MENA Legal Entity Controller, Vice President

at  Morgan Stanley

This is an analytical and detail-oriented review role in the Legal Entity Control (LEC) team. The individual will work on all aspects of regulatory and tax reporting and ensure that the organisation acts in compliance with internal policies, external rules and regulations in the UAE and Qatar. The role will also involve supervision of recurring reporting in Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Reporting to the Head of MENA Finance, the individual will assume a number of responsibilities:

• Responsible for the entire legal entity lifecycle ensuring compliance with internal and external reporting requirements;
• Perform detailed reviews of:

o Quarterly legal entity reporting packs which support regulatory filings and annual financial statements along with engaging external auditors; and

o Monthly tax returns;

• Provide oversight of month end responsibilities which include:

o Understanding the business and validating expense allocations, management recharges and transfer pricing bookings on the entity; and
o Ensuring comprehensive review of month end reconciliations and sign off in the global system for Balance Sheet, Net Revenues and Expenses;

o maintaining a comprehensive reconciliation between balances reported under local GAAP and US GAAP;

• Liaise with other internal groups including MENA COO, local infrastructure teams, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Fixed Assets, Product Controllers and Tax
• Support firmwide Legal Entity initiatives and any ad-hoc/regular regional management reporting requirements
• Support management in promoting a strong culture of compliance, high levels of integrity and good conduct and adherence to Morgan Stanley’s global standards;

The responsibilities listed are the core responsibilities in relation to this role. From time to time, the role holder may be called upon to take on additional responsibilities as required to meet the objectives of their division and of the wider organisation.