carrier across Operations, embracing the Firm's core values and acting as a role model
• Experience with Investran accounting system is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to analyze returns and apply the same appropriately.
• Strong organizational skills including the ability to coordinate, prioritize, and manage multiple activities.
• Strong stakeholder relationship management.
• Demonstrated success working in a high volume, high intensity environment and an ability to get closure on issues promptly.
• Should have a keen eye for details and accuracy.
• Demonstrates Commitment to Control and Risk Management with the ability to identify and escalate risk issues to stakeholders.
• Proven record of collaborating with colleagues across geographic and functional boundaries.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to effectively summarize findings, both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner.
• Atleast 4 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role

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.

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