Portfolio Accounting & Recordkeeping_Director_Core Services at Morgan Stanley

Mumbai, maharashtra, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Portfolio Accounting, Recordkeeping, Quality Control, Tax Lot Accounting, Data Quality, Automation, Process Improvement, Trade Settlement, Performance Reporting, Middle Office Operations, Cash Reconciliation, Derivatives Accounting, Team Leadership, Client Focus, Diversity and Inclusion, Collaboration

Industry

Financial Services

Description

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. Manage daily portfolio accounting and recordkeeping process, ensuring all transaction (trades, income, accruals, corporate actions) and positions are processed timely, completely, and accurately. Support standardization and documentation of operational procedures across portfolios and asset classes. Ensure complete, accurate, and timely start of day positions to support investment process, including start of day cash and projected cash to support investment teams. Act as a point of escalation for team analysts, in helping to research and resolve exceptions cross-functionally to the accounting books of record (start of day, end of day, and period close) within established SLAs. Provide support and expertise on tax lot accounting principles, particularly for tax-managed portfolios, to enable accurate tax reporting and performance attribution. Provie subject matter support for Aladdin Accounting transaction, position, and valuation data. Capture key metrics to help drive effective management of the day-to-day operations. Actively partner with Data Quality and Engineering team to develop and refine data anomaly detection and mitigation strategies to prevent impact to MSIM books and records. Document, maintain, and oversee adherence to standard operating procedures. Ongoing business process improvement leveraging automation with low code tooling. > BS/BA degree required. A minimum of 7 years of related experience, preferably in asset management with experience working in portfolio or fund accounting. Experience across a broad spectrum of portfolio types: Separately Managed, Sub-advised, Funds (e.g. Mutual Fund, OIEC, etc..). Experience with 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 with accounting systems; preferably Aladdin Experience with tax managed strategies is a plus Experience working with, and accounting for, derivatives and synthetic exposures (e.g., Bank Loans). Experience functioning in a team lead and/or team mentor capacity. Automation first mindset. Experience with implementing process improvements and transformation 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. 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. 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.

Responsibilities

The Director will produce and publish the official Aladdin Portfolio Asset Value monthly, ensuring all transactions and positions are processed accurately and timely. They will also manage the daily portfolio accounting process and act as a point of escalation for team analysts to resolve exceptions.